But not the New Yorker, 'eh?
Okay, so the SOURCES were S*** on IRAQ and now they are S*** HERE, huh?
Then WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE ANYTHING they PRINT?
"Anti-Iran militia faces terrorist designation; US is weighing conciliatory step" by Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | May 30, 2009
WASHINGTON - The State Department is seriously considering placing a shadowy anti-Iranian militant group on its terrorism list, a move that would send a conciliatory signal to Iran as the Obama administration is trying to restart diplomatic talks, according to US officials.
Related: CIA Protects Al-Qaeda Group From Extradition
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
Also see: P.J.A.K. (for a one-day wonder) and Plan B for who is working with them.
The LEAST you could do, 'bamer, is CALL OFF the AMERICAN TERRORISTS!!!!!!!
The militia, known as Jundullah, or Soldiers of God, has killed scores of Iranian soldiers and border guards since 2003 and brazenly attacked an Iranian police station in December. Yesterday, it claimed responsibility for a rare suicide bombing Thursday in an Iranian mosque that killed 25 and wounded 125.
The Iranian government accuses the United States of funding the group, making its deadly attacks a key obstacle to rapprochement between the two countries.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly yesterday strongly condemned the killing of Iranian civilians and said that the US government does not fund Jundullah, whose fighters are disgruntled members of the Baluch ethnic minority. "We do not sponsor any form of terrorism in Iran," Kelly said. "We continue to work with the international community to prevent any attacks against innocent civilians anywhere."
It would help if every time the U.S. government opened its mouth, it didn't lie.
State Department officials say the process of officially designating a terrorist group is not based on whether it is attacking an ally and can take six months or longer because officials have to compile detailed dossiers that would hold up under a court challenge.
Like we care about courts! Go ask a Gitmo inmate about courts -- if you can!
To make the list, a group must "threaten the security" of US citizens or the defense, foreign relations, or economic interests of the United States. But the criteria are broad enough, US officials say, to argue that Jundullah should be placed on the list if stability in Iran is deemed to be in the interests of the United States.
How come Israel isn't on the list then?
One official estimated that the State Department is halfway through the designation process, while another said the process is underway but might never be completed. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
That's why they ramped up the attacks! Get 'em done BEFORE being declared "terrorists" -- as well as making the Iranians look bad before an election.
Inclusion on the list would prohibit US citizens, companies, or government agencies from supporting the group, and trigger criminal or civil penalties for doing so. Another option would be for Jundullah to be put on a separate, much longer Treasury Department list of terrorist organizations whose assets can be frozen or tracked and who would face the same punishment.
Last year, the State Department opted to keep another anti-Iranian group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq, on its terrorist list, despite strong pressure from European allies to remove it.
We are also using the Muj on Iran's western flank, folks.
In February, the Treasury Department designated the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, an anti-Iranian guerilla group based in the mountains of Iraq, as a terrorist organization, because it is controlled by another group that was already listed.
That must P.J.A.K.!
But Jundullah has been of particular concern to Iran because of its allegations of US support and because of increasing unrest in southeastern Iran where they operate and want more autonomy.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in the southeastern border city of Zahedan. Arabic news channel Al-Arabiya said a Jundullah spokesman called to claim responsibility. Yesterday, gunmen on motorbikes in the same city attacked a campaign headquarters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wounding three people.
Yeah, we are screwing with their elections.
Iranian officials have swiftly blamed the United States and Israel for both attacks. The deputy governor of Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province, Jalal Sayah, told the Fars news agency yesterday that the bomber was "hired by America and the agents of the arrogance."
It is SO SAD that the "enemy" TELLS the TRUTH and my GOVERNMENT and MSM LIE to ME!!!!
The claims of US interference are not new. Last month, in a speech to celebrate the Iranian New Year, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed to have intercepted communications between US officials and the Baluch militants. "Bandits, terrorists, and murders are in touch with American officers in a neighboring country," he said.
I'll give you three guesses as to which country (hint: we are in all three).
"[The Americans] say, 'Let's negotiate. Let's start relations.' They have the slogan of change. But where is the change? Change has to be real. You change, and we will change as well."
That is one thing I've noticed even though the propaganda: the IRANIANS are INTELLIGENT!
The New Yorker magazine and ABC News have reported that the US government has been in contact with Jundullah and used such groups to keep tabs on Al Qaeda, which operates in the same territory in Pakistan. A key source for the ABC News story was later discredited, and US officials strenuously denied both reports.
All the more reason to believe them.
One senior US defense official who has traveled extensively in Pakistan, including to Baluch areas, said the US military sees Jundullah as an enemy. "This is one area where the United States and Iran could potentially cooperate on counterterrorism," he said.
Pffft!
Until now, the United States and Iran have fought their own separate battles in the lawless tribal areas of western Pakistan - US forces and their allies against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, and Iran against Jundullah. The group has found sanctuary among its ethnic countrymen in Pakistan, and crosses the border to launch attacks, just as the Taliban attacks Afghanistan.
In 2005, nine Iranian guards died in a shootout after pursuing Jundullah fighters into Pakistan. In 2007, a Jundullah car bomb killed 11 Iranian soldiers. And last year, 16 Iranian police officers were kidnapped and executed after the arrest of the brother of Jundullah's leader, Abdolmalek Rigi.
Banditry and militancy among the country's Baluch population - a Sunni Arab minority that often complains of discrimination at the hands of Iran's Shi'ite, Persian-led government - has simmered for decades. In the 1970s, the United States tried to help the Shah of Iran pacify Iran's Baluchi province, according to Alex Vatanka, an adjunct scholar with the Middle East Institute who is also managing editor of Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst and Jane's Intelligence Digest.
What do they call a double-double cross, because that's what we do to people!
Ask the Kurds.
When was the last time the newspaper mentioned Turkey bombing them?
In recent years, the Iranian government has begun to build a border wall to keep out drugs and militants.
And yet WE CAN'T HAVE ONE on OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, 'murkn! So WALLS are OKAY for IRAN and ISRAEL but NOT US, huh?
Baluch insurgents also threaten the stability of Pakistan, which has its own festering Baluch nationalist movement to deal with. Obama has called for a regional solution to the problem of militancy and tried to beef up coordination to fight the Taliban. But so far, Iran has not been a part of those efforts.
Last weekend, Ahmadinejad held a first-ever summit in Iran with the heads of state of both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The three leaders vowed to join hands in a common fight against terrorists on their borders.
What the HELL? The ZIONIST MSM NEVER EVEN MENTIONED IT!!!!
Aaaaaarrrrgggghh!!!!!
"Iran has its own war on terror," said Michael Rubin, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington-based think tank. "Jundullah has become a consistent threat."
How come all the "experts" the Globe cites and turns to are ZIONIST NEO-CONS?
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