Guatemala 1953-1954 : … All manner of disinformation was spread and rumors fomented; dummy parachute drops were made in scattered areas to heighten the belief that a major invasion was taking place.
United Fruit Company’s publicity office circulated photographs to journalists of mutilated bodies about to be buried in a mass grave as an example of the atrocities committed by the Arbenz regime. The photos received extensive coverage…In a similar vein, Washington officials reported on political arrests and censorship in Guatemala without reference to the fact that the government was under siege…
This is a piece I recommend every Iranian and particularly the new batch of Iranian chicken hawks to read:
Guatemala 1953-1954 — While the world watched, excerpted from the book “Killing Hope” by William Blum
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Guatemala_K…
How many of us Iranians actually read history? Or learn from it? And no watching that junk on the History Channel does not count.
