Spanish judge targets Kissinger

Thursday, 18 April, 2002, 10:46 GMT 11:46 UK

The Spanish judge, Balthazar Garzon, has asked Interpol for information about a scheduled visit to London by the former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, next week.

Mr Kissinger is a new target for the man known in Spain as Super Judge, as he continues his personal crusade against what he describes as international terrorism.

Specifically, Judge Garzon wants to investigate what Mr Kissinger and the US Government knew about a plot in the 1970s, known as Operation Condor.

In this operation six former Latin American dictatorships - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay - agreed to assassinate each other's political opponents.

They secretly planned a co-ordinated effort to kidnap and kill hundreds of exiled men and women.

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