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Iran puts US think tank FDD on its target list.
2019-08-25
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Foundation for Defense of Democracies
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a policy institute (or think tank) based in Washington, D.C., focusing on national security and foreign policy. Its political leanings have been described variously as nonpartisan, hawkish and neoconservative. FDD holds events throughout the year, including its annual Washington Forum, briefings on Capitol Hill, expert roundtables for public officials, diplomats, and military officers, book releases, and panel discussions and debates within the policy community.

The Long War Journal is one of its projects.
They said this kind of thing for Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses when it first came out, but never succeeded in actually reaching him. And there have been threats for years about the Iranian refugee population in Detroit and elsewhere, who are supposed to be under the thumb of the IRGC, but only a few have ever been caught spying or supplying Iran over the years. So hopefully this will also be a lot of smoke with very little fire. But a word to the wise, nonetheless.

Posted by:3dc

#8  Dennis Ross
@AmbDennisRoss
That the Islamic Republic is threatening a think tank, FDD, is unbelievable. Even those who are frequently defensive of the regime should be reacting to this and making it clear this is intolerable and should it in any way act on the threat justify its complete isolation.
Posted by: 3dc   2019-08-25 14:00  

#7  For those who don't remember this is: FDD's Long War Journal
Posted by: 3dc   2019-08-25 09:56  

#6  the U.N. didn't publicize who had sold what … in order to avoid embarrassing leading governments

And there you have the nub of the continuing problem.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-08-25 07:47  

#5  As one 'follows the money' yet another inconvenient truth revealed:

How Western companies sneakily sold chemical weapons components to Syria and Iraq

Firms in the U.S., France, India, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Malaysia, Italy, Singapore, the USSR, Japan, China, North Korea, the two Germanies, Thailand, The Netherlands, Austria, and the U.K. all were involved in dual-use sales to Iraq, Libya, or Syria. After U.N. inspectors got access to Iraqi records following the 1991 Gulf War, the U.N. didn't publicize who had sold what … in order to avoid embarrassing leading governments.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-25 01:43  

#4  I don't know anything about the FDD, but this article touched a nerve (no pun intended). I would suggest the UK's defense establishment also be looked into.

Germany should investigate chemical weapons-related sales to Syria
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-25 01:13  

#3  3dc did all the work, Alaska Paul. I only added a little comment afterward.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-08-25 01:06  

#2  The mullahs scream, "The light! It burns!"
Posted by: Phinens Dingle9259   2019-08-25 00:57  

#1  Thanks for bringing this up 3dc and TW.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2019-08-25 00:54  

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