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December 15, 2008

Report: CIA Shot Down 15 Civilian Aircraft in Peru
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A US lawmaker has revealed the CIA helped shoot down fifteen small
civilian aircraft in Peru between 1995 and 2001 as part of a secret
counter-narcotics program. The planes were shot down by the Peruvian air
force based on intelligence provided by the CIA. Most of the planes were
shot down without warning. The program was reportedly stopped in 2001
after a plane carrying an American missionary and her infant daughter
was shot down.



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