Difference between revisions of "Michael Makovsky"
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| − | + | Makovsky served as a consultant to the controversial Pentagon office set up in the run-up to the Iraq War to find evidence of operational ties between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein as a justification for the invasion.<ref name=stirrings>Jim Lobe, [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52108 "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran"], IPS, 9 July 2010</ref> | |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[Office of Special Plans]] | *[[Office of Special Plans]] | ||
| − | *[[Bipartisan Policy Center]] - Foreign Policy Director<ref>Biparistan Policy Center, [http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/about/staff "Staff"], Biparistan Policy Center, accessed on 25 November 2010</ref> | + | *[[Bipartisan Policy Center]] - Foreign Policy Director<ref name=biparbio>Biparistan Policy Center, [http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/about/staff "Staff"], Biparistan Policy Center, accessed on 25 November 2010</ref> |
| + | *[[Council on Foreign Relations]] - Member<ref name=biparbio>Biparistan Policy Center, [http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/about/staff "Staff"], Biparistan Policy Center, accessed on 25 November 2010</ref> | ||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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[[Category:Neocons|Makovsky, Michael]] | [[Category:Neocons|Makovsky, Michael]] | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 26 November 2010
Michael Makovsky is a prominent neoconservative.[1] He is an expert on neocon icon Winston Churchill and the younger brother of David Makovsky,[1] a senior WINEP fellow and former executive editor of pro-Likud Jerusalem Post.[2] He was part of Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith's intelligence shop, Office of Special Plans,[3] that manufactured the defective intelligence used to sell the invasion of Iraq.[4]
Role in the US War on Iraq
Makovsky served as a consultant to the controversial Pentagon office set up in the run-up to the Iraq War to find evidence of operational ties between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein as a justification for the invasion.[1]
Affiliations
- Office of Special Plans
- Bipartisan Policy Center - Foreign Policy Director[5]
- Council on Foreign Relations - Member[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jim Lobe, "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran", IPS, 9 July 2010
- ↑ WINEP, "David Makovsky", Washington Institute for Near East Policy, accessed on 26 November 2010
- ↑ Justin Raimondo, "The Worms in the Apple", Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009
- ↑ Jim Lobe, Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network, Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Biparistan Policy Center, "Staff", Biparistan Policy Center, accessed on 25 November 2010
