http://www.dankuna.com/blog/the-cairo-tower-cairo.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cairo-tower-cairo Best travel, maps, GPS, weather, images, cheap hotels Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dankuna.com/blog/the-cairo-tower-cairo.html/comment-page-1#comment-11790 tadzio Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:38:22 +0000 http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=950#comment-11790 The gist of cairo-tower comment's anecdote is correct but Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was a senior CIA officer in the Middle East division. He never headed the CIA. From 1953 to 1961 Allen W. Dulles, brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, did. The gist of cairo-tower comment’s anecdote is correct but Kermit Roosevelt Jr. was a senior CIA officer in the Middle East division. He never headed the CIA. From 1953 to 1961 Allen W. Dulles, brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, did.

]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/the-cairo-tower-cairo.html/comment-page-1#comment-1267 cairo-tower-comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:54:17 +0000 http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=950#comment-1267 um actually.. the Cairo Tower was constructed against the backdrop of the Cold War and the context of the conflict over the Suez Canal. the CIA (chaired at the time by Kermit Roosevelt) offered Egyptian leader Nasser a personal bribe of $3 million dollars to resolve the matter in the US's favour. Nasser accepted the money gladly, and with it built a tower in the middle of Cairo using local tradespeople to spite the CIA, where it achieved the local nickname "Roosevelt's erection" after its creator. The tower is a statement against imperialism and cold war realpolitik um actually.. the Cairo Tower was constructed against the backdrop of the Cold War and the context of the conflict over the Suez Canal. the CIA (chaired at the time by Kermit Roosevelt) offered Egyptian leader Nasser a personal bribe of $3 million dollars to resolve the matter in the US’s favour. Nasser accepted the money gladly, and with it built a tower in the middle of Cairo using local tradespeople to spite the CIA, where it achieved the local nickname “Roosevelt’s erection” after its creator. The tower is a statement against imperialism and cold war realpolitik

]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/the-cairo-tower-cairo.html/comment-page-1#comment-1015 Giza Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:09:54 +0000 http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=950#comment-1015 Giza pyramids is an excellent place to travel to. Sunset in the sands is something you should definitely see live. Giza pyramids is an excellent place to travel to. Sunset in the sands is something you should definitely see live.

]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/the-cairo-tower-cairo.html/comment-page-1#comment-396 Elissa Key Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:23:49 +0000 http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=950#comment-396 870hukzoqcavlj8y 870hukzoqcavlj8y

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