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TIL about the Canadian Caper (that happened during the Iran hostage crisis) (suppo.fi)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/til@lemmy.ca
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The "Canadian Caper" was the joint covert rescue by the Government of Canada and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of six American diplomats who had evaded capture during the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 1979, after the Iranian Revolution, when Islamist students took most of the American embassy personnel hostage, demanding the return of the US-backed Shah for trial.

More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Caper, https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/history-histoire/ken-taylor.aspx?lang=eng, https://web.archive.org/web/20120620203730/https://www.wired.com/magazine/2007/04/feat_cia/all/, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/revisiting-canadas-contribution-to-resolving-the-iranian-hostage-crisis

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[–] 0 points 1 week ago

I always used to wish other countries can also become friends with their neighbours and cooperate like USA and Canada.

Then USians proved that they're just shitty and will attack their allies just for the fun of being bullies. I guess we should've expected them to eventually treat us like they treat the global majority.

Good luck, Iran.

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