On this day in 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion took place when a force of 1400 Cuban exiles, funded and led by the U.S., landed on the southwest coast of Cuba in a failed attempt at overthrowing the revolutionary Cuban government.
Covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government, the operation took place at the height of the Cold War and its failure led to major shifts in international relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union.
The coup attempt came after the Cuban government expropriated property from American capitalists. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower allocated $13.1 million to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in March 1960 for use against Castro's government. With the aid of Cuban counter-revolutionaries, the CIA proceeded to organize an invasion.
On April 14th, 1961, a squadron of U.S. B-26 bombers camouflaged with Cuban insignias begin a two-day bombing campaign of Cuban airports, destroying a large portion of the Cuban air force.
On the night of April 17th, an invasion force of approximately 1400 Cuban exiles and CIA officers landed on the beach at Playa Girón in the Bay of Pigs. After a few days, the insurgents became overwhelmed by the Cuban army. President Kennedy refused to provide air support for the operation.
The invasion's defeat solidified Castro's role as a national hero and strengthened Cuba-Soviet relations. Several Cuban exiles and two Americans were executed upon capture. Over 1,000 prisoners were exchanged for humanitarian aid from the U.S. government.
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Tinfoil I just came up with after S2E2 rewatch of the Wire: Frank ask the Greeks(Spiros) what's in the cans(shipping containers) after going through a list of guns, drugs, vodka BMWs Spiros says 'Bombs, maybe bad terrorists with big nuclear bombs'
Now I can't remember the episode but there's a bit in the Sopranos where Tony sees a 60 minutes(or equivalent) about terrorist smuggling nuclear bombs in shipping containers EDIT googled S5E10 released May 2004 so possibly filmed 2003
Was this an actual idea floated at the time? cause I haven't heard of it irl, just strange that two similar(east coast crime shows that are constantly) compared) have this specific plot point(even if it is throwaway in the wire, in TS tony asks Chris about his middle eastern credit card skimming contacts and if he thinks there 'Al-Queadas') the wire season is set/filmed during 2003,
So was this Cheney's plan b if the ra-ra-americana generated from 9/11 wasn't enough to see through the Iraq invasion?
jk but you never know lol
IDK how well, or if, you remember the Bush years, but the media was constantly running speculative stories about "possible" terror plots. I do vaguely remember some stories about safety at the ports from the time.
Pretty well, yeah I remember stuff like seal your windows up cause of anthrax, some recollections of dirty bombs being brought up but not an actual fission/fusion device ever floated outside of Iran hysteria (but with that the implication was always ICMB delivery)
Ah here we go https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Iraq_Group interesting read , I knew I'd heard 'We don't want the smoking gun, to be a mushroom cloud' somewhere