Posted on 08/18/2007 8:24:12 PM PDT by Schnucki
WASHINGTON - An elite Iranian force likely to be designated a foreign terrorist organization by the Bush administration has close links to Iran's nuclear program and operates most of its surface-to-surface missiles, a leading analyst says.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, established during the 1979 Iranian revolution, has evolved into a powerful and influential organization that is believed to have custody over most or all of Iran's chemical, biological and radiological weapons, Anthony H. Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies says in a study to be published in late September.
The force has some 125,000 men, and has exported thousands of rockets to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and shipped arms to various Palestinian movements, including the Palestinian Authority, Cordesman writes in ``Iran's Military Forces and Warfighting Capabilities.''
Some 5,000 of the group are assigned to unconventional warfare missions as well as special Quds, or Jerusalem, forces for operations overseas. They support the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza and on the West Bank and Shiites in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Cordesman, a former director of intelligence assessments at the Pentagon.
Links to al-Qaida and other Sunni extremist groups have not been ``convincingly confirmed,'' he said.
The Bush administration appears to be moving toward designating the guard corps as a foreign terrorist organization. That would enhance a tougher line toward Iran.
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Bring it on.....oops....guess they already have!
take em out, now!!!
Pure hype...HA...I remember all the hype about saddamn’s elite forces...what a joke...this group maybe a bit better than his but NOT much...
Besides...what else would you expect from the lamestream media...hyping them up putting us down...same ole’ same ole’
They look like they’re posing for the Muslim version of ‘24’, called ‘72’.
Gee, analyst, ya think? What a limb you have climbed out upon, only to find the bleedin’ obvious.
Too many puppies I can’t find good expand on it themed pics!
LOL!
& I ain’ goona match the colorized & sized text thang!
:)
That HTML has yet to stick with me...
I could care less what they are called.
I just hope our troops kill every last one of them.
Sounds like their version of the SS
Man! It’s late where You are?
What are You still doing up?
Can’t sleep,huh?
The NEW Muslime Charlies Angels!
I think we should try to destroy their economy, freeze their bank accounts, and support disidents in order to overthrow the current regime (Fred Thompson’s idea). I am afraid that a pre-emptive strike at the wrong time could give them they excuse they need to bomb Israel (Israel could probably destroy them first, though). If the “secret agent” stuff fails, and they continue to enrich uranium, strikes will be necessary.
Iranian pussies. Feh.
Ah yes, another “elite” force. Hmmmmmm, seems like we’ve killed off just about all the “elite” forces in the ME, now we have another one...
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