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Thursday, December 15, 2011

What's an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander doing at the White House

Former Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Hadi Farhan al-Amiri was part of the entourage that accompanied Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the White House on Monday (Hat Tip: Will).
Critics have accused Mr. al-Maliki, a Shiite, of acting at the behest of the Shiite government in Iran. But Mr. Obama told reporters that he believes the Iraqi prime minister when he says that “his interest is maintaining Iraqi sovereignty and preventing meddling by anybody inside of Iraq.”

“And he has shown himself to be willing to make very tough decisions in the interests of Iraqi nationalism, even if they cause problems with his neighbor,” the president said in a thinly veiled reference to Iran.

White House spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to confirm whether Mr. al-Amiri was part of the Iraqi delegation. He referred questions to the Iraqi government.

Mr. al-Maliki’s office listed Mr. al-Amiri as a member of the delegation. A spokesman for the Iraqi Embassy was unavailable to elaborate on Mr. al-Amiri’s role in the White House visit.

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Ali Alfoneh, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said that after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the fall of Saddam, Iran thought it was time to position pro-Iranian Shiite elements in the new Iraqi government.

“All those elements governing Iraq today have at some point been cooperating with Iran,” Mr. Alfoneh said.

“That is true of the president [Jalal Talabani], the prime minister and a good number of Iraqi politicians who previous to their arrival in Iraq were refugees living in Iran,” he added.

Analysts and Western officials say some of those officials still depend heavily on Iran.

U.S. officials say the Revolutionary Guard has had a role in several attacks on U.S. interests worldwide.

“In addition to the well-publicized Arbabsiar case, the IRGC has supported Shia militant groups who attack U.S. forces in Iraq,” said a U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Mansour Arbabsiar, a U.S. citizen and used-car salesman, has been accused of a central role in a suspected plot by the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. He has pleaded not guilty.
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At 10:59 PM, Blogger Sunlight said...

More:

Terrorist attack survivors outraged by White House guest

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/14/terrorist-attack-survivors-outraged-by-white-house/

Khobar Towers: a bunch of Air Force guys killed in their beds...

 
At 1:55 AM, Blogger Juniper in the Desert said...

Pres. Obanna is practising taqiyya, lying to advance izlam. The US opened the borders to Iran as soon as they had control of them in 2003, this is how Muqtada al Sadr got in. The whole thing is a homicidal/suicidal sick joke.

 

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