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Peter1469
02-02-2014, 05:22 PM
Written by a long-time CIA asset and officer in the Iranian Republican Guard. (http://www.haciendapub.com/articles/spying-belly-beast-revolutionary-guards-iran)


A Time to Betray — The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran by Reza Kahlili is one of the most heartrending and enthralling account I have ever read of courage, dissimulation, and personal suffering in thttp://www.haciendapub.com/sites/default/files/ATimeToBetray.jpghe genre of espionage memoirs. This is the story of a courageous man, who justly betrays and risks his life (and that of his family) to fight surreptitiously against the cruelties and injustices of the ruling government of his native country — Iran. This book struck a personal cord with me because it reminded me of painful and regretful similarities that beset my own family in my native country, Cuba, just before and after the Revolution that brought to power the dictatorship of Fidel Castro and his brother Raul in 1959.

Germanicus
02-02-2014, 07:39 PM
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What trash. I wonder what the reviewer thought of Afflecks Argo. Argo isnt even trash. Its some kind of ludicrous joke.

shaarona
02-02-2014, 08:45 PM
Eerily, the same thing happened in far away Iran in 1979 with the fall of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the takeover of Iran by the mullahs and the Ayatollah Khomeini, and the inception of a brutal Islamic Republic. Our hero, young Reza Kahlili (a pseudonym) was brought up in a close, prosperous family in Teheran. He remembers the "good old days" of traditional festivities, gatherings, his loving grandfather patriarch defending the ruling Shah of Iran, his ruling dynasty, and the old Persian mores in amicable and engaging conversations among family members. Living in such a warm and jovial atmosphere, Reza, could not have imagine the horrific changes that would be brought about so rapidly in Iranian society with the advent of the "Islamic Republic," which he joined with excitement after returning to Iran from studying abroad in California.

Nor could he have ventured to guess most of his family and closest childhood friends would so soon be devoured by the Revolution, persecuted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, in which he compliantly served the tyranny. The proverb says "be careful what you wish for; you might just get it."

Alas, that is what happened for those who wanted change in Cuba and Iran, deriding and helping to overthrow Batista in Cuba and the Shah in Iran by revolution. Many of those citizens themselves would end up crushed by Castro and the Ayatollah — who turned out to be significantly worse tyrannical figures than their predecessors. And the tragic concatenations that followed in both countries in their wake have not yet ended!

shaarona
02-02-2014, 08:58 PM
I will not reveal the heartrending stories of cruelty and betrayal, as well as dissimulation and courage, that revolve precariously around our hero Reza, who, as a member of the feared Iranian Revolutionary Guard, courageously spied against http://www.haciendapub.com/sites/default/files/Hajj.jpgthe cruel regime he ostensibly served. Suffice to say, the brutality of the regime against his friends and the Iranian people changed him into leading a double life, spying for the CIA for over a decade. Among the information Reza provided to the CIA was vital intelligence that probably prevented the collapse of the Saudi government. The Iranians had planned to use the hajj (photo, left), the religious pilgrimage that Moslems must make to Mecca, to stage a coup d'etat in Saudi Arabia.

Armaments were sent by the Iranians for the hajj, but most of these were intercepted and many of the militants arrested beforehand, foiling the insurrection. Other information was communicated to the U.S. at great peril, but not necessarily used properly by the American government, which was bent on placating the mullahs through various administrations.

shaarona
02-02-2014, 09:30 PM
Iranian commander: We have targets within America

A top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards boasted Saturday that his forces have plans in place to attack the United States from within, should the U.S. attack the Islamic Republic.

“America, with its strategic ignorance, does not have a full understanding of the power of the Islamic Republic,” Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami said in a televised interview (http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13921112002036). “We have recognized America’s military strategy, and have arranged our abilities, and have identified centers in America [for attack] that will create a shock.”

Reports indicate that terrorist Hezbollah forces — allies of Iran — have infiltrated the U.S. and have mapped out targets.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/01/iranian-commander-we-have-targets-within-america/#ixzz2sDq23eAc

Pete, this is reported by the same CIA guy... Reza..

Peter1469
02-02-2014, 09:43 PM
What got your panties in a wad? Does China tell you to get involved in Middle East affairs?


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What trash. I wonder what the reviewer thought of Afflecks Argo. Argo isnt even trash. Its some kind of ludicrous joke.

Peter1469
02-02-2014, 09:44 PM
Sleeper cells. Another reason to stop trying to disarm Americans. If they pop up, real Americans will terminate the threat.


Iranian commander: We have targets within America

A top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards boasted Saturday that his forces have plans in place to attack the United States from within, should the U.S. attack the Islamic Republic.

“America, with its strategic ignorance, does not have a full understanding of the power of the Islamic Republic,” Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami said in a televised interview (http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13921112002036). “We have recognized America’s military strategy, and have arranged our abilities, and have identified centers in America [for attack] that will create a shock.”

Reports indicate that terrorist Hezbollah forces — allies of Iran — have infiltrated the U.S. and have mapped out targets.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/01/iranian-commander-we-have-targets-within-america/#ixzz2sDq23eAc

Pete, this is reported by the same CIA guy... Reza..

shaarona
02-02-2014, 09:46 PM
Sleeper cells. Another reason to stop trying to disarm Americans. If they pop up, real Americans will terminate the threat.

Its 2 pages of threats and calling America weak. Don't we have the air power to knock them for a loop?

Germanicus
02-02-2014, 09:55 PM
I am all about giving advice to China. Not taking their directions.

And I am insulted by CIA associated Ben Affleck and his re-telling of history in such idiotic hollywood style. It is a joke. And the fact that Americans/JHollywood types vote to give the trash Argo awards makes America a fucking joke.

Iranians are crazy right? Whats their problem again? And Mericans soo clever..

Fuck.

Peter1469
02-02-2014, 09:57 PM
Its 2 pages of threats and calling America weak. Don't we have the air power to knock them for a loop?

We could contain them pretty quickly with air power. We can't defeat them, and should not try.

Peter1469
02-02-2014, 09:58 PM
I am all about giving advice to China. Not taking their directions.

And I am insulted by CIA associated Ben Affleck and his re-telling of history in such idiotic hollywood style. It is a joke. And the fact that Americans/JHollywood types vote to give the trash Argo awards makes America a fucking joke.

Iranians are crazy right? Whats their problem again? And Mericans soo clever..

Fuck.

Ben Affleck? :shocked:

shaarona
02-02-2014, 10:03 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIOaslQuQgk&feature=player_detailpage

shaarona
02-02-2014, 10:27 PM
I have been cautiously in favor of a diplomatic solution with Iran. I think I have been wrong and that is not an option.

This guy Reza says China trains the Revolutionary Guard and that Iran's orders are for renewed conflict every time a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is possible.

Max Rockatansky
02-02-2014, 10:35 PM
Written by a long-time CIA asset and officer in the Iranian Republican Guard. (http://www.haciendapub.com/articles/spying-belly-beast-revolutionary-guards-iran)

Looks like a great book! I'll order it from my library tomorrow. In researching it I found this: http://atimetobetray.com/about/

If Leatherneck magazine likes it, it must be a good read!!!



REZA KAHLILI is the pseudonym of a former Iranian Revolutionary Guard member who worked undercover as a CIA agent for several years in the ‘80s and ‘90s.He spent an idyllic childhood in Tehran, the capital of Iran, surrounded by a close-knit upper middle-class family and two spirited boyhood friends. The Iran of his youth allowed Reza to think and act freely, and even indulge a penchant for rebellious pranks in the face of the local mullahs.

His political and personal freedoms flourished while he continued his education in America during the ’70s. He returned to Iran shortly after the Revolution eager to help rebuild his country, honestly believing that freedom and democracy would prevail and lead his country into a glorious future.

Even though most Iranians had enjoyed varying degrees of success under the Shah, the ayatollah Khomeini’s message resonated with a population weary of oppression and desperate for the political choice denied them under the Shah. To this end, Reza joined the Revolutionary Guards, an elite force that served Khomeini.
Instead of finding a new beginning for his country, he discovered a tyrannical ayatollah bent on plunging Iran into a dark age of religious fundamentalism and causing his fellow countrymen to turn on each other. Shaken to his very core after witnessing the atrocities at Evin Prison, atrocities that hit very close to home, a shattered and disillusioned Reza embarked on a mission that would change his life forever. He returned to America and emerged as “Wally,” a spy for the CIA.

Counterintelligence, coded communications, escape tactics and evasion, dominated his new life. He risked exposure daily and after several close calls, he managed to leave Iran. His CIA activities continued in Europe for a few more years before he and his family finally moved to America.

After the 9/11 attack, Reza Kahlili activated a handful of sources within Iran and once again contacted the CIA. He continues as an active voice for a free Iran and works toward ending the thugocracy of the mullah’s regime. He has written several articles for various media expressing his opinions and hope for a free Iran.
He now lives in California and is a frequent lecturer on Iran and IRGC.

“A time to Betray” made the Washington Post’s Book world Bestsellers (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/the-dc-areas-bestsellers/2012/08/10/b75d8c54-e24e-11e1-ae7f-d2a13e249eb2_blog.html) for the week of August 10th, 2012.
“A Time to Betray” was announced the Winner of The 2011 International Book Awards (http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2011pressrelease.html) in two categories of: Autobiography/Memoirs and Best New Non-Fiction. It was also honored as the “Finalist” in the Non-Fiction Narrative.
“A Time to Betray” was announced the Winner of The National Best Books 2010 Awards (http://www.usabooknews.com/bestbooks2010.html) (category: Non-Fiction: Narrative). It was also honored as the “Finalist” in the “Autobiography/Memoirs” category.
“A Time to Betray” was named the book of the month by Magazine of The Marines / Leatherneck (http://www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/bookreview/jan-2011-book-month) in January of 2011.
“A Time to Betray” is part of JCITA’s (Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy of DOD) and CI CENTRE (The Leader in Counterintelligence) Iranian Program’s readings.
William Baldwin’s company, Beyond Comprehension, has purchased the screen rights to “A Time to Betray”. Baldwin and producing partner Warren Kohler reportedly (http://atimetobetray.com/blog/the-objective-standard-a-time-to-betray-now-slated-for-the-screen/) “will develop the project as a limited series or miniseries.”
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Betray-Astonishing-Double-Revolutionary/dp/143918903X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391398446&sr=1-1&keywords=a+time+to+betray

Max Rockatansky
02-02-2014, 10:42 PM
Its 2 pages of threats and calling America weak. Don't we have the air power to knock them for a loop?

Knock who for a loop? Air power is great, but it won't solve all international diplomatic nor military problems. Sometimes diplomacy is better, sometimes a bullet in the back of the head.

shaarona
02-02-2014, 10:44 PM
Knock who for a loop? Air power is great, but it won't solve all international diplomatic nor military problems. Sometimes diplomacy is better, sometimes a bullet in the back of the head.

If you have a minute or two.. watch the video.

Max Rockatansky
02-02-2014, 11:05 PM
If you have a minute or two.. watch the video.

I did. It still doesn't answer my question about your post. Are you suggesting we bomb Iran? China?

shaarona
02-02-2014, 11:06 PM
I did. It still doesn't answer my question about your post. Are you suggesting we bomb Iran? China?

No.. unfortunately.. I think we are stuck. I do think we should renew and tighten sanctions.

Max Rockatansky
02-02-2014, 11:21 PM
No.. unfortunately.. I think we are stuck. I do think we should renew and tighten sanctions.

Not stuck, but it is a problem.

A few years ago when many ultra-right wingers were all singing "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran", intelligent people knew the best way to win in Iran is to support the Iranian people. Most of them are both moderate and pro-Western. It's an oddity in the Middle East (Yes, I know Iran is not, but it's the region) to have a radical regime in charge with a moderate, pro-Western population instead of the other way around. Attacking Iran will only put the innocents on the defensive.

That's the mistake Hamas, Hezbollah and the other Islamic terrorists have made in constantly butchering innocent civilians. It unites the entire population of Israel, and many others in the world, against them.

Martin Luther King didn't win by bombing white churches and schools. He won by standing strong and weathering the brutal attacks against him while deploring the bombing of black churches and schools.

It was pictures like those below that helped turn US opinion in favor of Civil Rights, not the threats of harm by Black Panthers or the robberies of banks.

http://www.amistadresource.org/LBimages/image_08_05_020_R07-2010.jpghttp://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-03/52774446.jpg
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/03/05/learning/Mar07LN/Mar07LN-blog480.jpghttp://apocalypseknow.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/sitin-2_thumb.jpg

shaarona
02-02-2014, 11:25 PM
Right you are, Max.....

"That's the mistake Hamas, Hezbollah and the other Islamic terrorists have made in constantly butchering innocent civilians. It unites the entire population of Israel, and many others in the world, against them."


Whenever there are peace talks both act up on cue.

You are also right about the Civil Rights movement.

Peter1469
02-03-2014, 05:55 AM
I have been cautiously in favor of a diplomatic solution with Iran. I think I have been wrong and that is not an option.

This guy Reza says China trains the Revolutionary Guard and that Iran's orders are for renewed conflict every time a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is possible.

It is still possible. The current political leadership (civilian side) is moderating a bit.

Also people in the Intel community tend to see what they want to see.

shaarona
02-03-2014, 07:42 AM
It is still possible. The current political leadership (civilian side) is moderating a bit.

Also people in the Intel community tend to see what they want to see.

I hope you're right.

Max Rockatansky
02-03-2014, 09:16 AM
It is still possible. The current political leadership (civilian side) is moderating a bit.

Also people in the Intel community tend to see what they want to see.

The CIA and the Bush administration is a good example of the intelligence community. The CIA gathered evidence, presented it to the President and his civilian administration decided what to do with it. When it turned out there were no WMD's, the finger-pointing began. On one-side is trying to save their political skins and the other side are professionals who follow orders. You decide who was most right and wrong. :D

The Intell guy are good at their jobs just like our military professionals. Mistakes happen and Congress fucks with them too much. Either by sending them on bogus (purely domestic politically-motivated) missions or by cutting their funding. We rarely hear of intelligence successes eve decades after they happen. As the author of the book noted, he has to protect current assets and missions in addition to his family. Same goes for all of our intelligence groups.

On the author, while I am very interested in reading his book, his perspective is from a single person. I don't buy his comment that Britain, France and, especially Germany, let Iran run amok in their country killing Iranians. I think it's much more likely he mistook the fact those countries are nations of laws (as opposed to brutal dictatorships) for consent. Just because OJ was suspected of murder and most people think he's guilty as hell doesn't mean he can be arrested and executed. In Iran, he would have been long dead. That's a major cultural difference that Reza doesn't seem to fully comprehend.