Since 1947, when the CIA was established, the US has had a continuous semi covert, semi overt policy of overthrowing foreign governments.

Consider, for example, the silent water war triggered by Ethiopia s dam building on the Blue Nile, which has elicited Egyptian threats of covert or overt military reprisals.

During December's Duma elections, for example, the government in violation of existing electoral laws used its influence to give both covert and overt support to the party of power, Unity (Yedinstvo).

During December's Duma elections, for example, the government in violation of existing electoral laws used its influence to give both covert and overt support to the party of power, Unity (Yedinstvo).

Indeed, Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders believe that covert war will inevitably become overt if Israel and the West truly believe that Iran is approaching a dangerous point in its nuclear program.

As with the covert war that the US waged in the 1980 s in Afghanistan against Soviet military intervention, so, too, have short term interests driven US policy in the current overt war.

US Covert Action in Yemen 2001 2012

We are sent on a covert mission.

We are sent on a covert mission.

On the contrary, it has become more rigorous and covert.

Under a policy that came to be known as the Reagan Doctrine, Reagan and his administration also provided overt and covert aid to anti communist resistance movements in an effort to rollback Soviet backed communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

But these days, it seems like a much more covert operation.

Over the next few years, he and Caroline lived quietly, avoiding overt political activity.

Indeed, Iran might become so fearful of an overt war that it starts one itself.

First, US President Barack Obama should pull the plug on CIA covert operations.

The covert manner of Khurram's arrest was such that no warrant was issued.

The picture is similar in Germany, where the overt influence of value politics is even smaller.

You can usually recognize them by the aggressively overt way they express their love for Islam.

The proposed amendment, however, is the most overt legislative attack on homosexuality in Russia to date.

Most of the time, this racism is covert, only hinted at through code words.

The overt bomb was of course the appearance of Sugar Aloes at the Eat Ah Food Fete.

A covert war between Israel and Iran has been going on for some time now.

Libya was also a party to the NPT while it pursued a covert nuclear program.

Through its overt refusal to accept Asia s territorial status quo, China only highlights the futility of political negotiations.

The US China relationship itself is likely to remain uneasy, but overt competition or confrontation suits neither side.

And the CIA has had a long history with both covert and public cultural diplomacy efforts.

Worldwide, more than a billion women confront grinding and overt gender discrimination in education, nutrition, health care, and salaries.

In some countries, overt corruption occurs primarily through campaign contributions that oblige politicians to repay major donors with favors.

CAMBRIDGE Russian President Vladimir Putin s covert aggression in Ukraine continues and so do Western sanctions against his country.

Instead, they hope that their own covert action might stop the West from applying more sanctions and greater pressure.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism based at City University, London, has published figures for US covert action in Yemen

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has also collated detailed data on reported US covert actions in Yemen since 2001.

The Kremlin has probably lost its chance to remove Saakashvili by overt force, although sinister, more stealthy means cannot be ruled out.

In the case of Beck s rally in Washington DC, the link with history of rural churches and religious revival meetings was overt.

Instead of opening the door, the EU seems determined to find covert ways to close its markets to Russian goods.

The overt government backing provided to Berlusconi s Mediaset against Rupert Murdoch s Sky caused a far greater stir internationally than it did in Italy.

Personality undoubtedly matters, and beneath overt political differences there may also be issues of values that have not yet come to the fore.

Outwardly, Iran has often been relatively cautious, but, at the covert level, it has been the world s leading sponsor of terror.

After the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Iraq once again embarrassed the IAEA, when inspectors uncovered a major covert nuclear weapons program.

After the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Iraq once again embarrassed the IAEA, when inspectors uncovered a major covert nuclear weapons program.

Yet covert support from Israel, America, and the Saudis for Abbas and Siniora does little to help them in their domestic battles.

Historians know this sordid story, but most Westerners do not (in no small part because many of the interventions have been covert).

Citizens, opposition politicians and civil society organizations expressed their anger at the court's move, suspecting covert interference from the ruling VMRO DPMNE.

Their titles suggested themes similar to the existing network either overt pro Russian polemic, or more subtle disinformation under the guise of legitimate Ukrainian journalism.

Somewhere out there, gunning for Musharraf, are Islamic militants furious at being dumped after they fought his covert wars in Afghanistan and Kashmir.