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CIA Playbook Example

Submitted March 10, 2004 - 12:25 am by David Keating
I would like to add some links that people who are interested in exploring one of the most exposed examples of a US coup de etat can follow in order to see not only that this really does happen but more importantly how it happens, the nuts and bolts of the operations.  

For example when I read about "Aristide supporters shooting peaceful demonstrators" a "red flag" goes up because of the CIA's use of local operatives to masquerade as violent supporters in order to change public opinion.  They admit doing this in Iran, I have read the government documents that says they do this, everyone knows they do this (SO THEN WHY DONT THE NEWSPAPERS NOTE THIS WHEN THEY WRITE ABOUT THIS CRAP!?!).  

So these links are to the history of and actual US documents on the publicly-known CIA run coup in Iran to overthrow their Prime Minister Mossadeq.  

My favourite source of official US documents gained under the Freedom of Information Act is the The George Washington University National Security Archive.  

In it they link to an early review of the documents at Al's favourite The New York Times.  

And I would like to add a link to those who would rather read a book on the subject written by Stephen Kinzer entitled All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror.  

I hope the above links stimulate a discussion on the process (I know Iran is not in South America but it is the best known example I know of...).  I would be happy to discuss the event as I have read and heard about it in more detail if there are interested people.  

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