1960:
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"A plan to assassinate Raul Castro is initiated. Trrcy Barnes, second in command to Richard Bissell, deputy director of the CIA, sends a cable ro the station in Havana which reads: "Possible removal top three leaders is receiving serious consideration at HQS." The idea is to use a Cuban agent to create an "accident," but in the end, he doesn't find the op-pottrrt lty to arrange it.86"

Source: Fabián Escalante, Alleged Assassination PlotsThe Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962, Secret War p. 163, Alleged Assassination Plots
1974: US Ally and NATO Member Turkey Invades Cyprus
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The Turkish invasion of Cyprus[27][a] began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and in response to a Greek junta-sponsored Cypriot coup d'état five days earlier, it led to the Turkish capture and occupation of the northern part of the island.[32]

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