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Parenthetically, where ARE all these "Iranian unrest is a CIA/Mossad black op" drive-bys coming from? There's something very smelly about the social media activity around this rebellion.
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Jan 11, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop I had a weird one last week with someone trying to convince me that there had been a Franco-American coup attempt in Burkina Faso, that failed due to the love the common people have for their (coup-installed, Russian-backed) president.
I don’t know much about Burkina Faso but I know enough to be aware that FR and US washed their hands of it and of the former president (who keeps attempting a comeback) years ago.
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