Talk:U.S. intelligence activities in Iran

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Iran 2006

It looks like this section has become muddled and doesn't appear to make sense. David Finn 08:59, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it started out muddled - this text was lifted directly from Wikipedia, yes? David Finn 09:03, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Fixed now. David Finn 09:08, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

There is nothing in this article to say it came from Wikipedia, but there should be - the quality is extremely poor. The section General guerrilla actions in Iran by ethnic minorities is so incomprehensible that I am tempted to delete it. David Finn 09:17, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Technically, it came from WP. I had written a more coherent version there, but it got hacked considerably by partisans, and I had hoped to get it cleaned up here. Articles such Iranian nuclear program and Iranian Security Forces are CZ-original. Perhaps this needs to be split into smaller articles and cleaned up. While I renamed the "general guerilla actions", the subject is important, and it's probably worth noting that the Baluchi groups operate in Pakistan and possibly Afghanistan. Howard C. Berkowitz 09:28, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
I am sure the section is useful, just not readible or very easy to understand - it is all quotes with no supporting text, interspersed with comments that have no source. I am quite interested in Iran though, so I will continue my reading about the situation and see if I can help the article any. David Finn 09:55, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

1980?

Is the "Revolutionary Worker" a reliable source? I'd be inclined to doubt that, but this section seems to be entirely based on it. Sandy Harris 03:39, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't consider it highly reliable, but Larry Everest was an established radical journalist with some reasonable publication. He's not the only source, however, for 1980. I believe there have been some declassifications in this area, available at the George Washington University National Security Archive. Let me see if I can find some additional material, although the CZ crisis du jour has to take priority. Howard C. Berkowitz 04:54, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Introduction

I've added some background material and a section on Azerbaijan 1946. Most of it is text I borrowed from Wikitravel [1], where I was the main author. Sandy Harris 03:57, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

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