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Wednesday 10 August 2016 - 10:10

Kill Iranians, Russians in Syria, Destroy Assad’s Power Base: Ex-CIA Chief

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Kill Iranians, Russians in Syria, Destroy Assad’s Power Base: Ex-CIA Chief
Michael Morell, who twice served as the acting director of the agency in an interview with PBS said that Iran and Russia should “pay a big price” in.
 
 “We need to make the Iranians pay a price in Syria, we need to make the Russians pay a price,” top CIA official said.
 
When asked if that meant killing Russians and Iranians, Morell fully agreed, qualifying the answer with “covertly.”
 
He emphasized the killing of Iranians and Russians should be undertaken “covertly", adding " so you don’t tell the world about it, you don’t stand up at the Pentagon and say ‘we did this.’ But you make sure they know it in Moscow and Tehran.”
 
Referring to the US-backed rebels in Syria, Morell said he wanted Washington to support them in more aggressive actions, not only against Bashar Assad’s government, but against Iranians and Russians.
 
The former acting CIA director also suggested that American forces bomb Syrian government installations, including government offices, Presidential aircraft, helicopters and guard positions to “scare Assad” and destroy his "power base".
 
“I’m not advocating assassinating him; I’m advocating going after what he thinks is his power base and what he needs to survive. I want to put pressure on him, I want to put pressure on the Iranians, I want to put pressure on the Russians to come to that diplomatic settlement.”
 
Morell compared his proposal to American support for groups that targeted Russian forces in Afghanistan during the 1980’s — efforts that later helped incubate al-Qaeda.
 
Last year, Morrell apologized to “every American” and finally owned up to the “mistakes” made by the CIA in Iraq, where over 4,000 US soldiers and at least 250,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the 2003 US invasion.
Source : Al Waqt
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