CIA 'fesses up
2015-03-16 17:12:10.611429+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Not exactly news, but it's interesting to see the culprits finally confess: CIA admits role in 1953 coup against the Mohammad Mosaddeq government in Iran.
Britain, and in particular Sir Anthony Eden, the foreign secretary, regarded Mosaddeq as a serious threat to its strategic and economic interests after the Iranian leader nationalised the British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, latterly known as BP. But the UK needed US support. The Eisenhower administration in Washington was easily persuaded.
Oillaging Pillaging other people's resources somehow seems to cause hard feelings. Go figure.
[Edit: that fumblefinger was so apropos that I had to leave it in...]