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    Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen in Afghanistan...
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  • depicts the Texas Congressman’s role in facilitating the CIA-led Operation Cyclone, a covert mission within Afghanistan. Wilson solicited the aid of...
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    The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was among the deadliest tropical cyclones on record. Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on April 24...
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  • supplying the Central Intelligence Agency with various weapons for Operation Cyclone during the Soviet–Afghan War. CIA Officer Gust Avrakotos set up a...
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  • Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the...
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  • he became acting Chief of the South Asia Operations Group, which included involvement in Operation Cyclone, the CIA program to arm and finance the Afghan...
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    intensified Operation Cyclone which eventually resulted in the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. In 1989, Pakistan would commence “Operation Jalalabad”...
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    Seven" alliance received heavy assistance from the United States (Operation Cyclone), Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, as well as other...
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  • Cyclone, Indiana, an unincorporated community Cyclone, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Cyclone, Missouri, an unincorporated community Cyclone,...
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    fighting the Afghan pro-Soviet government and the Soviet Army in Operation Cyclone. Along with native Afghan mujahideen were Muslim volunteers from other...
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    In meteorology, a cyclone (/ˈsaɪ.kloʊn/) is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the...
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    and the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom to run Operation Cyclone, a program to train and fund the mujahideen in Afghanistan with support...
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  • Ronald Reagan resumed office and sought to increment the funding for Operation Cyclone and aid for Pakistan, the U.S. and Pakistan agreed on a 3.2 billion...
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  • of 2011. On the night of 24 November 2004, in what was codenamed Operation Cyclone, more than 300 agents of the Federal Investigations Agency arrested...
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  • speculations that Afridi, following his close collaboration with the CIA for Operation Cyclone against the Soviet Union, was approached by the United States as a...
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    leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation, which during the Carter and Reagan...
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    gunship with a Stinger on 25 September 1986 near Jalalabad. As part of Operation Cyclone, the CIA eventually supplied nearly 500 Stingers (some sources claim...
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    Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017 was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Queensland since Marcia in 2015, and was the costliest tropical cyclone in Australia...
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    Operation Valuable was a covert operation conducted during the Cold War by the United Kingdom and the United States in collaboration with other Western...
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    operations. The unit was named Special Activities Division (SAD) prior to 2015. Within SAC there are two separate groups: SAC/SOG (Special Operations...
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  • involvement in Afghanistan, touching on subjects which mainly focus on Operation Cyclone and its consequences. A fifth season, covering Cambodia, the Khmer...
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    The 1970 Bhola cyclone (also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970) was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)...
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    United Kingdom in the Soviet–Afghan War (category 20th-century military operations)
    British also played a vital role in support of the US government's Operation Cyclone, from which the latter provided far more in financial and material...
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  • (operational techniques)) Manhunt (military) MI5 Military intelligence Operation Cyclone Paul Manning, undercover police officer Secret identity SO10 Special...
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  • made by Yasser Arafat. Foreign relations of Hamas History of Hamas Operation Cyclone, US aid to Afghan mujahideen. Schneider, Tal (8 October 2023). "For...
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    of their support came from Pakistan, the United States (as part of Operation Cyclone), the United Kingdom, China, Iran, and the Arab states of the Persian...
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    A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral...
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    the United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan and Israel launched Operation Cyclone, in which they financed and armed the Afghan mujahideen to prevent...
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  • supplied by foreign sources, such as the Central Intelligence Agency’s Operation Cyclone, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United Kingdom, and channeled...
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  • Argentine coup d'état 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état 1979–1992 Afghanistan, Operation Cyclone 1975–1992 Angola, UNITA 1981–1990 Nicaragua, Contras 1982 Chad 1983...
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