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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLets not forget about that OTHER 9/11.
When a CIA-backed Fascist coup killed Chile's democratically elected president and put Pinochet in power.
niyad
(113,336 posts)of this despicable event.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)happened in 1953? (I was thinking something about Iran and Mossadegh, but nothing about 9/11/1953 stands out. CIA-backed coup in Iran took down Mossadegh on August 19, 1953.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Was not trying to say the coup happened on 9/11/1953
just that the US trying to control the Middle East lead to 9/11
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)that divvied up territories of the defeated Ottoman Empire between the Brits and the French). But your point is well-taken anyway.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)And who, pray tell, did Pinochet and his fascist goons turn to for the "restructuring" of the Chilean economy? Well, cats and kittens, that would be Milton Friedman, who made Chile his first experiment in the Shock Doctrine.
This should not be forgotten, ever. Nixon and Kissinger were evil SOBs down to their core.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)brought this to my attention.)
a la izquierda
(11,795 posts)I teach Latin American history.
And I try to put 11-9-01 out of my mind. Very sad for the people who lost loved ones, but our country changed- and not in a good way- as a result.