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He was hired by [[Henry Kravis]] in December 2014 to head his own intelligence agency called the [[KKR Global Institute]] | He was hired by [[Henry Kravis]] in December 2014 to head his own intelligence agency called the [[KKR Global Institute]] | ||
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Bulgarian newspaper Trud reported in 2017 that [[Silk Way Airlines]] were used to funnel weapons into the [[Syria]] conflict via [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>https://trud.bg/350-diplomatic-flights-carry-weapons-for-terrorists/</ref> The Bulgarian journalist who reported on the story was subsequently fired for exposing the arms shipments<ref>https://armenianweekly.com/2017/08/29/dilyana-gaytandzhieva-fired/</ref> | Bulgarian newspaper Trud reported in 2017 that [[Silk Way Airlines]] were used to funnel weapons into the [[Syria]] conflict via [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>https://trud.bg/350-diplomatic-flights-carry-weapons-for-terrorists/</ref> The Bulgarian journalist who reported on the story was subsequently fired for exposing the arms shipments<ref>https://armenianweekly.com/2017/08/29/dilyana-gaytandzhieva-fired/</ref> | ||
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| Born | David Howell Petraeus 1952-11-07 Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy, Princeton University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Holly Knowlton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founder of | Center for Afghanistan Pakistan Excellence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Arthur F. Burns Fellowship/Trustees, Atlantic Council/Board, Atlantic Council/Distinguished Leadership Awards, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, Institute for the Study of War, Justice for Kurds, KKR & Co., McCain Institute, Panthera, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Trilateral Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Howell Petraeus is a retired United States Army general and public official.
Career
Petraeus worked as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from September 6, 2011, until his resignation on November 9, 2012. Michael Hastings opined that: “[David Petraeus] is... a world-class bullshit artist... He essentially armed and trained what later became known as ‘Iraqi death squads.’ He... took the Shiites’ side in a civil war, armed them to the teeth, and suckered the Sunnis into thinking we’d help them out too... Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis lost their lives during a sectarian conflict that Petraeus’ policies fueled... The reputations of the men who were intimately involved in these years of foreign misadventure, where we tortured and supported torture, armed death squads, conducted nightly assassinations, killed innocents, and enabled corruption on an unbelievable scale, lie in tatters.” [1]
He was hired by Henry Kravis in December 2014 to head his own intelligence agency called the KKR Global Institute
Operation Timber Sycamore
Bulgarian newspaper Trud reported in 2017 that Silk Way Airlines were used to funnel weapons into the Syria conflict via Azerbaijan.[2] The Bulgarian journalist who reported on the story was subsequently fired for exposing the arms shipments[3]
Thierry Meyssan reported in December 2018 that Petraeus pursued Operation Timber Sycamore using funding from KKR investments and Henry Kravis private funds. Operation Timber Sycamore was the largest weapons trafficking scandal in history, implicating at least 17 states and representing many thousands of tons of weapons worth several billion dollars. As such, Kravis and Petraeus became the main suppliers for ISIS/Daesh [4]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/2013 | 6 June 2013 | 9 June 2013 | Watford UK | The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting. |
| Bilderberg/2014 | 29 May 2014 | 1 June 2014 | Denmark Copenhagen Marriott Hotel | The 62nd Bilderberg, with 136 guests, held in Copenhagen |
| Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria |
| Bilderberg/2016 | 9 June 2016 | 12 June 2016 | Germany Dresden | The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany. |
| Bilderberg/2017 | 1 June 2017 | 4 June 2017 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 65th Bilderberg Meeting |
| Bilderberg/2018 | 7 June 2018 | 10 June 2018 | Italy Turin Hotel Torino Lingotto Congress | The 66th Bilderberg Meeting, in Turin, Italy, known for months in advance after an unprecedented leak by the Serbian government. |
| Bilderberg/2019 | 30 May 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Switzerland Montreux | The 67th Bilderberg Meeting |
| Bilderberg/2022 | 2 June 2022 | 5 June 2022 | US Washington DC Mandarin Oriental Hotel | The 68th Bilderberg Meeting, held in Washington DC, after an unprecedented two year hiatus during which a lot of the Bilderberg regulars were busy managing COVID-19 |
| Bilderberg/2024 | 30 May 2024 | 2 June 2024 | Spain Madrid | The 70th Bilderberg Meeting |
| Munich Security Conference/2009 | 2009 | 2009 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 45th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2018 | 12 February 2018 | 14 February 2018 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 54th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2019 | 15 February 2019 | 17 February 2019 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events." |
| Munich Security Conference/2020 | 14 February 2020 | 16 February 2020 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." |
| Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here |
| Munich Security Conference/2023 | 17 February 2023 | 19 February 2023 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere. |
| Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
