Dawood Salahuddin person
also: Belfield, David Theodore Belfield, Dawad, Dawah, Dawah Salahuddin, Dawood, Dawood Salahuddin, Dawud, Salahuddin, Tala Tebi Salahuddin
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Claims (15)
Dawood Salahuddin carried_out_attack
Ali Akbar Taleghani host_asserted
“was understandably suspicious given the threats against Talatabi's life. But his suspicions waned when he saw a postman's truck in uniform. The postman said only Allah Akbar Talatabi could sign for his certified mail. He was holding several…”
▶ Colonel’s Corner-Book Review-Prelude to Terror Chap 22 @ 46:54
Dawood Salahuddin assassinated
Abdol-Ali Khalkhali host_asserted
“He was holding several thick envelopes. When Talatabi came to the door, the postman did not offer him a clipboard. Instead, he looked at him straight in the eye and pressed the trigger three times at point-blank range. The seconds played ou…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 40:33
Dawood Salahuddin moved_to
Montreal host_asserted
“Dawad returned to Nahidian's Islamic house to change clothes and begin his exile from his own country. He flew under a phony name and passport, first to Montreal, then to Geneva, and finally to Tehran. The inability of authorities to stop D…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 41:54
Dawood Salahuddin moved_to
Geneva host_asserted
“Dawad returned to Nahidian's Islamic house to change clothes and begin his exile from his own country. He flew under a phony name and passport, first to Montreal, then to Geneva, and finally to Tehran. The inability of authorities to stop D…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 41:54
Dawood Salahuddin studied_at
Harvard University book_quoted
“And it talks about this one particular guy by the name of David Theodore Belfield, B-E-L-F-I-E-L-D. He was originally from North Carolina. He was black. He attended, he eventually attends, he went to New York and then he goes to Howard Univ…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 14:27
Dawood Salahuddin moved_to
Iran host_asserted
“Dawad returned to Nahidian's Islamic house to change clothes and begin his exile from his own country. He flew under a phony name and passport, first to Montreal, then to Geneva, and finally to Tehran. The inability of authorities to stop D…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 41:54
Dawood Salahuddin carried_out_attack
Washington, D.C. book_quoted
“His introduction into the shooting war came very gradually. His first assignment was to firebomb a pro-Shah newspaper office in Washington, D.C. In early June, Salahuddin was a hardened soldier of Islam. To Salahuddin, a fatwa was the highe…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 38:42
Bahram Nahidian recruited
Dawood Salahuddin book_quoted
“Northern Virginia, which is just crazy. So Nahidian arranged for a job for Dawud at the Iranian interest section in the Algerian embassy. So this David Belfield, who turns into Dawud, begin working undercover.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 26:05
Sayyid Qutb recruited
Dawood Salahuddin book_quoted
“On his visits to Washington, Syed Ramadan began using Dawad as his personal assistant and secretary. Dawad kept up communications with him as Ramadan traveled the world. Dawad began to see Ramadan as his mentor. One day in early 1979, a cal…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 33:51
Dawood Salahuddin relationship_with
Hassan al-Turabi book_quoted
“That's going to be his new Islamic name. S-A-L-A-H-U-D-D-I-N. And so Dawood Salahuddin, that's a crazy name, is going to get radicalized. And he basically becomes a mentoree of a guy by the name of Hamas.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 15:27
Dawood Salahuddin operated_in
Algerian Embassy book_quoted
“Northern Virginia, which is just crazy. So Nahidian arranged for a job for Dawud at the Iranian interest section in the Algerian embassy. So this David Belfield, who turns into Dawud, begin working undercover.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 26:05
Dawood Salahuddin carried_out_attack
Statue of Liberty book_quoted
“On November 4th, the same day of the Iranian revolution where the quote-unquote students took over the U.S. embassy in Iran, this guy, Dawood, climbs up on the Statue of Liberty and unwraps a banner from the crown of the Statue of Liberty. …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 23 @ 27:36
CIA covered_up
Dawood Salahuddin host_asserted
“But the guy who had first refused him entry now told him that any and all of his needs would be taken care of. Dawud would not learn until much later that he, the guy that met him, was a CIA agent. Dawud also did not know that he was not su…”
▶ Colonel’s Corner-Book Review-Prelude to Terror Chap 22 @ 51:15
CIA funded
Dawood Salahuddin host_asserted
“Using bank robberies to pay for missions like this, again, is another thing that the CIA did with their agents. And that's actually Operation Gladio. That was done a lot over in Europe as well. Dawad returned to Nahidian's Islamic house to …”
▶ Colonel’s Corner-Book Review-Prelude to Terror Chap 22 @ 48:20
CIA recruited
Dawood Salahuddin host_asserted
“blacks to be Muslims in order to radicalize them and put them in terror cells inside the United States and to be deployed outside the United States. And there's zero coordination to reaffirm their commitment to Islam in the United States by…”
▶ Colonel’s Corner-Book Review-Prelude to Terror Chap 22 @ 40:03
Mentions (17)
▶ 38:37
I'm telling you, the entire thing is a CIA op. The spokesperson of the pro-Shah forces was Ali Akbar Takatabe, who was the former press attache at the Iranian embassy in Washington, D.C. Dawood and others from the Naharian Mosque group call…
▶ 39:08
that his activities against the Islamic government of Iran would lead to his death. These warnings didn't silence him. Tala Tabeh was a rarity among the Shah's officials, most of whom retired to places like Geneva to live comfortably after …
▶ 40:03
blacks to be Muslims in order to radicalize them and put them in terror cells inside the United States and to be deployed outside the United States. And there's zero coordination to reaffirm their commitment to Islam in the United States by…
▶ 42:00
arms in return for the release of the hostages. According to Dawood Salahuddin, Fardas became the go-between for the arms negotiations. On the American side, Helms was selected by Carter to be the liaison. Two months after the contact with …
▶ 44:58
The Iranian government is crazy. When the coup was discovered, discovered? You just talked about it on television. A secret Islamic court issued a fatwa and arrest warrants for more than 1,500 plotters. Salahuddin, his introduction into the…
▶ 45:28
Very gradually, his first assignment was to firebomb a pro-Shah newspaper office in Washington, D.C. In early June, Salahuddin was a hardened soldier of Islam. To Salahuddin, a fatwa was the highest level order given. When Fardas relayed a …
▶ 45:58
and remain in Islam. Salahuddin was willing to die for Allah. He also remembered thinking that the embassy spokesperson was too small of a target. He suggested someone like Henry Kissinger. Dawah Salahuddin's training took over from his rel…
▶ 47:21
He looked at him straight in the eye and pressed the trigger three times at point-blank range. The second played out in slow motion. The look of surprise on Talatebi's face when three 9mm bullets tore through his stomach. The way the dust, …
▶ 47:51
The operation was planned perfectly. Dawad had gotten his weapon from a group of Muslims who were contemplating financing a takeover of an army base in Virginia with a series of bank robberies. He had gotten the mail truck by bribing a post…
▶ 48:20
Using bank robberies to pay for missions like this, again, is another thing that the CIA did with their agents. And that's actually Operation Gladio. That was done a lot over in Europe as well. Dawad returned to Nahidian's Islamic house to …
▶ 48:46
He flew under a phony name and passport, first to Montreal, then to Geneva, and finally to Tehran. The inability of authorities to stop Dawad's escape, combined with his series of miscues, left the prosecution of the conspirators in ruins. …
▶ 49:16
told the media that he was not involved. Islam does not allow you to go ahead and kill someone unless the Islamic court approved it, he was to say, which of course it did because he brought the fatwa from Iran. Dawad said Nahidian never men…
▶ 49:46
In fact, the foreign minister, a guy by the name of Sadeh Ghatbateh in Tehran, refused to issue him an entry visa. Now desperate, Dawad contacted Saeed Ramadan. Ramadan was furious at Dawad for carrying out the assassination. He thought it …
▶ 50:15
And then Gatsbasa, who overruled said Dawah at the Geneva airport, which is divided between Switzerland and France, Dawah felt vulnerable. But even though he was, he saw customs officials reading newspaper stories featuring his picture, the…
▶ 50:45
accompanied by a woman with connections to the highest level of Khomeini. The Iranian air flight arrived in Tehran at 3 a.m. A security detail of three cars was waiting for him. He was whisked into a Cadillac Seville. In the back seat were …
▶ 51:15
But the guy who had first refused him entry now told him that any and all of his needs would be taken care of. Dawud would not learn until much later that he, the guy that met him, was a CIA agent. Dawud also did not know that he was not su…
▶ 51:49
Sayyid Ramadan. After the meeting, two of the security men drove Dawad around the city for about two hours, then delivered him to a safe house. The lavish gas compound just outside of Tehran was the Safak headquarters, which was ran by the …