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==Suspected Operations== | ==Suspected Operations== | ||
*Operation Brakion- | *'''Operation Brakion'''- The secret arrest and murder of [[Shen Doik]], chief advisor and widely suspected power behind the throne of the previous regime. Immediately after the PCD victory, Doik left the country for [[the Cape]]. In October 1992 BSP agents successfully kidnapped him in [[Cape Town]], put him on a plane to Corumm. It is suspected that Doik was murdered aboard the plane and his corpse thrown in the Sea of Cathay. | ||
*'''Operation Panoptes'''- Operation Panoptes refers to the concerted effort to expand surveillance of opposition politicians on both the left and right after the PCD victory. With the Ministry of Justice 'untying' its hands, the BSP began massively bugging private homes and offices, constant tapping of telephone and internet based conversations, intercepting and opening mail. Parallel operations were undertaken by tax authorities to create a database of opposition politicians and their assets, legal and illegal. | *'''Operation Panoptes'''- Operation Panoptes refers to the concerted effort to expand surveillance of opposition politicians on both the left and right after the PCD victory. With the Ministry of Justice 'untying' its hands, the BSP began massively bugging private homes and offices, constant tapping of telephone and internet based conversations, intercepting and opening mail. Parallel operations were undertaken by tax authorities to create a database of opposition politicians and their assets, legal and illegal. | ||
*'''Operation Eschaton'''- The targeted killing of leadership cadres of the [[Army of Common Men]] beginning in March 1994. The killings mostly took the form of car bombs or through poisoning. The operation lasted approximately two years and its success was a necessary precondition for the later Operation Maniphage. During Eschaton approximately 430 people were asassinated. | *'''Operation Eschaton'''- The targeted killing of leadership cadres of the [[Army of Common Men]] beginning in March 1994. The killings mostly took the form of car bombs or through poisoning. The operation lasted approximately two years and its success was a necessary precondition for the later Operation Maniphage. During Eschaton approximately 430 people were asassinated. | ||