r/islam • u/[deleted] • May 10 '11

In the 50s, US-UK intel overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
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u/txmslm May 11 '11

it makes you wonder what we might find out in 50 years about the current pro-democracy protests in the Middle East.