1. An amazing article by @MazMHussain -- we're into real "Wag the Dog" territory here with fake personas created to promote a new Middle Eastern war.https://twitter.com/Ali_Gharib/status/1137734025425117185 …
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6. Going back to at least the 1950s, a wide variety of foreign actors (Chinese nationalists, South Africa, Rhodesia, Pinochet's Chile) were able to get right-wing outlets (notably National Review) to publish raw propaganda. The MEK is following in that tradition.
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7. There's another thing about this MEK story worth pondering: the thinness of Iranian opposition that the USA/Saudi Arabia are allied with. You have the MEK (a tiny cult that creates sock puppets) & the son of the Shah. Hardly people to win the masses. https://theintercept.com/2019/06/09/heshmat-alavi-fake-iran-mek/ …
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