13-06-2010, 08:32 PM
SIS (MI6) created the Muslim Brotherhood in the inter-war era as a counterweight to secular Egyptian nationalism. CIA took it over post-WWII (even as it backed Nasser); and Israeli intelligence repeated the trick with Hamas.
If I knew more about imperial Roman intelligence - St Paul et al - I'm sure we'd find precedent there, perhaps in the form of Christianity itself.
Nice to see Alex's work hereabouts, BTW.
If I knew more about imperial Roman intelligence - St Paul et al - I'm sure we'd find precedent there, perhaps in the form of Christianity itself.
Nice to see Alex's work hereabouts, BTW.
"There are three sorts of conspiracy: by the people who complain, by the people who write, by the people who take action. There is nothing to fear from the first group, the two others are more dangerous; but the police have to be part of all three,"
Joseph Fouche
Joseph Fouche