The CIA has returned to the scene of the crime. It was Tehran, 1953, where the CIA first toppled a democratically elected government.
(See Wikipedia’s Operation Ajax)
Iran’s crime? Wanting 50% of its own oil profits. The revolution that brought religious conservatives into power was made possible by outrage in the Iranian public toward the subsequent corrupt, totalitarian, US-puppet regime.
America should apologize. Instead, according to the ABC News’ Blotter, the US government is back at it:
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
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