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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-27-07 06:53 PM
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6. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, not a terrorist organization.
It is part of the Iranian armed forces. AGIR does provide support to Hezbollah, and perhaps to shiite palestinian forces, but generally that support is in the form of military weapons and training for conflict with the IDF, not for operations against civilians - as in not terrorism. Of course 'terrorism' is a very loose term, so some nations classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, others as simply a militia and political force within the disfunctional Lebanese government. Likewise, the AGIR most likely does provide support to shiite militias in Iran, and once again categorizing these operations as terrorist is hugely problematic.

Why are you so eager for another bad war?
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