List of documented covert CIA/military operations in the Middle East and North Africa: • Iran (1953): CIA and British SIS jointly executed Operation Ajax to overthrow Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and strengthen the Shah. • Egypt (1950s-60s): covert activities to influence politics amid Cold War competition (varying levels of support to factions). • Syria (1949, 1950s-60s): alleged CIA involvement in 1949 coup and Cold War-era covert intluence; later covert efforts to influence Syrian politics. • Iraq (1950s-60s): covert contacts and influence around 1958 coup and subsequent politics; 1963 Ba'athist coup has disputed links to Western intelligence. • Libya (1950s-60s; 2010s indirect): Cold War covert actions; later interventions in 2011 were overt NATO operations rather than purely covert. • Yemen (1960s): support in North Yemen civil war to counter Egyptian influence (covert arms and funding).
Who creates chaos in West Asia and North Africa? We do!
Same in Latin America, Europe, the Balkans, Africa, Asia and the Pacific! The USA is poorer because of it all! Our people are sick and homeless because of our military spending! ENOUGH already! War is a racket! #NoWarsButClassWar 🤬
