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Robert"Bob"DreyfussisanAmericaninvestigativejournalistandcontributing
editorforTheNationmagazine.[1]HisworkhasappearedinRollingStone,The
Diplomat,MotherJones,TheAmericanProspect,TomPaine.com,and

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3 TheDevil'sGame

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Inthelate1970sandearly1980s,DreyfusswasMiddleEastIntelligencedirectorof

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theExecutiveIntelligenceReview,theflagshipjournaloftheLyndonLaRouche

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movement.[2][3]Inthe1990sDreyfusswroteonintelligenceissuesandforeign

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affairs,andprofiledanumberoforganizationsandpublicfigures,includingthen
governorofTexas,GeorgeW.Bush,andsenatorsTrentLottandJohnMcCain.

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SincetheSeptember11,2001attacks,hehaswrittenabouttheWaron

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TerrorismandtheIraqWar.

HostagetoKhomeini

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His1981book,HostagetoKhomeini,wascommissionedbyLyndonLaRouche.In
thebookRobertDreyfussprovidesadetailedexplanationofwhytheCarter
administrationwasfooledintosupportingtheKhomeinirevolutionariesbutKhomeini
backstabbedtheUSaftertheShahwasbroughttotheUSfortreatment.Thebook
discusseshowvariousofficialsintheCarteradministrationbelievedthatanIslamic
IrancouldexporttheIslamicrevolutiontotheSovietMuslimsandcauseabreakup
oftheSovietUnion.DreyfussaccusedCyrusHashemiofbeing
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aCIAandMossadagent.CyrusHashemisubsequentlysuedDreyfussandLyndon
Larouche.

TheDevil'sGame

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Mainarticle:Devil'sGame
TheDevil'sGame,publishedin2005,isananalysisofhowtheUnitedStatesand
UnitedKingdomusedIslamistsasapowerfulweaponagainstCommunistsand
nationalistsintheArabandnonArabMuslimworld.HebelievesthattheUS
labelledanynations'leaderswhowereunwillingtoworkwiththeUSas
Communists.DreyfussassertsthattheMuslimBrotherhoodishistorically
connectedwiththeCIAandotherwesternintelligenceservices.Healsoclaimsthe
CIAandtheWestusedtheMuslimBrotherhoodinanattemptto
overthrowPresidentNasserofEgyptbecausehenationalizedtheSuezCanaland
kickedmanyUSandEuropeancompaniesoutofEgypt.Thebookmakesclaims
thattheIsraelisusedtheMuslimBrotherhoodin1982inanunsuccessfulattemptto
destroyPresidentAssadofSyriaduringtheuprisingsinHomsandHama.Lastly
DreyfusscoverstheCIAandBritishbacked1953Iraniancoupd'tat.

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HostagetoKhomeini,cowrittenwithThierryLeMarc,NewBenjaminFranklin
House,1981.ISBN9780933488113PDFdownload
Devil'sGame:HowtheUnitedStatesHelpedUnleashFundamentalist
Islam,MetropolitanBooks,2005.ISBN0805076522

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1.^"BobDreyfuss" .http://www.thenation.com .TheNation.2015.

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2.^King,Dennis(1989).LyndonLaRoucheandthenewAmericanfascism(1sted.).
NewYork:Doubleday.ISBN9780385238809.
3.^HostagetoKhomeini,cowrittenwithThierryLeMarc,NewBenjaminFranklinHouse,
1981.ISBN9780933488113,p.x

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Dreyfusswebsite
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