December 3, 2011

Richard Silverstein on the CIA's shadow war in Iran

Richard Silverstein writes:
Though a number of journalists and analysts have speculated that the U.S. collaborated with Israel to produce the Stuxnet worm which attacked Iran’s centrifuge system and sabotaged it uranium enrichment program, Cohen is one of the first to state that the entire black ops program against Iran is a joint project of the U.S. and Israel. It is something I knew in my bones but had not seen overt proof of.
Former CIA agent Robert Baer said in 2009 in a Current TV documentary called, "America's Secret War With Iran: Vanguard:
"I think almost definitely the United States is at war with Iran through proxies."
Also, read Pepe Escobar's recent article called "The shadow war in Syria." Escobar writes:
"It's no secret in Syria that armed gangs - from Salafis to petty criminals - have been attacking regular soldiers, the police and even civilians since the early stages of the protest movement. Of roughly 3,500 people killed during the past seven months, a large number of civilians and more than 1,100 soldiers were killed by these gangs.

And then there are the deserters. So when the Assad regime insists the current Syrian tragedy is to a great extent incited by well-paid and well-armed elements - not to mention mercenaries - at the service of foreign powers, it is essentially correct."
Watch Escobar talk about his article on Infowars Nightly News.