1) In 1953, we helped overthrow the Mossadegh government in Iran:
In a key line pointed out by Malcom Byrne, the editor who worked through the documents, the CIA spells out its involvement in the coup. "The military coup that overthrew Mossadeq and his National Front cabinet was carried out under CIA direction as an act of U.S. foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government," the document says, using a variation of the spelling of Mossadegh's name.
2) During the Iraq-Iran War, we "knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history -- and still gave him a hand." More specifically -
"The Iraqis used mustard gas and sarin prior to four major offensives in early 1988 that relied on U.S. satellite imagery, maps, and other intelligence. These attacks helped to tilt the war in Iraq's favor and bring Iran to the negotiating table, and they ensured that the Reagan administration's long-standing policy of securing an Iraqi victory would succeed. But they were also the last in a series of chemical strikes stretching back several years that the Reagan administration knew about and didn't disclose. "
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I believe the objective evidence had long ago shown CIA involvement in Mossadegh's ouster, these are more confirmations.
Iran was the greater enemy of Israel then, according to the estimation of the Israelis in power anyway. All the rest is commentary, as someone once said.
Fallujah hates us for use of chemicals there too.
Iran was the greater enemy of Israel then, according to the estimation of the Israelis in power anyway.
I thought we did that to keep the USSR out of the Middle East oil fields.
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