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| US may declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a ‘terrorist’ group ahead of Israeli elections | |
| 2019-04-07 | |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization, the first such designation of another country’s military, as early as next Monday. The designation might come as early as Monday, three US officials told Rooters and the Wall Street Journal, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... Such a move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s policy of pressure on Iran, which began with the pullout from the nuclear deal last May and continued with the reimposition of sanctions suspended under the 2015 agreement. The IRGC was founded after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. Its foreign expeditionary branch, the Quds force, has been heavily involved in fighting against Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIS) turbans in Syria, as well as other krazed killer groups opposed to the government in Damascus. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, considers Iran an existential threat to his country, and has even made thinly veiled nuclear threats against Damascus and Tehran over IRGC’s presence in Syria. The timing of the announcement is especially interesting, given that Netanyahu is facing a tough election next Tuesday. In addition to ditching the nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has made several other moves in support of Netanyahu, including the relocation of the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and the recent recognition of Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights, which it has occupied since the 1967 war with Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Proposals to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization have been circulating around Washington for years, though critics have warned that doing so would open US military and intelligence officials to retaliation by other governments.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 'May', but it's only April! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-07 21:34 |
| #8 What's the Pope's position? Said absolutely no one. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2019-04-07 19:28 |
| #7 we don't have peace in west asia anyway |
| Posted by: chris 2019-04-07 14:15 |
#6 From a tweet:IRGC commander Jafari warns if the U.S. designates Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization then the U.S. military will not have peace in West Asia. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2019-04-07 12:05 |
| #5 Val Jars' Pets or Huma's? Why not both? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-07 10:56 |
| #4 Shouldn't the MB be first? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-04-07 10:48 |
| #3 Checked at the link. At the bottom one sees Source: RT. They do like their Russian propaganda. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-07 10:24 |
| #2 The Quds force was listed years ago. This is like listing the entire United States Army. An interesting article. I wonder if it was from the Sputnik feed or AP... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-07 10:20 |
| #1 About at least 18 years late. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-04-07 08:56 |