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Diego Garcia: Ethnically cleansed for U.S. forever wars

Originally published: The Cradle on April 18, 2025 by Aidan J. Simardone (more by The Cradle) | (Posted Apr 21, 2025)

As Trump threatens war on Iran, Washington weaponizes Diego Garcia–a Chagos island in the Indian Ocean built on ethnic cleansing, British colonialism, and military adventurism.
Will the Cocos Islands become like Diego Garcia, highjacked by the U.S.?

Originally published: Pearls and Irritations on May 30, 2024 by John Menadue (more by Pearls and Irritations) (Posted May 31, 2024)

The 2000 residents of Diego Garcia were forcibly removed to make way for a giant U.S. military base.