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* Outcome: Successfully incited public support for the invasion and justified military action. | * Outcome: Successfully incited public support for the invasion and justified military action. | ||
== | ==Operation Northwoods (1962)== | ||
* Overview: A proposed plan by the U.S. Department of Defense to stage terrorist attacks on American soil, to be blamed on Cuba. | * Overview: A proposed plan by the U.S. Department of Defense to stage terrorist attacks on American soil, to be blamed on Cuba. | ||
* Purpose: Intended to justify a military invasion of Cuba. | * Purpose: Intended to justify a military invasion of Cuba. |