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The '''Dirty War''' in Argentina, from 1976-1983, was a seven-year  dictatorship and counterinsurgency campaign waged by the Argentinian military junta against left-wing guerrillas and supporting civilians. Many people, both guerrillas and sympathizers among the civilian population, were "disappeared". They were taken to secret government detention centers where they were evemtually released or killed. These people are known as internationally as ''"los desaparecidos"'' ("the disappeared").

The '''Dirty War''' in Argentina, from 1976-1983, was a seven-year  dictatorship and counterinsurgency campaign waged by the Argentinian military junta against left-wing guerrillas and supporting civilians. Tens of thousands of Argentinian nationals, both guerrillas and sympathizers among the civilian population, were abducted by military task groups and supporting volunteer civilian [[Triple A]] military death squads often in the middle of the night. They were taken to secret government detention centers where they were eventually released or killed. These people are known as internationally as ''"los desaparecidos"'' ("the disappeared").

This unexpected Argentinian military defeat during the Falklands/Malvinas War in 1982 hastened the fall of the military junta that had lost the propaganda war, turning Argentina into a pariah state, and in mid-1982 General Reynaldo Bignone restored basic civil liberties and retracted its ban on left-wing political parties. The Argemtinian military dictatorhip ended when Raul Alfonsin's civilian government took control of the country on December 10, 1983.

This unexpected Argentinian military defeat during the Falklands/Malvinas War in 1982 hastened the fall of the unpopular military junta that had lost the propaganda war, turning Argentina into a pariah state, and in mid-1982 Lieutenant-General Reynaldo Bignone (head of the interim government) restored basic civil liberties and retracted its ban on left-wing political parties. The Argentinian military dictatorship ended when [[Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín]]'s UCR (Unión Cívica Radical or Radical Civic Union) civilian government took control of the country on December 10, 1983.

Many people, 7,158<ref>"The justification for the Dirty War was the armed actions of the Montoneros and the ERP. From 1969 to 1979, there were 239 kidnappings and 1,020 murders by the guerrillas. During the same period, however, the military kidnapped 7,844 and murdered 7,850." The Psychology of Genocide and Violent Oppression: A Study of Mass Cruelty from Nazi Germany to Rwanda, Richard Morrock, William Marchak, p. 184, McFarland, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1621505-hablan-de-30000-desaparecidos-y-saben-que-es-falso Hablan de 30.000 desaparecidos y saben que es falso]</ref><ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1464650-videla-admitio-que-la-dictadura-mato-a-7-u-8-mil-personas Videla admitió la muerte y desaparición de "7 u 8 mil personas"]</ref>-13,000<ref>[http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2003/10/06/p-00801.htm Una duda histórica: no se sabe cuántos son los desaparecidos]</ref>, both Peronist and Marxist guerrillas as well as opponents of the Argentinian miltary regime were "disappeared" in the middle of the night. Tens of thousands were taken to secret government detention centers where they were killed or eventually freed under international diplomatic pressure. These people are known as "los desaparecidos" or "the disappeared."

Many people, 7,158<ref>"The justification for the Dirty War was the armed actions of the Montoneros and the ERP. From 1969 to 1979, there were 239 kidnappings and 1,020 murders by the guerrillas. During the same period, however, the military kidnapped 7,844 and murdered 7,850." The Psychology of Genocide and Violent Oppression: A Study of Mass Cruelty from Nazi Germany to Rwanda, Richard Morrock, William Marchak, p. 184, McFarland, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1621505-hablan-de-30000-desaparecidos-y-saben-que-es-falso Hablan de 30.000 desaparecidos y saben que es falso]</ref><ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1464650-videla-admitio-que-la-dictadura-mato-a-7-u-8-mil-personas Videla admitió la muerte y desaparición de "7 u 8 mil personas"]</ref>-13,000<ref>[http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2003/10/06/p-00801.htm Una duda histórica: no se sabe cuántos son los desaparecidos]</ref>, both Peronist and Marxist guerrillas as well as opponents of the Argentinian miltary regime were "disappeared" in the middle of the night. Tens of thousands were taken to secret government detention centers where they were killed or eventually freed under international diplomatic pressure. These people are known as "los desaparecidos" or "the disappeared."