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US funding anti-regime rebels: Iran
2004-11-26
Oh, Lawsy! I certainly hope so!
The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards on Thursday accused the United States of financing rebel groups fighting the Islamic regime and seeking to spark ethnic unrest along its borders. "With its presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States is seeking to plot and create insecurity inside Iran and wants to encourage ethnic problems in our country," General Yahya Rahim Safavi was quoted as telling a gathering of the Revolutionary Guard's volunteer wing, the Basij militia. "In Iraq, the Americans have taken the hypocrites under their wings," he said, referring to the exiled armed opposition group the People's Mujahedeen. He alleged the United States was also supporting "counter-revolutionary groups" including the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran and the Komala, a Kurdish-Maoist group. The United States, he said, "is giving them money to create insecurity in Iran."
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"In Afghanistan, the Americans have brought together Iranian rebels to create insecurity in Sistan-Baluchestan," Iran's far southeastern province, the general told the gathering. "But the Americans should know that they will carry all hope of dominating Iran and causing insecurity in Iran to their graves," Safavi added.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Faster, f*** it all.
Posted by: lex   2004-11-26 10:21:09 PM  

#4  Yeah, what Frank G. said.

If we in fact haven't been helping the Iranian democratic resistance groups, that omission is perhaps the single greatest failure of the Administration's post-9/11 national security policy. Rantburgers will probably remember hearing (via alternate channels such as the Blogosphere - the MSM virtually embargoed this) about huge pro-American demonstrations and candlelight vigils in Iranian cities after 9/11.

Even Nick Kristof (NYT) traveled to Iran recently and reported to his readers that young Iranians are still favorably disposed to us, hate the mullahcracy (mullah-ocracy?), and hope our forces do well against the Islamofascist insurgents in Iraq (BTW, I'd have LOVED to see how much hatemail he got from his LLL readers on that one).

If we've been doing stuff behind the scenes, great. But I'm afraid that Powell and his deputy, Mr. "Iran Is A Democracy" Armitage represent the true thrust of American policy to date. This is almost treasonably stupid, and if the Dems had been savvy enough to nominate someone from the party's Rational Adult wing *cough* Lieberman* cough*, they could have used this issue, along with numerous others, to club GWB on national security from the right flank.

Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2004-11-26 10:06:13 PM  

#3  If we aren't, that explains a lot about the firings resignings ass-kickings from the CIA Covert Ops section. WTF have they been up to if not this type of operation??
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-26 7:36:11 PM  

#2  Goose and gander
Posted by: raptor   2004-11-26 6:59:55 PM  

#1  But the Americans should know that they will carry all hope of dominating Iran and causing insecurity in Iran to their graves

Yo, General..Ask the Z-man how it feels to have the Devil Dogs biting your butt.
Posted by: anymouse   2004-11-26 5:15:21 PM  

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