Packet 11: Tossup 5

Actions taken by the 601 Intelligence Battalion during this period were investigated by the CONA•DEP commission. Ten teenagers were killed (15[1])during this period’s “Night of the Pencils.” (15[2])The Trial of the Juntas (15[1])punished members (15[1])of the National (15[1])Reorganization Process (-5[1])for crimes committed during (-5[1])this (15[1])period. (15[1]-5[2])During this (15[1])period, (15[1])Leopoldo Galtieri was opposed by the (*) Mothers (10[1])of the Plaza (10[1])de Mayo, (10[3])who protested disappearances of children. Henry Kissinger supported the use of death flights during (-5[1])this period as part of the CIA’s Operation Condor. Jorge Videla ordered mass disappearances of dissidents during, for 10 points, what period of state terrorism in Argentina? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Dirty War [accept La guerra sucia; prompt on Operation Condor before mention; prompt on National Reorganization Process or NRP before mention]
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%67%33%59.50
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13475%25%25%61.33
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30475%0%50%86.67
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%63%0%42.75