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Mussolini, British agent, recruited by MI5

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Imperialist	Posted: October 16, 2009 12:20 pm
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Posted: October 18, 2009 05:47 pm

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QUOTE (Imperialist @ October 16, 2009 05:20 pm)

Documents reveal Italian dictator got start in politics in 1917 with help of £100 weekly wage from MI5

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/1...uited-mi5-italy

Talk about the "Law of Unintended Consequences" !!!

MMM	Posted: October 19, 2009 10:39 am
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Posted: October 20, 2009 03:11 pm

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QUOTE (MMM @ October 19, 2009 03:39 pm)

This should stand just next to Suvorov's theory of Hitler being the "puppet" of Stalin!

Well, not in my opinion; that sort of thing is counterfactual history, myth, conspiracy theory and the like.

In the Mussolini case, there seems to be evidence and, given the histories and m.o. of spooks, I have no prob imaginng the MI5 doing something like that.

All I'm saying is I doubt that had any idea their boy would grow up to be the (arguably) second most important fascist of the era, and cause them/us so much trouble (i,e. WW2: persoanlly reading now the Italian campaigns, 1943-44. Not pretty, just to take one example!)

The "unintended consequences law" bit them/us on the ass hard that time, if report true. Not the first or, last time!

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