US funding terrorists - for a good cause, of course

[TankGirl]

Telegraph.co.uk:

US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran

America is secretly funding militant ethnic separatist groups in Iran in an attempt to pile pressure on the Islamic regime to give up its nuclear programme.

In a move that reflects Washington's growing concern with the failure of diplomatic initiatives, CIA officials are understood to be helping opposition militias among the numerous ethnic minority groups clustered in Iran's border regions.

The operations are controversial because they involve dealing with movements that resort to terrorist methods in pursuit of their grievances against the Iranian regime.

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Such a policy is fraught with risk, however. Many of the groups share little common cause with Washington other than their opposition to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose regime they accuse of stepping up repression of minority rights and culture.

The Baluchistan-based Brigade of God group, which last year kidnapped and killed eight Iranian soldiers, is a volatile Sunni organisation that many fear could easily turn against Washington after taking its money.

A row has also broken out in Washington over whether to "unleash" the military wing of the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), an Iraq-based Iranian opposition group with a long and bloody history of armed opposition to the Iranian regime.

The group is currently listed by the US state department as terrorist organisation, but Mr Pike said: "A faction in the Defence Department wants to unleash them. They could never overthrow the current Iranian regime but they might cause a lot of damage."

"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it." - Noam Chomsky

[albed]

Seems like a good cause alright. They can use my tax money.

[Nicobie]

Hey TG

It's too late.

The world has already fucked the pooch by letting Israel have atomic weapons.

Now we all have to deal with it. It does no good crying over spilt milk.

If you want to do something positive in your life, don't make a bunch of babies. Most everything else is really out of your (and mine) control anyway.

[multi]

If you want to do something positive in your life, don't make a bunch of babies.

you truly are a moron..

[Nicobie]

Originally Posted by multi

you truly are a moron..

And you are truly showing your stupidity.

You feel that this poor over stressed world needs more people?

I thought that you had at least a bit of a brain...

[albed]

Originally Posted by Nicobie

You feel that this poor over stressed world needs more people?

It sure as hell didn't need you.



The more difficult life becomes the more the unfit will be weeded out.



So I can see why you worry.

[multi]

Originally Posted by Nicobie

And you are truly showing your stupidity.

You feel that this poor over stressed world needs more people?

I thought that you had at least a bit of a brain...

so what are you saying?
people should stop having kids ? period ?

because that is just not going to happen... you know it , I know it

so what do you want people to do?
chop off their dicks?
plug up their fannies ?
enforced ZPG by the military maybe ?
(ever see that movie?)
anything else ?

[theknife]

Originally Posted by albed

Seems like a good cause alright. They can use my tax money.

6 years of apologies for the Bush administration have actually brought you 180 degrees out, to the point where you would financially support groups who are aligned with Al Queda. congratulations.

[albed]

It doesn't say anywhere that they're aligned with Al Queda but you can pretend they are of course since the truth means nothing to liberals.



Sticking up for Iran now? Anyone who shares your hatred for the U.S., huh?

[vernarial]

Another example of how hypocritical the USA has been. We are in a war with terrorists and we are funding them as well. Terrorist tactics are alright if it works in our favor, but if they don't then they are evil? Bah!

[theknife]

Originally Posted by albed

It doesn't say anywhere that they're aligned with Al Queda but you can pretend they are of course since the truth means nothing to liberals.

Sticking up for Iran now? Anyone who shares your hatred for the U.S., huh?

read it and weep, my boy - your ideology is circling the drain. sleeping with the enemy, funnelling tax dollars to the jihadists, Iran-Contra all over again, funding Al Queda to take on Hezzbollah - how low can you go?

BLITZER: Near the end of your article, you have this explosive point in there about John Negroponte, who is now going to be the deputy secretary of state, as opposed to the head of U.S. intelligence.

You write this: “I was subsequently told by the two government consultants and the former senior intelligence officials that the echoes of Iran-Contra were a factor in Negroponte’s decision to resign from the National Intelligence directorship and accept the position of deputy secretary of state.”

Explain what you were hearing, because that is obviously a very explosive charge.

HERSH: Yes. It is probably the single most explosive, if you will, or depressing — or distressing sort of thing I discovered in the last few months, which is simply this. This administration has made a policy change, a decision that they are going to put all of the pressure they can on the Shiites, that is the Shiite regime in Iran, the Shiite — and they are also doing everything they can to stop Hezbollah — which is Shiite, the Hezbollah organization from getting any control or any more of a political foothold in Lebanon.

So they essentially, I quote the — I saw Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, and he described it this way, as “fitna (ph),” the Arab word for “civil war.” As far as he is concerned, we are interested in recreating what is happening in Iraq in Lebanon, that is Sunni versus Shia. And in looking into that story, and I saw him in December, I found this. That we have been pumping money, a great deal of money, without congressional authority, without any congressional oversight, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia is putting up some of this money, for covert operations in many areas of the Middle East where we think that the — we want to stop the Shiite spread or the Shiite influence.

They call it the “Shiite Crescent.” And a lot of this money, and I can’t tell you with absolute certainty how — exactly when and how, but this money has gotten into the hands — among other places, in Lebanon, into the hands of three — at least three jihadist groups. There are three Sunni jihadist groups whose main claim to fame inside Lebanon right now is that they are very tough. These are people connected to al Qaeda who want to take on Hezbollah. So this government, at the minimum, we may not directly be funneling money to them, but we certainly know that these groups exist.

My government, which arrests al Qaeda every place it can find them and send — some of them are n Guantanamo and other places, is sitting back while the Lebanese government we support, the government of Prime Minister Siniora, is providing arms and sustenance to three jihadist groups whose sole function, seems to me and to the people that talk to me in our government, to be there in case there is a real shoot-’em-up with Hezbollah and we really get into some sort of serious major conflict between the Sunni government and Hezbollah, which is largely Shia, who are basically — or as you know, there is a coalition headed by Hezbollah that is challenging the government right now, demonstrations, sit-ins.

There has been some violence. So America, my country, without telling Congress, using funds not appropriated, I don’t know where, by my sources believe much of the money obviously came from Iraq where there is all kinds of piles of loose money, pools of cash that could be used for covert operations. - CNN

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/conten...5fa_fact_hersh

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/25/hersh-qaeda/

[albed]

The guy talks like a drunken retard having a stroke; so to you he must seem like a genius.

So this government, at the minimum, we may not directly be funneling money to them, but we certainly know that these groups exist.

WOW!!! Mind blowing stuff knife.

[pisser]

Originally Posted by albed

They can use my tax money.

Yeah right, As if you had any control over what happens with that.

You act like your so smart, high and mighty.

Your just another pathetic moron loser with nothing better to do that 'toe the line'.

And not so smart afer all.