Originally posted by die_another_day
So, the CIA engineered this whole "revolution" in Iran? CIA rigged elections to make Ahmendinijad win the elections to make the elections look like a fake so that Iranians will rise up and Mousavi will take the presidency as a hero?
Seems plausible to me.
"Former Pakistani Army General Mirza Aslam Beig claims the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has distributed 400 million dollars inside Iran to evoke a revolution. In a phone interview with the Pashto Radio on Monday, General Beig said that there is undisputed intelligence proving the US interference in Iran. “The documents prove that the CIA spent 400 million dollars inside Iran to prop up a colorful-hollow revolution following the election,” he added."
Originally posted by Jakes51
I found an interesting source that has been sitting in mothballs for the past year. The article is from the Washington Post. Apparently, last year, Seymor Hersch, reporting for the New Yorker Magazine uncovered evidence that the US may be in fact conducting covert operations in Iran proper. These were findings from the twilight of the Bush era and it is still unclear how extensive operations are under the Obama administration.
However. it states that the US earmarked 400-million to gather intelligence regarding the nuclear program and for fanning dissent among opposition groups in the Islamic Republic. Check the article below and I think this is a red herring we have all been looking for about the US involvement in the dissent currently taking place in Iran.
www.washingtonpost.com...
[edit on 21-6-2009 by Jakes51]
[edit on 21-6-2009 by Jakes51]
Originally posted by seataka
From yet another thread, making this thread harder to find..
Originally posted by Jakes51
Apparently, last year, Seymor Hersch, reporting for the New Yorker Magazine uncovered evidence that the US may be in fact conducting covert operations in Iran proper. These were findings from the twilight of the Bush era and it is still unclear how extensive operations are under the Obama administration.
However. it states that the US earmarked 400-million to gather intelligence regarding the nuclear program and for fanning dissent among opposition groups in the Islamic Republic. Check the article below and I think this is a red herring we have all been looking for about the US involvement in the dissent currently taking place in Iran.
www.washingtonpost.com...
Following tow threads I don't remember if it was just posted here. The Bush admin openly acknowledged $4 Billion appropriated for support of those seeking regime change in Iran.
This may seem insidious for some, the US interfering with a sovereign state, but it's a two way street. Just off the top of my head, Iran was working on the behalf of essentially a double agent, Chalabi, being installed as head of state in Iraq. It has subsidized Hezbollah;s attempts to control Lebanon, assists keeping Assad in control of Syria, subsidized Hama's taking control of Gaza from their Fatah counterpart. Ad to that Iran agent being caught shipping nuclear components from the US, Iranian sympathetic academics caught providing translations and intelligence from the US.
The current Iranian regime plays similar disruptive games as the US. Sadly this adversarial stance benefits neither. If the will of the Iranian people is to seek a newer more representative government, is it unethical for the US to support this cause?
Mike
Originally posted by mmiichael
Following tow threads I don't remember if it was just posted here. The Bush admin openly acknowledged $4 Billion appropriated for support of those seeking regime change in Iran.
This may seem insidious for some, the US interfering with a sovereign state, but it's a two way street. Just off the top of my head, Iran was working on the behalf of essentially a double agent, Chalabi, being installed as head of state in Iraq. It has subsidized Hezbollah;s attempts to control Lebanon, assists keeping Assad in control of Syria, subsidized Hama's taking control of Gaza from their Fatah counterpart. Ad to that Iran agent being caught shipping nuclear components from the US, Iranian sympathetic academics caught providing translations and intelligence from the US.
The current Iranian regime plays similar disruptive games as the US. Sadly this adversarial stance benefits neither. If the will of the Iranian people is to seek a newer more representative government, is it unethical for the US to support this cause?
Mike
The terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) has reportedly played a major role in intensifying the recent wave of street violence in Iran. Iranian security officials reported Saturday that they have identified and arrested a large number of MKO members who were involved in recent riots in Iran's capital. According to the security officials, the arrested members had confessed that they were extensively trained in Iraq's camp Ashraf to create post-election mayhem in the country.
The BBC has again been caught engaging in mass public deception by using photographs of pro-Ahmadinejad rallies in Iran and claiming they represent anti-government protests in favor of Hossein Mousavi. An image used by the L.A. Times on the front page of its website Tuesday showed Iranian President Ahmadinejad waving to a crowd of supporters at a public event. In a story covering the election protests yesterday, the BBC News website used a closer shot of the same scene, but with Ahmadinejad cut out of the frame. The caption under the photograph read, 'Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi again defied a ban on protests'. The BBC photograph is clearly a similar shot of the same pro-Ahmadinejad rally featured in the L.A. Times image, yet the caption erroneously claims it represents anti-Ahmadinejad protesters. See the screenshots below (click to enlarge).
