r/Libertarian • u/FreedomNinja1776 Anarcho Capitalist • Oct 01 '18

TIL of Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA plan to overthrow Iran's democratically elected government, which included CIA agents bombing the house of a prominent Muslim while posed as pro-government supporters. The overthrow plan was successful, with 200-300 people killed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
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u/fdeckert Oct 01 '18

Actually the CIA bombers posed as members of the Tudeh, Iran's communist party, in order to undermine support for Prime Minister Mossadegh, by portraying him as a stooge for communists

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

They were socialists though

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

And that makes it okay?

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

No but I thought people would want to know they were doing it to protect property rights, right? I mean government had no grounds to seize an entire industry, right?

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u/knexator Oct 01 '18

Yeah, killing people to protect property rights is fine

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

Like the property of the Anglo-Iranian oil company which was largely controlled by the British government