

According to US journalist Arthur Rowse, a secret clause exists in the North Atlantic Treaty requiring candidate countries, before joining NATO, to establish clandestine citizen cadres standing ready to eliminate communist cells during any national emergency. According to the Italian researcher Mario Coglitore, the protocols required member states to guarantee alignment with the Western block "by any means". The origin of Gladio can be traced to the so-called "secret anti-Communist NATO protocols", which were allegedly protocols committing the secret services of NATO member states to work to prevent communist parties from coming to power in Western Europe.

3.1.4.6 NovemBombing of the plane Argo 16.3.1.4 A quick chronology of Italy's "strategy of tension".3.1.3 General Maletti's testimony concerning alleged CIA involvement.3.1.2 2000 Parliamentary report: a "strategy of tension".3.1.1 Giulio Andreotti's Octorevelations.2.2 Gladio's strategy of tension and internal subversion operations.2.1 European Parliament resolution concerning Gladio.Switzerland and Belgium have had parliamentary inquiries into the matter. The role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in sponsoring Gladio and the extent of its activities during the Cold War era, and its relationship to right-wing terrorist attacks perpetrated in Italy during the " Years of Lead" (late 1960s to early 1980s) and other similar clandestine operations, is the subject of ongoing debate and investigation but has never been proven. After the creation of NATO in 1949, the CCWU was integrated into the Clandestine Planning Committee (CPC), founded in 1951 and overseen by SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe), transferred to Belgium after France’s official withdrawal from NATO's Military Committee in 1966 – which was not followed by the dissolution of the French stay-behind paramilitary movements.
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Operating in many NATO and even some neutral countries, Gladio was part of a series of national operations first coordinated by the Clandestine Committee of the Western Union (CCWU), founded in 1948. The name Gladio is the Italian form of gladius, a type of Roman shortsword. Although Gladio specifically refers to the Italian branch of the NATO stay-behind organizations, "Operation Gladio" is used as an informal name for all stay-behind organizations. Its purpose was to continue anti-communist actions in the event of a Soviet invasion and conquest. ) is the codename for a clandestine NATO " stay-behind" operation in Europe during the Cold War. Operation Gladio (Italian language: Operazione Gladio

The motto means "In being silent I save freedom".
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If you are using the Dragon Law Enforcement edition, you can also use the following to dictate license plates and VINs.Emblem of "Gladio", Italian branch of the NATO "stay-behind" paramilitary organizations. For more information, see Dictating license plates and VINs, or contact your Dragon administrator. Your site might choose to implement a different phonetic alphabet. The NATO alphabet is the default phonetic alphabet for license plate dictation. If you are using the Dragon Law Enforcement edition, you can also use the NATO alphabet to dictate license plates and Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs). You can also use the NATO alphabet in Spell mode. You can optionally spell words in the Spelling window using the NATO alphabet. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alphabet is also referred to as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) alphabet, or the “military” alphabet.
