To deter and disrupt Destroying Indonesia 's growing Expansion campaign of infiltrations Attack , the British responded Response in 1964 by launching Motion their own covert operations into Indonesian Kalimantan under the code name Operation Claret .

The conflict gradually emerged Coming_to_be from the declared Expressing_publicly hostility of post-revolutionary Islamic Republic of Iran towards Israel since 1979 , into covert Iranian support Supporting of Hezbollah during the South Lebanon conflict ( 1985–2000 ) and essentially developed Coming_to_be into a proxy regional conflict from 2005 .

the 1954 guatemalan coup UNK , code-named operation unk , was a covert operation Military_operation carried out Action by the u.s. central intelligence agency ( cia ) that deposed Removing the democratically elected Choosing guatemalan president jacobo unk and ended Process_end the guatemalan revolution Change_of_leadership of unk .

It was designed Creating to carry out Action a mock version of a covert and widespread smallpox attack Attack on the United States .

CIA covert action worked through Pakistani intelligence services to reach Arriving Afghan rebel groups . ''

argo 16 was the codename of an italian air force c-47 dakota aircraft , registration unk , used by the italian secret service Rite sid and the u.s. central intelligence agency ( cia ) in covert operations .

It was the first covert action of the United States to overthrow Change_of_leadership a foreign government during peacetime .

“ The Prince encouraged Influence his security forces to persecute the mass organizations of the Left , especially the main Leftist one , the Pracheachon , and its covert sister organizations in the countryside and the cities. ” Progressively , there appeared Coming_to_be to be increasingly visible cracks within the political sphere as respective sides , strengthened and consolidated .

operation steel tiger was a covert u.s. 2nd air division , later seventh air force and u.s. navy task force 77 aerial interdiction effort targeted Aiming against the infiltration of people 's army of vietnam ( pavn ) men and material moving Motion south from the democratic republic of vietnam ( drv or north vietnam ) through southeastern laos to support Supporting their military effort in the republic of vietnam ( south vietnam ) during the vietnam war .

the mission was assigned Choosing to the 1st brigade combat Hostile_encounter team of the 4th infantry division , commanded Control by maj. gen. raymond odierno and led Conquering by col. james hickey of the 4th infantry division , with joint Collaboration operations task force Hostile_encounter unk elite and covert joint Collaboration special operations team .

operation barrel roll was a covert u.s. air force 2nd air division and u.s. navy task force 77 , interdiction and close air support campaign Military_operation conducted Action in the kingdom of laos between 14 december 1964 and 29 march 1973 concurrent with the vietnam war .

beginning during the same time frame ( and expanding throughout the conflict ) the operation became Becoming increasingly involved in providing Supply close air support missions for royal lao armed forces , unk tribal mercenaries , and thai volunteer defense corps in a covert ground war in northern and northeastern laos .

operation menu was the codename of a covert united states strategic air command ( sac ) bombing Attack campaign conducted Action in eastern cambodia from 18 march 1969 until 26 may 1970 as part of both the vietnam war Hostile_encounter and the cambodian civil war Hostile_encounter .

On the royalist side Jordan and Saudi Arabia supplied Supply military aid Assistance , and Britain gave Giving covert support Supporting , while the republicans were supported Supporting by Egypt and were supplied Supply warplanes from the Soviet Union .

operation tiger hound was a covert u.s. 2nd air division , later seventh air force and u.s. navy task force Military_operation 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted Action in southeastern laos from 5 december 1965 till 11 november 1968 , during the vietnam war .

The Kingdom of Laos was a covert theater for other belligerents during the Vietnam War .

Overthrow Change_of_leadership of the new Bolshevik regime was an additional , covert motivation .