Commentary

ABC News: “The Secret War Against Iran”

by Greg Strid

A summary of the ABC News Investigative Report:
“The Secret War against Iran”

According to this article, a Bauchi tribal group called
Jundullah, has been conducting deadly attacks on
military targets inside Iran. According to U.S. and
Pakistani intelligence sources, this activity has had
the clandestine support and guidance of U.S.
officials since 2005.

This organization is based in the province of
Baluchistan, which is located in western Pakistan,
along the border with Iran.

U.S. officials have told ABC News that American
money is directed to its leader, Abdel el Malik Regi,
through Iranian exiles in Europe and the Middle East.

Mr. Regi is a mult-talented thug whose specialties
include drug smuggling, and the production of quality
video footage of his attacks on Iranian targets- and he
has claimed to have executed Iranians with his own
hands. His resume is capped off by a stellar reference
from the Taliban- he used to fight with them, probably
against the U.S.

To read the ABC News story about America’s latest embrace
of Sunni extremists, click:

“The Secret War Against Iran”

My Response:

The war against Iran has already started. It seems
that the Bush administration hopes to compensate for its
disastrous adventure in Iraq by preventing Iran from
becoming a nuclear power. Pakistan is our supposed
ally in the “war on terror”, yet it provides a home to the
Taliban, and other Sunni extremist groups, such as
Jundullah. This report reveals the US government’s
failure to confront Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf,
about his support of extremists who have been provided a
state-sanctioned haven in his nation’s lawless western
frontier. Using one small group of terrorists to start a war
with Iran by proxy, while ignoring Musharraf’s tacit approval
of the Taliban’s efforts to destabilize Afghanistan speaks
volumes about President Bush’s morally bankrupt approach to
spreading democracy around the globe.

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