Operation Achilles operation
also: Project Achilles, Achilles, the Iraq project
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Robert Baer headed
Operation Achilles host_asserted
“The other was Jalal-Talibani. They were at each other's throats. Shalabi decided the only way to bridge the differences was to have everyone fight Saddam. He activated his scheme for an uprising. Project Achilles. Baer put Shalabi's initiat…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 47:33
Anthony Lake covered_up
Operation Achilles documented
“The action you have planned for this weekend has been totally compromised. We believe there is a high risk of failure. Any decision to proceed will be on your own, unquote. The message instructed Bob to tell the plotters and confirm once he…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 50:00
Kenneth Pollack covered_up
Operation Achilles guest_asserted
“that the covert operation had never been sanctioned by the White House, except there was a finding. Do you not review them? Oh, no, because you never met. But Bayer specifically notes approval by Pollack's boss, Senior Director Martin Indyk…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 50:27
Martin Indyk funded
Operation Achilles guest_asserted
“that the covert operation had never been sanctioned by the White House, except there was a finding. Do you not review them? Oh, no, because you never met. But Bayer specifically notes approval by Pollack's boss, Senior Director Martin Indyk…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 50:27
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▶ 43:05
Among the generations of case officers who joined the agency after Vietnam, Merrick spoke Turkish and could find his way around northern Iraq, although it often seemed like slicing salami. Merrick thought the Iraq project, codenamed Achille…
▶ 47:33
The other was Jalal-Talibani. They were at each other's throats. Shalabi decided the only way to bridge the differences was to have everyone fight Saddam. He activated his scheme for an uprising. Project Achilles. Baer put Shalabi's initiat…
▶ 49:05
So much for the concept. Director Deutsch, Woolsey's successor, not only approved Achilles, he asked the task force to set markers to measure success. Yeah, get out your spreadsheet. Let's put up some points of timelines and chart this all …
▶ 59:04
and former CIA Wolseley volunteered pro bono legal aid to the Iraqis. The case turned into a spectacle. Even this debacle did not end the sorry story of the Iraqi project, a sort of tar baby that proceeded in tandem with the overt U.S.-U.N.…