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bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts)
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 01:45 PM Sep 2015

In 2000 the CIA gave Iran atomic weapon construction plans. Yep, "flawed" plans-supposedly.

This was known as Operation MERLIN and these "flawed" Iranian atomic weapon plans along with all the hidden history and blowback are being overshadowed by the LBN over-Iran and the bomb. Let's forget about the real working bombs of Pakistan's A. Q. Khan ("father of the Islamic bomb&quot and focus on open sourced info about Operation MERLIN and its blowback.

James Risen was writing about Operation MERLIN early on in his book "State of War". The Guardian published an extended Risen excerpt on January 5, 2006.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/jan/05/energy.g2

Speaking of Operation MERLIN blowback there is the case of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling.

CIA Mission: Destroy the Whistleblower and Perfume the Stench of Operation Merlin (Norman Solomon 2-4-15 Expose Facts)
https://exposefacts.org/cia-mission-destroy-the-whistleblower-and-perfume-the-stench-of-operation-merlin

So let's expand all the Good Reads openly available about Operation MERLIN, its blowback, and get Congress and the Senate educated about how the CIA gave Iran atomic weapon construction plans 15 years ago to prevent them from building an atomic bomb.

Yep.

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In 2000 the CIA gave Iran atomic weapon construction plans. Yep, "flawed" plans-supposedly. (Original Post) bobthedrummer Sep 2015 OP
More Operation MERLIN & related blowback links, and a kick asking for your participation. bobthedrummer Sep 2015 #1
I have absolutely zero trust when it comes to the "vote" about anything anymore, especially foreign bobthedrummer Sep 2015 #2
Kick bobthedrummer Sep 2015 #3
Obama and Netanyahu to meet at White House to discuss Iran nuclear deal (AP 9-16-15 The Guardian) bobthedrummer Sep 2015 #4
 

bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts)
1. More Operation MERLIN & related blowback links, and a kick asking for your participation.
Wed Sep 9, 2015, 05:58 PM
Sep 2015

CIA Operation MERLIN-Disaster (4-29-10 Cryptome)
https://cryptome.org/0001/cia-merlin.htm

Foreign Policy: Good Leak, Bad Leak (Uri Friedman 6-11-12 NPR)
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/11/154753346/foreign-policy-good-leak-bad-leak

CIA Found No Magic in Operation MERLIN (Gareth Porter 1-23-15 Consortium News repost)
https://consortiumnews.com/2015/01/23/cia-found-no-magic-in-operation-merlin

Sentencing Leakers: David Petraeus vs. Jeffrey Sterling (Randall Eliason 5-18-15 Sidebars)
http://rdeliason.com/2015/05/18/sentencing-leakers-david-petraeus-vs-jeffrey-sterling

 

bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts)
2. I have absolutely zero trust when it comes to the "vote" about anything anymore, especially foreign
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 05:37 PM
Sep 2015

policy-we, the people have been betrayed over and over and over. Crimes against humanity have been committed by outlaws claiming to be acting in our name behind the shield of national security.

Not a single other DUer has added anything to this thread so far.

Why?

 

bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts)
4. Obama and Netanyahu to meet at White House to discuss Iran nuclear deal (AP 9-16-15 The Guardian)
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 01:09 PM
Sep 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/16/obama-netanyahu-white-house-meeting-iran-nuclear-deal

Yep, that's pretty much standard information operations-let's have a meeting in the WH by nuclear powers to talk about Iran and nukes.

In reality there were several Operation MERLIN kind of actions designed to "thwart" Iran from getting it's own bomb-several of them utilizing joint US/Israeli "teams". One of these has a Wikipedia entry that quickly leads to other hidden history for those of US that are concerned about such things as the future of human life.

Operation Olympic Games (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Olympic_Games

Where did Sen. McCain get the the "idea" of his modified Beach Boys lyrics to Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran? From MERLIN's failed magicians and it's fallout/blowback?

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