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| Iran maintains sleeper cells in Gulf - defector |
| 2008-09-16 |
| Iran runs a network of agents in the six Arab monarchies of the Gulf that could be used to destabilize the region, a senior defector charged in an interview published on Monday. Adel al-Assadi, who was consul general in Dubai before defecting in 2001, said Shiite Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps started to set up the sleeper cells right after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. "Iran has an undercover presence in the six GCC countries," he told Gulf News. "I think Tehran has enough manpower to destabilize the GCC countries, which is bad news," said Assadi. Iran "used to send them through a third country," said the former diplomat, who now lives in Sweden, where he has been granted political asylum. "I have no reason to think that this policy has stopped because the practice of recruiting agents in the Gulf is deeply rooted in the way the intelligence institution is operating and is considered a strong point for Iran." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 In areas outside the Gulf States, it's Hesb'allah. But in the Gulf States, it's the Al Qods Force. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-09-16 11:11 |
| #1 Yeah. It's called Hezbollah. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-09-16 03:48 |