This article originally appeared at LobeLog, a blog well worth following if you want up to date and incisive analysis of US foreign policy on the Mideast. With the annual policy convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) coming up in just a few days, many observers are expecting this to be the time when [...]
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Criticism of ‘False Flag’ piece is misguided and simply wrong
Posted in Iran, US-Israel Lobby, tagged 972mag.com, AIPAC, False Flag, Foreign Affairs, Israel Lobby, John Mearsheimer, Jundallah, Mark Perry, Mossad, Rafael Frankel, Stephen Walt on January 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Many of my readers probably saw the recent article in the journal Foreign Policy by Mark Perry entitled “False Flag,” which details an Israeli covert operation to engage a Pakistani terrorist group (Jundallah, a group officially termed “terrorist” by both the US and Iran, a rare point of agreement between the two countries) for attacks on Iran. The Mossad did [...]