How the CIA Staged Sham Academic Conferences to Thwart Iran’s Nuclear Program
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Re: How the CIA Staged Sham Academic Conferences to Thwart Iran’s Nuclear Program
#2I stopped reading after
> To show his sincerity and goodwill, the agent put his hand over his heart. “Salam habibi,” he said.
Either the reporter, or the CIA hasn't done their research. Habibi is Arabic, and that's not how Iranian greet each other, especially if they want to show sincerity and goodwill.
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#3I stopped reading after > To show his sincerity and goodwill, the agent put his hand over his heart. “Salam habibi,” he said. Either the reporter, or the CIA hasn't done their research. Habibi is Arabic, and that's not how Iranian greet each other, especially if they want to show sincerity and goodwill.
Agreed. It'd be akin to saying "hola amigo" to an American scientist.
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#4I stopped reading after > To show his sincerity and goodwill, the agent put his hand over his heart. “Salam habibi,” he said. Either the reporter, or the CIA hasn't done their research. Habibi is Arabic, and that's not how Iranian greet each other, especially if they want to show sincerity and goodwill.
"According to a person familiar with this encounter, which took place about a decade ago"
Although I doubt the "mistake" was unintentional.
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#5I stopped reading after > To show his sincerity and goodwill, the agent put his hand over his heart. “Salam habibi,” he said. Either the reporter, or the CIA hasn't done their research. Habibi is Arabic, and that's not how Iranian greet each other, especially if they want to show sincerity and goodwill.
Perhaps the agent was acting as an Arab while at the conference, and was obviously not Persian? Perhaps the Iranian had relatives who were Arab? Maybe the agent acted like the guy was Arab when they first bumped into each-other, to throw off the idea he was looking for Iranians, and this is like an inside joke to be friendly?
I mean, there are plenty of possibilities here, including that the person describing the event is describing it second hand well after a decade has passed.
Don't be in such a rush to judgement; you might learn something.
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#6I stopped reading after > To show his sincerity and goodwill, the agent put his hand over his heart. “Salam habibi,” he said. Either the reporter, or the CIA hasn't done their research. Habibi is Arabic, and that's not how Iranian greet each other, especially if they want to show sincerity and goodwill.
"According to a person familiar with this encounter, which took place about a decade ago" Although I doubt the "mistake" was unintentional.
Are you kidding? CIA never makes mistakes! They're the greatest, flawless intelligence agency in the world!
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#7if u want to know what iranian nuclear scientists do for a living.. they don't make bombs :P
https://www.thenewenergyindustry.com/project/the-story-of-me...
But maybe now it make sense why they want to thwart their research efforts and destroy their 'reactors' ? ;P
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
"According to a person familiar with this encounter, which took place about a decade ago" Although I doubt the "mistake" was unintentional.
Are you kidding? CIA never makes mistakes! They're the greatest, flawless intelligence agency in the world! https://www.rt.com/news/fsb-detain-cia-agent-253/
You're sharing a Russia Today article?
Re: How the CIA Staged Sham Academic Conferences to Thwart Iran’s Nuclear Program
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you kidding? CIA never makes mistakes! They're the greatest, flawless intelligence agency in the world! https://www.rt.com/news/fsb-detain-cia-agent-253/
You're sharing a Russia Today article?
RT used to be half-way decent. Some might argue that they've turned up the agitprop dial a bit recently.
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#10I stopped reading after > To show his sincerity and goodwill, the agent put his hand over his heart. “Salam habibi,” he said. Either the reporter, or the CIA hasn't done their research. Habibi is Arabic, and that's not how Iranian greet each other, especially if they want to show sincerity and goodwill.
Agreed. It'd be akin to saying "hola amigo" to an American scientist.
Are you agreeing with Amir or Cacti? "Hola amigo" is an expression that many US Americans understand and do occasionally use to greet one another.