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>What’s this playbook?
>The playbook I’m referring to in this article is the US Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Manual from 2010. These were methods that the United States military employed against Libya.
Another relevant playbook, from CIA, composed for Nicaragua:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_Operations_in_Guerrilla_Warfare
Notably, it describes essentially the method used for the Maidan revolution in Ukraine: mystery snipers firing on crowds to magnify unrest and rioting.