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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3610843" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>You might take a look at Fred Burton's <em>Beirut Rules</em>, which is nominally about the kidnapping and death of the CIA station chief in Beirut, William F. Buckley (not to be confused with conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr, who was also with the CIA), back in the '80s, but more broadly about the rise of Hezbollah and the intersection of Iranian, Syrian, Israeli, and American interests in that area. Burton was in the State Department's security forces, and was assigned to the US Embassy in Beirut not long after terrorists blew it up.</p><p></p><p>In some ways, it's very hard to read (there was a lot of sheer incompetence on the American side), but it does give some insight on what's been happening in the region, and how the CIA has changed, over the last 40 years.</p><p></p><p>Also, it shows, as the authors of the book put it, nation states do not forgive and they do not forget...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3610843, member: 26737"] You might take a look at Fred Burton's [I]Beirut Rules[/I], which is nominally about the kidnapping and death of the CIA station chief in Beirut, William F. Buckley (not to be confused with conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr, who was also with the CIA), back in the '80s, but more broadly about the rise of Hezbollah and the intersection of Iranian, Syrian, Israeli, and American interests in that area. Burton was in the State Department's security forces, and was assigned to the US Embassy in Beirut not long after terrorists blew it up. In some ways, it's very hard to read (there was a lot of sheer incompetence on the American side), but it does give some insight on what's been happening in the region, and how the CIA has changed, over the last 40 years. Also, it shows, as the authors of the book put it, nation states do not forgive and they do not forget... [/QUOTE]
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