Petraeus claims Iran's envoy is in Revolutionary Guard

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US blames Tehran for escalating Iraq violence

· Petraeus says Iran's envoy is in Revolutionary Guard
· Allegations could be part of build-up to attack

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Monday October 8, 2007
The Guardian


The commander of US forces in Iraq, General David Petraeus, yesterday sharpened America's confrontation with Iran, claiming that a leader of its Revolutionary Guard corps was in direct charge of policy in Baghdad.

The charge that Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, was a member of the Quds force, a unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, takes US accusations of Iranian meddling in Iraq's violence to a new level. It strengthens suggestions that Washington is ratcheting up the rhetoric against Tehran in preparation for military strikes against Revolutionary Guard facilities in Iran.

"The ambassador is a Quds force member," Gen Petraeus told reporters at the weekend. "Now he has diplomatic immunity and therefore he is obviously not subject ."
Hours after Gen Petraeus spoke to CNN and Reuters at a US military base near the Iranian border, the US military said it had arrested three members of an Iranian-backed militia believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of five Britons.



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one kick...

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2. Steve Forbes says Bush WILL INVADE IRAN!

This morning on CNBC that billionaire neo-con, Steve Forbes said that Bush WILL INVADE IRAN WITH GROUND TROOPS to topple their regime! We heard this same insanity years ago, and it quickly turned into a quagmire of death.

Video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-m2THkk-h4E