Project FF: CIA Coup in Egypt - COLD WAR DOCUMENTARY

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on how the CIA helped orchestrate the removal of the King of Egypt, inadvertently paving the road to the Suez Crisis.
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[@austinhornbeck5060]

A coup within a coup, monarchs, religious fundamentalists, CIA, and military dictators. There was more to this story than I thought. Great episode as always.

[@Ypog_UA]

wait... 11 hours ago? the video didn't even release 1 hour ago...

[@AB8511]

Yes plots within plots. Who could foreseen that?

[@Ride-With-Me-69]

Український Уpод Because you poor don't subscribe their patreon.

[@Ypog_UA]

@@Ride-With-Me-69 oh :(

[@Johnnycdrums]

You should look up Ngo Diem, Ngo Dinh and Madame Nhu ("The Dragon Lady Of Vietnam"), Kennedy allowed the coup (I'm being generous here), while the de-facto First Lady of Vietnam, Madame Nhu visited Los Angeles, California. She was mad as Hell, and why not? The de-facto First Lady Of Vietnam, Madame Nhu, and so-called "Dragon Lady", had the means and opportunity to put JFK in the grave. She's a suspect, and her complicity in the assassination of President Kennedy cannot be ruled out. Remember, although Kennedy was touted as being Catholic, he was a Modernist and supporter of John XXIII, a Pope in name only ("PINO"), Communist enabler (at minimum) and, I hate to say it, proved beyond a shadow of a doubt, and to my satisfaction, a Freemason. Two points of fact; 1) Membership in secret societies (specifically Freemasonry) is strictly forbidden by the Catholic Church. 2) Communism is anathema to Christianity, and this must be believed to be Catholic. Madame Nhu was true Catholic, and rightfully believed Kennedy, either by his stupidity, or by plan, put her brother-in-law , Ngo Diem and her husband Ngo Dinh, in the grave. Very unfortunately for Vietnam, her people, and the free world in general, President Kennedy, with the military coup on Diem, lost Vietnam at that time (2 Nov. 1963), This fiasco, planned, or unplanned, is almost unforgivable and he didn't have much time to do so, as he was also assassinated just three weeks later.

[@gabrieloberleitner1799]

"Hnnng colonel i'm trying to be king of Egypt but i'm dummy thicc and the clap of my pompous ass keeps alerting the unruly populace"

[@samyebeid4534]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pizzapicante27]

CIA: We must prevent the destabilization of the Egyptian government, what do you propose? Kim: How about we destabilize the Egyptian government? CIA: Brilliant!

[@dariocampos5446]

Lol

[@michael198427]

🤣🤣

[@vernandozs1888]

This is more like Beavis & Butthead conversation taking place....hmm 🙄

[@goodman4966]

Man this is like historical comedy drama.

[@AA-cj7jo]

Unfortunately, this comedy drew misery in the face of Arabs, especially in Egypt.

[@Shadydoszka]

Now they're going to be thirsty also

[@user-wm5bv6hb2x]

Black Comedy

[@stephen9869]

I can neither confirm nor deny that I like this.

[@DarylNorthrop]

Same 😎

[@blessthfallen]

7:20 one thing ive learned about the Praetorian guard is they're more likely to assassinate their Emperor/King, than to ensure a stable rule.

[@Thaumazo83]

Considering how Nasser behaved in the subsequent years, a bad move indeed by Washington... Excellent video, thank you David

[@MrBumbo90]

I am Egyptian and we sadly are never taught this in school. I really appreciate the effort you make to educate me more about the history of my country. Keep it up!

[@tarek900045]

As an egyptian who studied this dont trust western sources for info a broken clock gets the time right once

[@The_king567]

Isn’t the revolution a holiday

[@yourstruly4817]

Sir, I am unaware of any such activity or operation...nor would I be disposed to discuss such an operation if it did in fact exist, sir.

[@matthewmoses4222]

Terminate...with extreme prejudice....

[@TheColdWarTV]

Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. It was a real choice mission, and when it was over, I never wanted another.

[@jpt069]

@@TheColdWarTV what is that supposed to mean ?

[@rifroll1117]

@@jpt069 apocalypse now quotes

[@brokenbridge6316]

"King of the Night Life." The deposed King must have had a new court of party-goers formed to help make him the life of the party. Must have been fun for him while it lasted. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

He wasn't rich, he had an allowance from the Saudi king, his wife left him for lack of money and married an Egyptian surgeon, his eldest daughter worked a teacher and the youngest worked as translator, his little son is a small business owner. His sisters went bankrupt and lived a very modest life, one of them even worked as cleaning lady in San Francisco.

[@brokenbridge6316]

@@gostavoadolfos2023---Well I was just wondering. Thanks for telling me.

[@Younima4]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 Guess regardless of title, at the end of the day we all share one thing in common. Humanity

[@owlnyc666]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 s Sometimes being king is not so good.

[@JonGabriel]

CIA officer Miles Copeland was the father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police. Stewart was born a few days before Farouk was deposed.

[@ChristopherNFP]

That I did not know! Seems like he wrote a 1969 book "Game of Nations". Now off to confirm other conspiracy theory I heard this weekend that Jim Morrison's of the Door's was also the son of a CIA officer. From memory, the same claim was made about 70s supergroup Boston.

[@gabrielrozenoo]

I was just about to comment that, as soon as I heard the name Copeland I knew it was him

[@thomasbest8599]

@@ChristopherNFP Jim was a son of an admiral

[@ChristopherNFP]

@@thomasbest8599 Yes. Thank you. My subsequent research debunked the conspiracy theory and led me to to the truth that his father was an Admiral..

[@Rayhid1956]

Very interesting inside of the politics of Egypt that can not be found in history books.

[@mohamedelnemr1680]

because it's a part of history, it's part of fantasies of Miles Copeland fabrication in his book game of nations which he wrote by order and money of Saudi Arabia intelligence agency. the real history can be found in the official reports and cables of foreign office and us embassy in Cairo in addition to CIA papers themselves. you can read the real summary of thousands of them in the book named legacy of ashes by Tim warner

[@Rayhid1956]

@@mohamedelnemr1680 well, I wish you have provided the links to these sources that you're naming. I can do find them, but they could've consolidated your claim that you know exactly what you're talking about. Just saying.

[@ibnyahud]

A friend's mother is 85 years old and was born in Cairo. I remember her telling me how King Farouk would actually have women of his liking "snatched" if he happened upon someone he fancied in public and that pretty young girls were afraid of being anywhere near him for this fear.

[@heheheha5880]

Proof?

[@heheheha5880]

Besides your name is "Ibn yahud"

[@hamzaabdullahmoh]

This channel rocks! keep it up!

[@MohamedHosniEl-Menshawy]

Great video . Before a video on the seuz crisis , we need a video on the events of 1954 power struggle between Naguib ( who supported democracy ) and Abdel Nasser ( who supported military autocracy ) and how the popular Naguib lost and was thereby placed under house arrest for the rest of his life . This event is critical because since then Egypt has been ruled , either directly or indirectly , by the military .

[@lla361]

Excellent work 👍

[@Vandai2000]

Excellent documentary! Thanks!

[@yotoronto12]

Excellent video and it will be fun to see the next one on the Suez Canal! Can we anticipate any content on Canada anytime soon?

[@AA-cj7jo]

This was just to replace British influence in Egypt with American puppets, but it fired back for some period of time when Jamal Abdulnassir leaned towards the Soviets. This made the US teach him a lesson in 1967 against Israel.

[@rosswebster7877]

Great episode Cold War! As many are saying, this whole thing is a dark historical comedy on par with The Death Of Stalin. A little anecdote; A friend of my parents, Charles “Muktuk” Marston was one of the last people to see Kermit Jr’s father, Kermit Sr alive before he committed suicide on a trip in Alaska. Kermit Sr. also accompanied Teddy Roosevelt on the infamous River Of Doubt expedition in South America which undoubtedly traumatized him.

[@yourboy4005]

Great video, Great Channel!!!

[@HaloJumper7]

Naguib is pronounced Najeeb or Nageeb in the Egyptian Arabic accent.

[@Shabab25_74]

Nageep

[@HaloJumper7]

@@Shabab25_74 There's no equivalent of "p" in Arabic unfortunately. But Jeeps are still good cars.

[@evansfortune]

It's pronounced Nawgeeb. Source? I lived there

[@SA-oq5lz]

​​@@evansfortunein egyptian arabic it's pronounced nageeb not nawgeeb

[@fredaaron762]

Another great episode. I only wish that more of my fellow Americans watched series like this to get the history, instead of coming to current events in a relative vacuum.

[@britisheastindiacompany6031]

A lot of things that I had never heard of. Cheers to that.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

British East India Company that company doesn’t exist

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

British East India Company English Parliament

[@gojo76]

Love this channel

[@annescholey6546]

Monarchs were the key victims on the Cold War chessboard

[@jaydenvanas1094]

Good Job 👍👍

[@Ypog_UA]

another great documentary!

[@deanbuss1678]

I know I've heard references to these things during the Arab Spring. But WOW! How intriguing !😵

[@jaydenvanas1094]

Good Job

[@JimNaser]

First time to see a correct western perspective on the coup of 23rd of july 1952, thank you.

[@cezardan01]

I refuse to oppress anyone or anything, even a simple bell button! :P

[@SlavicSloth]

CIA operatives: "We are serious intelligence professionals, leaders of the world fear us." also CIA operatives: "Henceforth this this operation shall be known as 'project fat f*cker' " *childlike sounding supervillain laughter*

[@Caorom1]

Better history than anything I ever taught by the history teacher

[@joealy9384]

My grandad was actually one of the freedom officers who overthrew King Farouk, Ali El-Saghir and was friendly with Nasar

[@user-ot2up8yv4b]

Wow what a pride . Look !!! How is Egypt and Egyptians now !!?? So pathetic

[@bigsmiler5101]

I regret to admit that my mind can't soak all that in unless I can see at least stick-figure drawings to help me keep this guy and that guy straight, and not confuse those folks with them people. I'm an "OverSimplified" sort. Your Continuous Lecture style is for people more brilliant than I.

[@khediveabbashilmiiiofegypt9475]

When you manage to rule Egypt for two decades while being pro-Egypt, pro-Ottoman and pro-British. Couldn't be me

[@therogerseses]

Did you use primary sources for this excellent video and what were they? Would like to include in my Phd research. Thx.

[@AhmadAbdelaal--]

I don't know what sources did they use, but "Naguib's " autobiography might help you it was published under the name "كنت رئيساً لمصر" (I Was a President for Egypt) , I believe it gives good insight for the topic (don't really know if it is translated to English though)

[@eccoregitv9484]

Post war Italy Also, someone knows what is the name of the music that starts at 14:07?

[@polyfission2776]

Are you guys related to The Great War channel? Style seems similar to their signature. Anyho great stuff

[@abrahamwilberforce9824]

I so enjoy the outro music.

[@historicalminds6812]

Do you know the name? Or where to find it?

[@ColdHighway7]

Good video, hope you guys have plans on a video on how Arab Socailism/Baathism/Nasserism fueled the fires to the revolts in Iraq, Libya and Syria which also spooked the Monarchist nations in the Middle East

[@jp.arraiano]

Amazing when you actually say the bad word in that second ahahah

[@megrimlockmesmart.1200]

The backstabber was backstabbed by the backstabber that, in turn, was backstabbed by the the backstabber that was in the process of being backstabbed himself.... Hmm this could become a good TV series...

[@dkwlin4351]

I remember that another coup occurred in Libya in 1969. Colonel Gaddafi operated a coup in September 1969. Then the monarchy Idris I exiled to Turkey, Italy and UK. The Cold War channel also can make a video about coup in Libya 1969.

[@itszyad4332]

Great video, but sorry I have to point out that the pronunciation of Naguib is "Na-geeb" (Egyptian Arabic) or "Na-jeeb" (Traditional Arabic). Just in case his name comes up again in future videos

[@beachboy0505]

Great video, you couldn't make this stuff up. King Farouk paid Nasser to dispose him LOL

[@drophubexpress]

Would you mind stating your sources and references, that were used to make this video i am a little bit interested in this topic in particular

[@raymonko]

Slight pronunciation correction: Naguib is pronounced Nageeb (eeb as in deep or Gui in guitar)

[@user-fj5wn9iq5r]

King fuad ii still a life and live in monaco

[@Mike-vg1wn]

ساهر الرفاعي not Monaco , Switzerland .

[@mehrcat1]

"Copeland was married to archaeologist Lorraine Adie. He was the father of music manager Miles Copeland III, booking agent Ian Copeland, film producer Lorraine (Lennie) Copeland, and drummer Stewart Copeland, a founding member of the rock band The Police." Wikipedia.

[@msingh6208]

Kermit the frog was CIA all along?

[@yigityaren2098]

Royal family of egypt was turkish (former ottoman governor, then rebelled) and they were still wearing fez after world wars. Arrogant western world’s used cairo themes and said it was istanbul, in their cinema & tv shows. So, there was huge community in world who assumes we rides camel and flying carpet or istanbul is desert city, we have northern african architecture etc. Hahah

[@bakr6405]

Say NagUib one more time. It is spelled Nageeb as in E, in case you are wondering.

[@scoutgamer9448]

Oh hi, if you make a video talking about post-ww2 North Africa, please mention how was the Axis plan to "liberate" allied colonies, and the Allied plan to do the same.

[@fahadm2852]

u never know what the hell cia is doing next , hell that guy in this channel could be there asset

[@cortster12]

1:20 I heard that.

[@skar8083]

They backfired: although they avoided the rise of the Muslim brothers and the Egyptian communists, which would have been a disaster for the geopolitical interests of the United States in the region. The July 23 regime was not the prototype of the conservative Cold War dictatorship and US proxy they hoped to impose.

[@historicalminds6812]

Outro music?

[@someindianguy_99]

The video is awesome! Btw:Are any videos based on Nehru's India or Indira Gandhi's planned for the future?

[@jstantongood5474]

That road in Rome is Via Veneto.

[@victorperfecto7472]

Soviet Stalinism is really bad. But this Dulles gang is more vilifying

[@4maika]

Egypt ✨💯

[@ahmedahm1]

Nice video ... Naguib is pronounced "NAGEEB" FYI :-)

[@Adam-zg7cv]

How can I find some sources about this?

[@arnaldoteodorani277]

Main reference: America and Egypt: From Roosevelt to Eisenhower By Matthew F. Holland books.google.co.uk/books?id=f6LU8Nw00ukC&pg=PA25&dq=project+fat+fucker&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiywcnD9u7oAhUJShUIHcUwCSYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=project%20fat%20fucker&f=true CIA Report on the Coup: www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP91T01172R000200280003-8.pdf King Farouk, his life and his rivalry with Wafd and the Brotherhood: www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/farouk-the-last-king-of-egypt-a-monarch-who-was-dapper-yet-divisive-1.985210 www.britannica.com/biography/Farouk-I www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP69B00369R000100210045-3.pdf www.britannica.com/topic/Wafd www.britannica.com/biography/Mustafa-al-Nahhas-Pasha www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP69B00369R000100210045-3.pdf www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00975A000700380001-2.pdf www.britannica.com/biography/Hasan-al-Banna www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79T00975A000700380001-2.pdf The Free Officers: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-15-a-very-likely-friendship/id1002919667?i=1000346446725 Kermit ‘Kim’ Roosevelt www.britannica.com/biography/Kermit-Roosevelt-American-intelligence-official harvardmagazine.com/2011/01/kermit-roosevelt www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/us/kermit-roosevelt-leader-of-cia-coup-in-iran-dies-at-84.html www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80M01009A001302080052-9.pdf www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP75-00001R000400260040-2.pdf

[@niallmcdonagh1093]

CIA man Miles Copeland was the father of Stuart Copeland drummer of the Police...does that make this a Sting operation?

[@vernandozs1888]

Are they both related to Kenneth Copeland, the TV preacher?

[@Sheikhmorpheus]

Great video, it's pronounced Mohammed NAGEEB. ❤👍🏽👍🏽

[@tymgamerz]

Can someone tell me the name of this operation tho

[@alfie3836]

It was likely called “operation Fat Fu.ck”

[@cossacktwofive4974]

Project FF... Yeah, KZbin would go berserk

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

The king's mother Nazli and his sister converted to Christianity and went to live in San Francisco, that incident hurt the image of Egyptian monarchy. He didn't live in luxury, his new wife left him and their little baby because lack of money, the Saudi monarchy paid for his daughters private school.

[@samyebeid4534]

His dining habits and lifestyle didn't seem to indicate a lack of wealth.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

@@samyebeid4534 he had an allowance from the Saudi king who already prepaid his daughters private schools, king Farouq left not a single real estate, his wife left him for a surgeon for lack of money and her son struggled hard to forgive her because she left them for material reasons.

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

@@samyebeid4534 his wife back then was a gold digger and the behavior of a gold digger is a better indicator for wealth than dining habits 🤣🤣🤣

[@tymgamerz]

That shows that he wasnt very corrupt

[@eca3101]

@@gostavoadolfos2023 that doesn't even make any sense. The Saud family was not very wealthy before the late 1960s. I'd like a citation for this

[@ahmedgamalabdalla5513]

Mostly you tend for american plan for MENA supported by afterwards fabricated scenario by Copeland which he requested bride from Nasser in order not to publish. Egyptians even have the correspondence from and to Copland's negotiating bride. Of course Egyptians military contacted the major power to secure movement yet their lives not the americans were on stake.

[@beachboy0505]

Miles Copeland, The Police drummer father ? He often boasts.

[@arielcuenca5037]

Canary in the coal mind-Police🤩

[@arielcuenca5037]

mine

[@mazen_tarek3904]

And thay say "why do the mid east hate USA"

[@maskawaih]

I dont understand the english version names for egyptians. Naguib? It’s Najib (Na-jeeb). Gamal? It’s Jamal (Ja-mall).

[@justsomeguy3931]

Great work with sound historical information (to the best of my knowledge), as always. You should do a video about the Bay of Pigs. My favorite portrayal of the Bay of Pigs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKnEZ4aCeNR0nJI OGA, a common military abbreviation for the CIA, standing for "other government agency" when they can't be directly mentioned You should do a video about what the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover were doing during the Cold War. More dirty deeds like domestic spying during the Red Scares and MacArthyism, I'm sure... The Bureau and the Agency, MI5 with M16s, white spy and black spy lolz. "In the old days it was more simple. We had our guys, they had their guys. Now it's all about religion, and oil - (sadly) it's no fun any more..." -Sam, Burn Notice

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Kermit vs. Mister Piggy. No love lost there. (Yes, I´m bored)

[@_Ocariao]

Someone could tell me the operation's name? I'm not a native speaker and I don't get it 😞

[@dolorismachina2]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_FF

[@amityzhimo2853]

Okay, you're our host David. But David, what? Do you have a second name?

[@gibbsm]

He ate himself to death, no hinky stuff. He was just a FF.

[@faisalkhalid534]

the majority of Egyptians want the monarchy back now...

[@anitkumarindiansmasterrace1399]

لا

[@JabbarTV1]

starting abdelnasser egypt declined to the back rear of the world..

[@samyebeid4534]

Egypt had a spine for change.

[@bakr6405]

Yeah it was a heaven Assem, the Barberer was Italian and the Dirver was Greek.

[@AA-cj7jo]

@@bakr6405 Egypt was beautiful for foreign Europeans but Egyptians lived the worse condition

[@bakr6405]

@@AA-cj7jo yeah. that's what my comment is implying. because common Egyptians nowadays think that their grandparents were enjoying this period.

[@user-sx1mm1sl6u]

@@bakr6405 And the peasant was Egyptian And the feudal lord was Turkish

[@jackkiller5536]

Hope to see I give me a good deal

[@pancakes3250]

They should make a siries on this.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

With such an incompetent king. I'm quite surprised that he wasn't deposed much earlier.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Fudge yeh!

[@shawngilliland243]

What a GREAT code name for that "operation" - laughed out loud at that! Who does the Muslim Brotherhood NOT hate?

[@owlnyc666]

It is not clear to me what the involvement of the CIA was in the coup other than to not oppose he coup or support the king.

[@sp1nks248]

Princess Faiza woulda been up there popular with QE. Don't be ignorant if you don't know

[@BlueSky-qs3wp]

So many factual errors. I happen to be interested in this piece of history. all I need to say is that Naguib was not a member of the free officers and was only selected by Nasser a couple of days before the coup. Ditto Nasser authorised contacting the Americans only just before the success of the coup to reassure them that the movement was not anti American in any way.

[@mustafaelnady5161]

Saying the CIA helped in removing the king is typical western academia that thinks the world revolves around them. It doesn’t. The US didn’t do shit in this period. It simply tried to ally the new system. The army officers were anti monarchy and anti west long before ww2. In 1882, an army officer (Orabi) tried to depose the monarchy, the king asked for British intervention and helped them occupy the country which led to British protectorate. In 1941, a free officer (Sadat) who would later become president, tried to contact Erwin Rommel and the plan was Rommel attacks the British from west while the Egyptian army attacks the British from the east and encircling the British troops in North Africa. The secret police that was loyal to the king foiled the plot and arrested Sadat and several other army officers. Once WW2 was over and the British withdrew to the Canal zone, the free officers were already plotting to remove the king. Saying the US orchestrated or helped in anything is a lie! The army was rebellious long before the US was a major power.

[@user-hq6vc2cv5g]

Exactly. well said.

[@ManRic2]

7:55

[@yousefshahin2654]

I wish our great king, his majesty Farouk l of Egypt, wasn't deposed Egypt was one of the greatest countrie during the Monarchy era

[@Zenmyster]

Basic problem. The CIA always worked for what they thought was best for American interests instead of figuring what the local Egyptians figured what would be best for their own interests.

[@The_king567]

Nah this was definitely a good revolution and btw the Soviets supported it also

[@ahmedallam7097]

well at least nobody died this time, right?

[@shamshassan1008]

President Nasser 😍😍😍

[@nader9490]

Try to read a book called Abdel Nasser and the Nations and I'm sure you'll change your mind about him, in this book you'll find things like the US actually helped Abdel Nasser make a fake assassination attempt just to throw all parties that were oppsed to Nasser in jail, also he had no problem against establishing Israel and things like that

[@munirabbasi3582]

Why does CIA poke itself in other countries

[@MohamedAhmed-ii4mr]

You keep saying Mohamed Naguib wrong, it is actually Mohamed Nageeb.

[@tasibsharar7357]

Last time I was this early Egypt was still a monarchy or as I like to put it dictatorship inherited

[@crystalwaters2260]

Did the CIA really name the project Fat Fucker?

[@masterimbecile]

Press F for CIA coup.

[@The_king567]

It wasn’t tho and this was definitely a good revolution read a book and btw most Egyptians supported it and the Soviets also did