Iranians working for the C.I.A. and posing as Communists harassed religious leaders a

[dahunan]

Iranians working for the C.I.A. and posing as Communists harassed religious leaders and staged the bombing of one cleric's home in a campaign to turn the country's Islamic religious community against Mossadegh's government.

What??? I wonder if the CIA would do something like this in America if they needed support for something??



http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html
The Central Intelligence Agency's secret history of its covert operation to overthrow Iran's government in 1953 offers an inside look at how the agency stumbled into success, despite a series of mishaps that derailed its original plans. Written in 1954 by one of the coup's chief planners, the history details how United States and British officials plotted the military coup that returned the shah of Iran to power and toppled Iran's elected prime minister, an ardent nationalist.
The document shows that:

Britain, fearful of Iran's plans to nationalize its oil industry, came up with the idea for the coup in 1952 and pressed the United States to mount a joint operation to remove the prime minister.
The C.I.A. and S.I.S., the British intelligence service, handpicked Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi to succeed Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and covertly funneled $5 million to General Zahedi's regime two days after the coup prevailed.
Iranians working for the C.I.A. and posing as Communists harassed religious leaders and staged the bombing of one cleric's home in a campaign to turn the country's Islamic religious community against Mossadegh's government.
The shah's cowardice nearly killed the C.I.A. operation. Fearful of risking his throne, the Shah repeatedly refused to sign C.I.A.-written royal decrees to change the government. The agency arranged for the shah's twin sister, Princess Ashraf Pahlevi, and Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the father of the Desert Storm commander, to act as intermediaries to try to keep him from wilting under pressure. He still fled the country just before the coup succeeded.

 

[OCGuy]

OMG the CIA is probably at your door now!

 

[Easy Rider]

not suprising remember history of Osama, Saddam etc

 

[bfdd]

oh no we're trying to secretly get rid of someone we consider an enemy without having to blow up the whole fucking nation. trying to secure both our nations by simply causing a little unrest instead of all out war. goddamn motherfucker do you ever think shit through? the goddamn world isn't all fucking sunshine and rainbow gum drops.

 

[dahunan]

oh no we're trying to secretly get rid of someone we consider an enemy without having to blow up the whole fucking nation. trying to secure both our nations by simply causing a little unrest instead of all out war. goddamn motherfucker do you ever think shit through? the goddamn world isn't all fucking sunshine and rainbow gum drops.

hey fuck you.. do you ever think OUTSIDE your culture and outside your paid journalists

dont fuck with me.. NOTHING was acceptable about what they did.. no way no how

How in the hell do you think that shit is ok? Britain was going to lose SOME OIL PROFITS so you think we can murder people and remove DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED leaders

you are sick

 

[sandorski]

oh no we're trying to secretly get rid of someone we consider an enemy without having to blow up the whole fucking nation. trying to secure both our nations by simply causing a little unrest instead of all out war. goddamn motherfucker do you ever think shit through? the goddamn world isn't all fucking sunshine and rainbow gum drops.

So much Fail dude. Srsly.

 

[Easy Rider]

oh no we're trying to secretly get rid of someone we consider an enemy without having to blow up the whole fucking nation.

Saddam and Osama was leading to they power by CIA. at first create a problem then solve a problem :lol:

 

[Craig234]

oh no we're trying to secretly get rid of someone we consider an enemy without having to blow up the whole fucking nation.

LOL. That has to be the biggest apologizing I've seen all year.

"Our overthrowing your democracy and putting a dictator in charge and placing you in tyranny where you can be tortured so we can ensure our oil is as cheap as we'd like isn't what it sounds like. You should THANK US for not launching a war to kill much of your country instead. We're the good guys!"

By this token, someone who robs your house and tortures you should get your thanks for not killing your family. After all, they DO 'consider you their enemy' for having stuff to take.

 

[MikeMike]

To say that the US is the only country to have ever used strategy such as this...
To say that the world does not rely on back room deals, under the table discussions, and sly handshakes, would be like saying we could easily survive without the sun.

 

[sandorski]

To say that the US is the only country to have ever used strategy such as this...
To say that the world does not rely on back room deals, under the table discussions, and sly handshakes, would be like saying we could easily survive without the sun.

I haven't heard anyone say any of those things.

 

[Double Trouble]

A rather shameful chapter in US foreign activities. Not only did they do the wrong thing (go along with Britain to overthrow an elected leader and replace him with a puppet), they bungled the operation from start to finish. They screwed it up completely in so many ways....

You can't be naive and think that this is not common, I'm sure every single government engages in shenanigans in some way or another. The problem is, nobody stops to think about the long term consequences of their actions.

 

[MikeMike]

I haven't heard anyone say any of those things.

sorry, i thought you could use some random rambling this morning since moonbeam wasn't on