Kurdish Secret War event
also: secret war, Kurdish war
Explore in graph → Export claims (CSV) ↓
Related entities (most co-mentioned)
Kurdistanplace · 4Irancountry · 4Reza Pahlaviperson · 3United Statescountry · 2Mullah Mustafa Barzaniperson · 2Richard Nixonperson · 1Alfred Athertonperson · 1CIAintelligence service · 1Oliver Northperson · 1Henry Kissingerperson · 1Richard Kennedyperson · 1
Claims (2)
Henry Kissinger headed
Kurdish Secret War book_quoted
“A political associate of Nixon's told the Shah that the U.S. was willing to help the Kurds. The CIA handled the American side from their station in Tehran. Kissinger set up the Washington apparatus for the Kurdish secret war. His military a…”
▶ The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont @ 30:31
Alfred Atherton headed
Kurdish Secret War book_quoted
“A staff assistant by the name of Alfred Atherton, A-T-H-E-R-T-O-N Jr., became the NSC focal point, much like Oliver North would stand in later in the Iran-Contra. At first, the CIA provided $1 million of captured Soviet equipment and muniti…”
▶ The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont @ 30:58
Mentions (4)
▶ 26:46
indirect connections remained, to include the crossover of the people. One nation to fill the weight of Nixon's covert action was Iraq, and even more so the Kurds in Kurdistan. This secret war involved basically the U.S. doing a favor for t…
▶ 29:09
From sheer exhaustion, the Iraqis and Kurds reached an agreement in a 15-point settlement in 1970. Peace might have reigned except for Iran. The Iranians had several border disputes with Iraq, including one over the Tigris River, which had …
▶ 29:39
The end of the Kurdish war would bring a more direct confrontation between Iran and Iraq, so he was not adverse to storing up trouble. The Shah offered the Kurds money and weapons to resume their fight with Iraq. Dissatisfied with Iraqi imp…
▶ 30:31
A political associate of Nixon's told the Shah that the U.S. was willing to help the Kurds. The CIA handled the American side from their station in Tehran. Kissinger set up the Washington apparatus for the Kurdish secret war. His military a…