CIA activities in Lebanon

Location of Lebanon (in green)

CIA activities in Lebanon refers to confirmed and alleged activities carried out in Lebanon by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Cold War

1957 election

William Blum has claimed that the CIA financed the campaign of Camille Chamoun during the 1957 election.[1]

Hiwar magazine

From 1962 to 1967, the CIA funded the Arabic magazine Hiwar under the cover of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.[2] Generous funding was provided by the CIA with the stipulation that it publish articles on the situation of Soviet Muslims.[3]

Lebanese civil war

Main article: Lebanese Civil War

Tim Weiner has claimed that Christian leader Bashir Gemayel was the "CIA's most highly placed source in Lebanon" and that the CIA "had another national leader on their payroll".[4] The 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut killed several 8 CIA agents and in 2023 the CIA called it the "deadliest day in CIA history".[5] The role of the CIA in the 1985 Beirut car bombings has been debated, with Bob Woodward claiming the attack was funded by the CIA and Saudi Arabia.[6] Ronald Reagan. Robert McFarlane, and William Casey's widow claimed that the CIA had no involvement.[6][7] In the aftermath of the bombing, US officials cancelled its Beirut based counterterrorism operation, that trained Lebenese counterterrorism units, because of indirect links between the CIA and the bombing.[8]

21st century

In December 2011, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah released the names of 10 undercover CIA agents working in Lebanon during a televised address on al-Manar, claiming CIA agents conducted meetings at Pizza Hut and Starbucks franchises.[9] Nasrallah claimed the agents were using diplomatic cover.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Blum, William (2002). Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower (2nd ed.). South Africa: Spearhead. p. 171.
  2. ^ Elizabeth M. Holt (2013). "'Bread or Freedom': The Congress for Cultural Freedom, the CIA, and the Arabic Literary Journal Ḥiwār (1962-67)" (PDF). Journal of Arabic Literature. 44: 83–102. doi:10.1163/1570064x-12341257. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ Joseph Massad (2015). Islam in liberalism. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-226-20622-6. OCLC 871670666.
  4. ^ Weiner, Tim (2007). Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. New York: Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group. pp. 389–390.
  5. ^ "Never Forgotten: The Deadliest Day in CIA History - CIA". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  6. ^ a b Zoglin, Richard (12 October 1987). "Did a Dead Man Tell No Tales?". Time. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Terrorist Attacks on Americans, 1979–1988". PBS. n.d. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
  8. ^ "C.I.A. Linked to Beirut Bomb". The New York Times. Associated Press. 12 May 1985. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Hezbollah names CIA spies in Lebanon". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2011-12-13. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  10. ^ "Hezbollah names 'CIA spies with informers at Starbucks'". BBC News. 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2024-10-02.

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