U.S. to Designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as Terrorists

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How on earth can you call the state-sanctioned armed forces of a sovereign nation terrorists?

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The US is preparing to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards force as a foreign terrorist unit, officials say.
If confirmed, this will be the first time official armed units of a sovereign state are included in the list of banned terrorist groups.

The classification would allow the US to target the force's finances.

The US has repeatedly accused Iran of destabilising Iraq and Afghanistan, blaming the Revolutionary Guards for supplying and training insurgents.

There are currently 42 organisations on the state department's list of foreign terrorist organisations.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6947444.stm

[FAH1223]

May as well label EVERY Muslim organization, group or branch of govt that doesn't fit in with USA foreign policy a terrorist

oh well, it doesn't mean sh1d

[Padishah]

The Pentagon genius exhibited again.

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[quote="Padishah"]:roll: The Pentagon genius exhibited again.[/quote]

you mean this Ahmadinejad to Joined his counterpart of China and, Russian leaders for Regional Security Summit:

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Source: Associated Press

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Wednesday in Kyrgyzstan to join the leaders of Russia and China for a summit of a regional group seen as a platform for countering U.S. interests in strategic, energy-rich Central Asia.

The United States, which maintains an air base in the host country, is keeping a close eye on Thursday's gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which also includes four ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia.

The SCO emerged 11 years ago to address religious extremism and border security issues in Central Asia. China and Russia have been pushing for strengthening the group since the U.S. military set up air bases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to support the anti-terror campaign in nearby Afghanistan.

In recent years, with Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia signing on as observers, the group has been emerging as potentially a broader and more powerful bloc aimed at resisting U.S. domination in world affairs. Ahmadinejad is attending the annual summit for the second year in a row.

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I mean, three countries that know a helluva lot more about soft influence than we America....

Surely this is about blast for being America's Afghanistan favorite allied? Surely, that's what for-being policy is all about..lol

[*jr]

Malaki of Iraq have met Ahmadinijan in Iran, two days later Karzai met him in Afghanistan. WOW.... bUsh must be fuming at pooty-poot