1972

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File:Kim Phúc.jpg Kim Phúc, running from a US napalm raid on her village in Vietnam.
In USA, 1972 saw an escalating opposition to the Vietnam War. In Italy, the first Gladio bombing was carried out against the state apparatus, killing 3 policemen. This would eventually lead to the exposure of the whole program.

In 1972 Brian Michael Jenkins started work on the RAND/Terrorism Chronology Database of international "terrorism" using 3” x 5” index cards.

Operation Gladio

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The remains of the Fiat 500 after the 1972 Peteano bombing

The 1972 Peteano bombing claimed the lives of 3 Italian caribinieri. This was revealed in the 1980s to have been the work of Operation Gladio operatives, including Vincenzo Vinciguerra.