Being back in the Pacific Northwest bring inspiration, furthermore I am reading several books that are teaching me a lot of things about the diplomatic (and not only) hostilities between Italy-USA and France-UK in the Mediterrean from the mid 50s up to know, the first part of the story in this profile "During the Algerian War, the Algerian FLN was actively supported by the Italian State Gas Company ENI (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi), led by Enrico Mattei, ENI provided funding for weapons, other branches of the Italian Government also supported FLN, with military training provided at the infamous CAG (Centro Addestramento Guastatori) under the watchful eye of American advisors. Shipping Companies linked to the SIFAR (Italian Army Secret Service) helped also in the transportation of weapons. The French reacted with anger and a French Navy submarine destroyed the boat Hedia outtside of Tunisia, that was running under Panama’s Flag but with Italian crew that was supposedly smuggling military equipment for FLN at the beginning of March 1962, while Mattei was killed in October of the same year after his airplane exploded during landing thanks to a bomb planted by SDECE (French Secret Service)" is considered as the truth by some historians. Adding also that the famous movie "The Battle of Algeri" was supported by the Italian Government to discredit the French...
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