Iran used to be a Democracy - CIA Coups
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- In 1953, the United States overthrew the only democratic leader Iran ever had; Mossedegh, at the request of the British SIS (MI6). Mossedegh had decided to stop Britain from stealing it's natural resources (Oil) & give the profits back to the rightful owner's, namely the Iranian people. Having expelled British dimplomats from the country, the British turned to America to plan & operate the coup. Afterwards, the United States reinstalled the Shah & trained his brutal secret police force; The Savak, who killed & tortured 1000's of people for decades. *********************************** The CIA in Iran New York Times Special * 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. http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-chapter3.html *********************************** CIA Declassified documents: (courtesy of the NYT) http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/iran-cia-intro.pdf Same from George Washington University: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB28/index.html#documents *********************************** C.I.A. Destroyed Files on 1953 Iran Coup New York Times Published: May 29, 1997 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E6DB123AF93AA15756C0A961958260 *********************************** Torture's Teachers New York Times Article June 11, 1979 "the C.I.A. sent an operative to teach interrogation methods to SAVAK, the Shahs secret police, that the training included instructions in torture, and the techniques were copied from the Nazis." http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C15F93E5D12728DDDA80994DE405B898BF1D3&scp=1&sq=Torture%92s+Teachers&st=p http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/langguthleaf.html *********************************** REFORMING U.S. INTELLIGENCE, Allan E. Goodman "The CIA's close relationship with SAVAK also caused the agency to re
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