Kurdish militant groups organization
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Claims (11)
Henry Kissinger funded
Kurdish militant groups documented
“Another Nixon political associate told the Shah that Washington could help the Kurds. The CIA handled the American side from their station in Tehran. Kissinger set up the U.S. apparatus for the Kurdish secret war. His records reflect Washin…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 43:21
Henry Kissinger ordered_assassination_of
Kurdish militant groups documented
“Barzani thought this was a good idea and asked Washington about it. The CIA opposed any move. On October 16, 1973, Henry Kissinger instructed the CIA director to tell the Kurds not to attack. Barzani relented. Kissinger's response thus flew…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 47:46
Reza Pahlavi funded
Kurdish militant groups documented
“The Shah of Iran feared the end of the Kurdish war would bring more direct confrontation between Iran and Iraq. He stirred up trouble for the Iraqi government by then in the hands of Saddam Hussein, thanks to us. The Shah offered money and …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 41:52
Reza Pahlavi removed_from_power
Kurdish militant groups documented
“stopped free passage for CIA arms shipments, and closed his border to Barzani's Peshmerga. The next day, the Iraqis began a full-scale offensive. On March 10th, the Kurds sent CIA an anguished appeal. Our people's fate is in unprecedented d…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 51:36
Israel funded
Kurdish militant groups documented
“the Kurds too, and they had been helping the Kurds since 1965. Together, the three countries funded the secret war at a level of about a million dollars a month. These involvements were dwarfed by the Shah. Armed with assistance, the Kurds …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 44:51
Reza Pahlavi funded
Kurdish militant groups book_quoted
“One of James Schlesinger's first moves on the covert action front, which Kissinger backed and Nixon approved. Kissinger reports the Shah's covert aid at that point was over $30 million. And of course, we're giving Iran money too. So it's ju…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 45:50
Henry Kissinger funded
Kurdish militant groups documented
“Rather than rethink the program, Kissinger cooked up a deal with the Israelis who were happy to exchange Russian weapons they had captured in the October war for American new ones to the tune of about $28 million. Under unrelenting military…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 50:38
United Kingdom funded
Kurdish militant groups documented
“At first, the Nixon directive provided covert support of $5 million. The CIA provided $1 million worth of captured Soviet weapons and ammunition and remains unclear whether this formed part of the budget program or, like with the initial CI…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 44:21
CIA carried_out_attack
Kurdish militant groups book_quoted
“At this very moment, Nixon had resumed pressing the CIA for covert action against Hanoi while the agency had moved into high gear with a paramilitary initiative with the Kurds in Iraq. Any potential for the advisory board might have had as …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 32:42
CIA supplied_arms_to
Kurdish militant groups documented
“At first, the Nixon directive provided covert support of $5 million. The CIA provided $1 million worth of captured Soviet weapons and ammunition and remains unclear whether this formed part of the budget program or, like with the initial CI…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 33 (35) @ 44:21
Turkey carried_out_attack
Kurdish militant groups host_asserted
“Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Those people do not get along, for the most part, varying degrees, with the Kurds at all, especially Turkey. Turkey's primary focus of their Gladio operation was to murder and genocide Kurdish people. And that…”
▶ Operation Gladio 101 Pt 1 @ 34:34
Mentions (27)
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let me let me back that up they they participated in the messaging of an event that happened when they were trying to convince like the turkish people that an attack by isis was actually done by the kurds now why would they do that well the…
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Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Those people do not get along, for the most part, varying degrees, with the Kurds at all, especially Turkey. Turkey's primary focus of their Gladio operation was to murder and genocide Kurdish people. And that…
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Similarly, the 40 Committee could not be consulted on the project shortly to be described, a paramilitary effort among the Kurds of Iraq. Among decisions that can be traced to the 40 Committee, those on collection figures prominently. Overh…
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At this very moment, Nixon had resumed pressing the CIA for covert action against Hanoi while the agency had moved into high gear with a paramilitary initiative with the Kurds in Iraq. Any potential for the advisory board might have had as …
▶ 39:59
One nation to fill the weight of Nixon's covert operations was Iraq, especially the Kurds in Kurdistan in the north of the country. This secret war essentially involved the United States doing a favor for the Shah of Iran, where they were s…
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They were spread out across the borders of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey. As early as 1948, a CIA estimate observed the mountain tribes known as the Kurds are now and will continue to be an important factor in strategic estimates of the Near Ea…
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Kurds cooperated with the Russians to set up a short-lived republic in northern Iran. After the 1958 coup in Baghdad, the Iraqi government began cutting back Kurdish autonomy. The tribes took the field into a partisan war in which long camp…
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Finally, in sheer exhaustion in the 70s, the Iraqis and Kurds reached a settlement. Peace might have reigned except for Iran. The Iranians were engaged in several border disputes with Iraq, including one over the international boundary of t…
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The Shah of Iran feared the end of the Kurdish war would bring more direct confrontation between Iran and Iraq. He stirred up trouble for the Iraqi government by then in the hands of Saddam Hussein, thanks to us. The Shah offered money and …
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The Kurds were tempted but also distrusted the Shah. Barzani would consider the Shah's offer only with a U.S. guarantee that Iran would not cut off the Kurdish resistance. In March 1972, Jordanian King Hussein forwarded Barzani's request fo…
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Another Nixon political associate told the Shah that Washington could help the Kurds. The CIA handled the American side from their station in Tehran. Kissinger set up the U.S. apparatus for the Kurdish secret war. His records reflect Washin…
▶ 43:50
the Kurdish minority, as well as the Iranian security concerns. Kissinger's military aide, Colonel Richard Kennedy, met with the CIA and one of Barzani's sons on the Kurdish request. A staff assistant, Alfred Atherton, became the NSC's staf…
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At first, the Nixon directive provided covert support of $5 million. The CIA provided $1 million worth of captured Soviet weapons and ammunition and remains unclear whether this formed part of the budget program or, like with the initial CI…
▶ 44:51
the Kurds too, and they had been helping the Kurds since 1965. Together, the three countries funded the secret war at a level of about a million dollars a month. These involvements were dwarfed by the Shah. Armed with assistance, the Kurds …
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than Benzani had ever filled it. They engaged large Iraqi forces, including more than 90,000 regular troops with 1,200 tanks and 200 guns per auxiliary. By October, the CIA would report that they were engaging much of the Iraqi army. In 197…
▶ 47:14
of the covert operation with the Kurds. So in other words, we're going to have this other war over here and we know that Iraq is going to be part of it. So we'll start this shit up here in the north with the Kurds and keep it a two front wa…
▶ 47:46
Barzani thought this was a good idea and asked Washington about it. The CIA opposed any move. On October 16, 1973, Henry Kissinger instructed the CIA director to tell the Kurds not to attack. Barzani relented. Kissinger's response thus flew…
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Schlesinger had left and William Colby was the boss. He argued against any increase in the aides to the Kurds. Kissinger viewed Colby as an isolated voice among the multitudes who agreed the Kurds would be unable to defeat the Iraqis at the…
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Kissinger accused the CIA secret warriors of dragging their feet on a program while acknowledging that this moment, in fact, provided the opportunity for a real review of the program. Kissinger admits that he was too preoccupied with other …
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auxiliary troops into Iraq to fight in Peshmerga uniforms. Then Director Colby warned that Barzani's headquarters and best supply route to Iran was being threatened by Iraqi advances. Colby advised cutting back the CIA had already given the…
▶ 50:38
Rather than rethink the program, Kissinger cooked up a deal with the Israelis who were happy to exchange Russian weapons they had captured in the October war for American new ones to the tune of about $28 million. Under unrelenting military…
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And the course would require at least two divisions of troops at the cost of about $300 million. The Shah had no intention of doing that. In February 75, he began negotiating a border settlement with Saddam. For the Shah, the Kurds were but…
▶ 51:36
stopped free passage for CIA arms shipments, and closed his border to Barzani's Peshmerga. The next day, the Iraqis began a full-scale offensive. On March 10th, the Kurds sent CIA an anguished appeal. Our people's fate is in unprecedented d…
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to intervene according to your promises. Barzani also sent a personal letter to Kissinger, who was now Secretary of State, in addition to his White House post. Quote, we feel that the U.S. has a moral and political responsibility towards ou…
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for a response, but argued it was the right thing to do. He was left holding the bag. In Kissinger's version, the station had all along sided with headquarters in resisting escalation and now succumbed to feelings of guilt. As many as 200,0…
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But this had nothing to do with the narcissistic atonement for the exuberant optimism of the 1960s as Kissinger goes on. He himself concedes that the pros and cons of the operation seem much more balanced than they did at the time. And that…
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The truth is the Kurdish paramilitary action was pure real politic, and it rose and fell on the considerations that had nothing to do with the Kurds or their desires for independence and democracy. Indeed, real politic was and remains at th…