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Re:Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It by hackuser on Friday November 20, 2015 @04:31PM (#10604012)
> As for the Shah, he was very much there with the support of the oil industry, but that doesn't make him all bad. He wanted to make Persia a modern state and in doing so upset the Mullahs

IIRC, he oppressed, imprisoned, tortured and killed people in large numbers, for decades.

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Re:Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It by jacquesm on Friday November 20, 2015 @04:49PM (#10604098)
Yes, he did that too. (Especially to his opponents.) The keyword is 'SAVAK'. (See comment elsewhere in this thread). The Shah was a dictator in every sense of the word, but surprisingly, he had some good sides too.
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