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Desert One hostage rescue fails

1980 · importance 2/5 · ai_extracted

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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA whole source · open book
The Pentagon’s special-operations forces were in charge of Desert One, the April 1980 mission to save the hostages at the American embassy.

chapter: Chapter 37

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Start date (EDTF) 1980 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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