Posted on 06/03/2013 7:34:41 AM PDT by kimtom
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A new report on world international terrorism activities released by the State Department asserts that there were "no known operational cells" of Al Qaeda or Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere during the year 2012. This is despite the report acknowledging Iran's increased presence in the hemisphere along with the country's "marked resurgence" of sponsored terrorism.
The State Department released the "Country Reports on Terrorism 2012" late last week which details the United States' assessment of terrorism and counter-terrorism activities in countries around the globe. The Department detailed Iran's "marked resurgence" of terrorism saying: .......
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Is this the same State Department that claimed that a youtube video caused a riot in Benghazi? Hahahaha
www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/Iran/common/
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/05/state_department_ira_2.php
“State Department highlights Iran’s ‘marked resurgence’ of state-sponsored terrorism”
By THOMAS JOSCELYN
May 31, 2013
SNIPPET: “The State Department released its Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 yesterday. The year 2012 witnessed a “marked resurgence of Iran’s state sponsorship of terrorism, through its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), its Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), and Tehran’s ally Hezballah,” State concluded. “Iran and Hezbollah’s terrorist activity has reached a tempo unseen since the 1990s, with attacks plotted in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa.””
SNIPPET: “The State Department’s report confirms, once again, that Iran sponsors terrorists and militants throughout the world.”
Consciously lying, it’s that simple.
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