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Ex-spy to enlist US in ousting Iran's leaders
Iran Mania News ^
| December 15,2003
| AFP
Posted on 12/15/2003 8:32:22 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
A controversial Iranian ex-spy said he has discussed with the Pentagon using some of Saddam Hussein's hidden cash to launch a peaceful revolution against Tehran's clerical regime, Newsweek magazine reported Sunday.
Manucher Ghorbanifar told the weekly he has been meeting with senior defense officials to discuss unseating Iran's Islamic regime, and said he knows how to find 340 million dollars in Saddam's cash.
Ghorbanifar said he proposed using half the cash to finance an Iranian resistance and giving the other half to the US government, Newsweek said.
A Defense official told Newsweek that any discussion about regime change with Ghorbanifar -- a controversial figure with whom the Pentagon has cut off contact -- was a "one-way conversation."
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: ghorbanifar; iran; iraq; mrregime; next; pyw; southwestasia
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Gee,I think maybe the Iraqis might have a say in how to use Saddam's money..One way conversation indeed.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:39:39 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
I don't know that he is that reliable.
But, it appears everyone is coming out of the woodwork.
If nothing else, the soundbites are interesting.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:40:59 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
He sells info.,was a middleman for Iran/Contra dealings.Ledeen likes him...the CIA doesn't.I googled.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:54:27 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
I like Ledeen. But, I don't know enough about this man, to say much more.
It will be interesting to hear more about this story.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:56:09 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
When I googled ,I found stories from Aug and Oct.
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:57:20 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
The question is, do the CIA or State Dept. even listen to him?
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posted on
12/15/2003 8:58:19 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
How does he think it looks to propose Iraqi money for the Iranian overthrow?Some might say ..we can't find the money anyway ..but it still stinks.
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posted on
12/15/2003 9:02:34 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
I think he is talking only to hear himself speak.
I don't think anyone believes his plan would work.
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posted on
12/15/2003 9:04:23 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
Apparently they do not take him as credible.... publicly
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posted on
12/15/2003 9:04:42 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Saddam is out of the hole and into the quagmire!)
To: GeronL
Publicly, yes.
But any plan such as this, always has more than one layer. It's too soon to speculate.
But, to me, it sounds far fetched.
Stranger things have happened, though, like finding Saddam in a hole.
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posted on
12/15/2003 9:06:10 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Your joy is your sorrow unmasked." --- GIBRAN)
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