– Letter to the Editor: Fifth Generation Warfare Manual Describes How Canadian Government Will Deal with Political Dissidents :
A reader, Dave, writes to highlight a WikiLeaks file regarding the Canadian counter-insurgency operations manual. “It is a fifth-generation warfare manual that spells out the Canadian government’s plan to conduct extrajudicial killings of political dissidents for minor and arbitrary reasons,” he writes.
WikiLeaks released the file on 3 August 2009. “I have been sharing this file for years,” writes Dave.
In July 2009, Anthony Fenton wrote an analysis of the Canadian Forces’ counter-insurgency (“COIN”) operations doctrine. It had been in development since 2005 and was authorised by Chief of Land Staff Lt. Gen. Andrew Leslie in the waning days of the Bush administration, wrote Fenton. It was not formalised for another two months – six weeks after the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Fenton’s analysis argued that the Canadian counter-insurgency manual reflects US-Canada “synergy.” We mention Fenton’s article as readers may be interested in reading this analysis in addition to the letter below.
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