By you-you-know-who:
"US to sanction Tehran unilaterally; Quds Force, Revolutionary Guard targeted" by Robin Wright/Washington Post October 25, 2007
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration plans to institute an unprecedented package of unilateral sanctions against Iran today, including the long-awaited designations of its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and of the elite Quds Force as a supporter of terrorism, according to senior administration officials.
[Gee, where have we heard that before, Robin, you frikkin' Zionist shill?!]
The package, scheduled to be unveiled jointly by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., marks the first time the United States has tried to isolate or punish another country's military. It is the broadest set of punitive measures imposed on Tehran since the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy, the officials said.
[How can we be applying more sanctions?
Why are we even dealing with the "murderous terrorists" at all?
That contradiction always confused me, until I realized the press tells bullshit lies!]
A senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the measures have not been announced:
"This is a very powerful set of measures designed to send a message to Iran that there will be a cost to what they do. We decided on them because we have seen no change in Iranian behavior. Our diplomacy needs to be stronger and more effective."
[Who do you think her "contact" is? Rice?]
The move will cap a year of growing US pressure on Tehran, including billions of dollars in arms sales to Persian Gulf allies and Israel, detention of Iranian agents in Iraq, and pressure on the United Nations and European allies to increase Iran's isolation. The dramatic US steps underscore the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
[It's the AIPAC/Clean Break/PNAC plans, and we all know it!!!!]
Rice said yesterday in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee:
"The policies of Iran constitute perhaps the single greatest challenge for American security interests in the Middle East, and possibly around the world, because the combination of Iranian terrorism, Iranian repression at home, and the pursuit of nuclear weapons technology - technologies that could lead to a nuclear weapon - is a very dangerous mix."
[You mean, USrael's, right, War Princess?
And where have we heard this before?
MUSHROOM CLOUD, Condi, you frikkin' lying beee-ach!
Hope you are happy munching on your war dead, Amurka, since you are going to be dying for Israel's wars!]
The new sanctions will empower the United States to isolate financially a large part of Iran's military and anyone inside or outside Iran who does business with it, US officials said. The measures could affect hundreds of foreign companies by squeezing them to drop Iranian business or risk US sanctions.
[Why were we even dealing with ANY, or is this just more war propaganda for the absolutely shit-slaving Amurkn people?]
The Revolutionary Guard Corps, which numbers at least 125,000, is the most powerful wing of Iran's military. It controls a growing sector of the economy, including construction companies, aspects of the oil industry, pharmaceutical plants, telecommunications, and ordinary commerce. US officials said it also operates the front companies that procure nuclear technology.
[Sort of like Iran's version of the Military-Industrial Complex, huh?
Only A LOT SMALLER when compared to the behemoth that is the United States]
The administration will designate the entire Revolutionary Guard under Executive Order 13382, signed by President Bush in June 2005, which allows the United States to freeze the assets of any proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and its supporters. Iran is being designated for its ballistic missile program. The United States will announce a list of Iranians involved in that program - civilians as well as military officials - who will also be designated, US officials said.
[Another one of his DICTATES, 'eh?]
Under the same executive order, the administration also intends to designate Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, which controls Iran's defense industries, as well as companies controlled by the Revolutionary Guard, US officials said.
The overall impact, according to US officials, will be to make a pariah of the most critical parts of Iran's military and its defense and commercial industries.
[While we become a pariah ourselves!
But these fascista fucks are blind and don't see it!]
The Quds Force, the foreign operations branch of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, will be designated separately as a supporter of terrorism under Executive Order 13224, which Bush signed two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to obstruct terrorist funding, US officials said. It authorizes the United States to identify individuals, businesses, charities, and extremist groups engaged in terror.
[There's another one, huh?]
The Quds Force is estimated to number up to 15,000 and runs Tehran's covert activities throughout the Middle East.
[Yeah, but nothing about P.J.A.K. or the dirty shit AmeriKa is assaulting Iran with -- never mind Operation Ajax.
This is what Zionist presstitutes like Wright do!!!!]
The US decision to impose unilateral sanctions reflects the administration's deepening frustration over Iran's role in attacks against American troops in Iraq, its aid to the Taliban in Afghanistan, and its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment that could be used for both peaceful energy and to develop a bomb. US efforts to engage Iran in a dialogue have been matched by an escalation in the quantity and quality of Iranian arms provided to Shi'ite militants in Iraq, US officials said."
[Is she something else, or what?
This whole fucking "report" was a BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAND-OUT!!!!!
No wonder Wright is known as the "Judy Miller" of the CIA's favorite paper, the Washington Post]
I'm almost cringing as I approach the Times piece:
"New Steps by U.S. Against Iranians" by HELENE COOPER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 — The Bush administration will announce a long-debated policy of new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, accusing the elite Quds division of the Revolutionary Guard Corps of supporting terrorism, administration officials said Wednesday night.
The administration also plans to accuse the entire Revolutionary Guard Corps of proliferating weapons of mass destruction, the officials said. While the United States has long labeled Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism, the decision to single out the Guard reflects increased frustration in the administration with the slow pace of diplomatic negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
[Got one more war to do, 'eh, Georgie!]
Both designations will put into play unilateral sanctions intended to impede the Revolutionary Guard and those who do business with it. This is the first time that the United States has taken such steps against the armed forces of any sovereign government.
The action against the Revolutionary Guard, first reported by The Washington Post, would set in motion a series of automatic sanctions that would make it easier for the United States to block financial accounts and other assets controlled by the Guard. In particular, the action would freeze any assets the Guard has in the United States, although it is unlikely that the Guard maintains much in the way of assets in American banks or other institutions.
[Yeah, I asked about that!!! So this is a lot of HOT FART MIST, isn't it?]
The decision will be announced jointly on Thursday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the administration officials said.
A senior administration official:
“This is going to be a broad and wide-ranging effort. We will be freezing assets, and there will be ripple effects of where we can go from there.”
[Who do you think her contact is, reader?]
In the internal debate over American policy toward Iran, Ms. Rice has been struggling for more than a year to hold together a fragile coalition of world powers that have been trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
[So Ms. Bubblehead is leaking to the Post and Times?]
Last week Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, caused consternation in the administration when he visited Tehran and said publicly that there was no need for military strikes. The guard and its military wing are identified as a power base for Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Under his administration, American officials said, the Guard has moved increasingly into commercial operations, earning profits and extending its influence in Iran in areas involving big government contracts, including building airports and other infrastructure, producing oil and providing cellphones.
[Sort of like AmeriKa's Military-Industrial Complex, huh?
Pffffffffttttttttt!!!!!]
The immediate legal consequence of designating the Quds unit as a terrorist organization would be to make it unlawful for anyone subject to United States jurisdiction to knowingly provide material support or resources to it, according to the State Department. Any United States financial institution that becomes aware that it possesses, or has control over, funds of a foreign terrorist organization would have to turn them over to the Treasury Department.
[And SALUTE when you do it! Sig Heil!!!]
Because Iran has done little business with the United States in more than two decades, the larger point of the designation would be to heighten the political and psychological pressure on Iran, administration officials said, by using the designation to persuade foreign governments and financial institutions to cut ties with Iranian businesses and individuals."
[Yeah, but we are all about peace and living together!!
Don't you get as sick of the bullshit as I do, readers?] And as if to add insult to injury, the Globe editorialized on the subject:
"Threatening Iran" Boston Globe editorial October 25, 2007
PRESIDENT BUSH and Vice President Cheney have been issuing public warnings both to Iran and to other major powers about Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. These unsubtle threats could be meant merely to persuade Iran's leaders. But the threats might also be part of an administration buildup to an attack on Iran.
[Gee, ya think?]
In either case, Bush and Cheney misunderstand the need to match means and ends. And there could hardly be a worse time for Bush to be berating needed European partners on the Iranian nuclear issue. Earlier this month in Tehran, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a proposal for resolving the nuclear issue directly to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some Iranian commentators even hinted that Putin delivered a sobering message that the American war threats need to be taken seriously.
[What gall, and I believe that!
I'm taking them very, very seriously, so much so that I am downright TERRIFIED by BUSH!!!!!!]
If there is a way to persuade Iran to forgo any pursuit of nuclear weapons, the means of persuasion cannot be limited to threats. On the contrary, there will have to be assurances of security for the Iranian regime, however distasteful such a prospect may be to Bush and Cheney.
[I'm aghast at the ignorance or the deceit!!]
Those assurances should involve the Europeans, Russia, China, and Iran's Arab neighbors, but they will be meaningless without an American commitment.
The threats from Bush and Cheney only make it harder to determine whether there is any deal Iran would accept to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons."
[So THAT'S a GIVEN now, huh?
Even though all the information is that they are YEARS AWAY from developing ANYTHING!!!
That the program is BEHIND SCHEDULE due to technical breakdowns!!!
That they have only enriched to between 3-5% -- NOT the 90% you would need for a bomb!!!!!!
But, no, SOMEHOW the Zionist bullshit propaganda is now ACCEPTED TRUTH -- even with NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER!!!!!!!!!
Sick of STINK PAPERS!!!!!!!]
