- Source: Dirty War (disambiguation)
Dirty wars are offensives conducted by regimes against their dissidents, marked by the use of torture and forced disappearance of civilians.
Dirty War may also refer to:
Specific historical events
Dirty War (Argentina, 1974–1983), period of state-sponsored violence against dissident and other citizens carried out by the military governments of Jorge Rafael Videla and others
Dirty War (Mexico), 1960s through 1980s internal conflict, between the CIA-backed PRI government and left-wing student and guerrilla groups
GAL (paramilitary group) (Spain, 1983–1987), illegal death squads established to fight Basque separatist militants
Years of Lead (Morocco) (1960s–1980s), period of state violence against dissidents under King Hassan II sometimes described as a dirty war
The Troubles (1968–1998), ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland sometimes described as a dirty war
Algerian Civil War (1991-2002), armed conflict between the Algerian Government and Islamist rebel groups, described in French and Arabic as "la sale guerre" and الحرب القذرة
Other
Dirty Wars, a 2013 documentary film based on Scahill's book
Dirty War (film), a 2004 British television film about a terrorist attack on central London
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, a 2013 book by Jeremy Scahill about U.S. covert warfare
See also
Guerra sucia (disambiguation) (Spanish for Dirty War)
Category:Dirty wars
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