
Operation Northwoods (Cold War Mystery!)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The History of the USS S Main Disaster
Coal is often contaminated with iron sulphide, also known as pyrite. The theory is that a fire started in the coal bunker and this spread to the ship's magazines. There have been two studies on the cause of the us. S main disaster - one in 19 98 and one in two thousand two. Another theory: destruction was itself a false flag operation. This claim has been made in some spanish language media but not supported by any investigations. So let's go back to 19 62...
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In 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent Operation Northwoods to JFK as a daring, covert plan to stop a potential Soviet invasion. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this now declassified plan, the shocking series of secret actions it proposed, and Kennedy's response.
