Central African Conflict: Rwanda and Burundi Sink into Abyss of a Long War
NYAMIAGABE, Rwanda – Recent killings by Hutu rebels in Rwanda and Burundi, and retaliatory attacks by the Tutsi-dominated army in each country indicate that the…
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The Nun Who Knew Too Much: Dianna Ortiz Links This North American Man to Her Rape and Torture in Guatemala
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythThey met on the set of NBC’s “Today” show. Jeanne Boylan, the forensic artist who drew the Unabomber…
My Spy Story
/in The New York Times/by Frank SmythAfter several days in a prison near Baghdad in 1991, I was told “they” wanted to see me. Blindfolded, I was led into a room where, judging from the voices, there were at least half a dozen men. For days, I had heard and sometimes watched as guards beat and tortured Iraqi prisoners. The translator asked what my “real job”…
Gunning for His Enemies: Neal Knox, the Real Power at the NRA, Sees Diabolical Plots Everywhere
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythAn artful conspiracy theorist can easily cultivate believers. One day history will add to the conspiratorial log the name of Neal Knox, one of America’s more widely…
In the Line of Fire
/in The Village Voice/by Frank SmythWe have not yet transcribed this article. The Village Voice archives available online also do not got back to 1995, either. However, you may read a copy of the original article at the look. We suggest using the magnifier tool to read the copy. IntheLineofFire-VVoice-June6-1995
My Enemy’s Friends: In Guatemala, the DEA fights the CIA
/in The New Republic/by Frank SmythWhy did the Guatemalan military kill American innkeeper Michael DeVine? In April of this year, acting CIA Director William 0. Studeman and other U.S. officials implicated Colonel Julio Roberto Alpírez, who was on the CIA payroll at the time of the crime, in the June 1990 killing…
Has Guatemala Become the Cali Cartel’s Bodega?
/in The Wall Street Journal/by Frank SmythColombia has been reluctant to prosecute top leaders of the Cali cartel and dismantle their organization. The Clinton administration is pushing Colombia to do more, while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led by Jesse Helms (R., N.C.), threatens to impose trade…