20-06-2009, 05:38 PM
Magda Hassan Wrote:The CIA history of operation TPAJAX excerpted below was first disclosed by James Risen of The New York Times in its editions of April 16 and June 18, 2000, and posted in this form on its website at:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mid...index.html
This extremely important document is one of the last major pieces of the puzzle explaining American and British roles in the August 1953 coup against Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadeq. Written in March 1954 by Donald Wilber, one of the operation’s chief planners, the 200-page document is essentially an after-action report, apparently based in part on agency cable traffic and Wilber’s interviews with agents who had been on the ground in Iran as the operation lurched to its conclusion.
Wonderful and essential background, Maggie, as we watch Ajax II (or "Son of Ajax") unfold, for which many thanks.
Paul
PS I wonder how many millions of Iranians must be destroyed and displaced by the American exterminator to "liberate" that beautiful country?