Difference between revisions of "Michael Makovsky"

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==Role in the US War on Iraq==
 
==Role in the US War on Iraq==
  
Often described as an "expert" on the oil industry, 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>
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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>  
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*[[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>
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*[[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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jim Lobe, "Stirrings of a New Push for Military Option on Iran", IPS, 9 July 2010
  2. WINEP, "David Makovsky", Washington Institute for Near East Policy, accessed on 26 November 2010
  3. Justin Raimondo, "The Worms in the Apple", Antiwar.com, 18 September 2009
  4. Jim Lobe, Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network, Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003
  5. 5.0 5.1 Biparistan Policy Center, "Staff", Biparistan Policy Center, accessed on 25 November 2010