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>> Our intelligence services are not rogue nor do they have the power to take out a democratically elected president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Irania
by tanseydavid 5y ago
>> Our intelligence services are not rogue nor do they have the power to take out a democratically elected president.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende
>> To think otherwise is just conspiracy theories with no basis.
Your certitude here is making you look quite ignorant of history.
In August 2013 the U.S. government formally acknowledged the U.S. role in the coup by releasing a bulk of previously classified government documents that show it was in charge of both the planning and the execution of the coup, including the bribing of Iranian politicians, security and army high-ranking officials, as well as pro-coup propaganda.[28][29] The CIA is quoted acknowledging the coup was carried out "under CIA direction" and "as an act of U.S. foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government".[30]