davel@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoCIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources saywww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkCIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources saywww.cnn.comdavel@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoYeah this keeps happening since at least since the first Gulf War, when Bush Sr. encouraged them to rebel, telling them the US had their backs, but then did nothing and allowed Hussein’s forces to mow them down from helicopters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Iraqi_uprisings#U.S._non-intervention_controversy
Yeah this keeps happening since at least since the first Gulf War, when Bush Sr. encouraged them to rebel, telling them the US had their backs, but then did nothing and allowed Hussein’s forces to mow them down from helicopters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Iraqi_uprisings#U.S._non-intervention_controversy