Rumours of Western support for Iranian dissident militia groups have broad backing

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Iranian accusations of Western backing for Jundallah, the Sunni rebel group, may not be as fanciful as they seem.
Tehran often blames the United States and Britain for any internal unrest, including the uproar after President Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election. But rumours of support for dissident militia groups such as Jundallah have far broader backing.
The group, which also calls itself the Iranian People’s Resistance Movement, was founded in 2002 and started its armed campaign in 2005. Its main cause is defending Shia Iran’s Sunni minority, concentrated in its poorest province, Sistan-Baluchistan.

As the Taleban evolved as Pakistan’s tool of influence in Afghanistan, so Jundallah evolved through shifting alliances with other parties.

Iran accuses the United States and Britain of backing Jundallah’s operations from Pakistani territory with Islamabad’s support, despite denials from the group. An outcry followed a 2007 ABC television report that alleged that US and Pakistani advice was given to Jundallah to help it in its attacks on Iran.
In 2008 the American journalist Seymour Hersh reported that United States congressional leaders had secretly agreed to President Bush’s $400 million (£245 million) funding request to give Washington a free hand in arming and funding militant groups such as Jundallah.

Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian Middle East analyst, told The Times that the success of yesterday’s attack could point to outside help. “It is possible that both are involved, since the British and Americans are involved in a tug-of-war in that region,” he said. “The fact remains that intelligence was of a better quality than in any other time. They managed to assassinate the deputy head of the Ground Forces. This is a huge hit for the Jundallah.”

The timing of the attacks, in the middle of delicate nuclear negotiations and on the eve of the next meeting, will convince Tehran that the West is closely involved. “It is a sign of weakness for Iran. The West has influence with this group and it is something they can use in talks with Iran,” he said.
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Rumours of Western support for Iranian dissident militia groups have broad backing - Times Online
 
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It is possible.

While were quoting "Times on line"

Don’t strike deal with Ahmadinejad, pleads leader of Iran’s Green movement.

A leading opposition figure has expressed fears that the West will abandon Iran’s pro-democracy movement and strike a deal with the Tehran regime over its nuclear programme.
“We are concerned that the West will betray us — and its own principles of liberty, democracy and human rights,” said the man, an Iranian academic and a leader of an underground cell. He cannot be identified for fear of retribution.
Don’t strike deal with Ahmadinejad, pleads leader of Iran’s Green movement - Times Online


 
earth_as_one

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Colpy said:
Call me when you have something more than wishful thinking and innuendo.

Thanks.

(BTW, I WISH that meant I don't think it is possible.....I do)
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You don't remember this article?

Preparing the Battlefield

The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.

by Seymour M. Hersh July 7, 2008

Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded “the coherence of military strategy,” one general says.

Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country’s religious leadership. The covert activities involve support of the minority Ahwazi Arab and Baluchi groups and other dissident organizations. They also include gathering intelligence about Iran’s suspected nuclear-weapons program.

Clandestine operations against Iran are not new. United States Special Operations Forces have been conducting cross-border operations from southern Iraq, with Presidential authorization, since last year. These have included seizing members of Al Quds, the commando arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and taking them to Iraq for interrogation, and the pursuit of “high-value targets” in the President’s war on terror, who may be captured or killed. But the scale and the scope of the operations in Iran, which involve the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), have now been significantly expanded, according to the current and former officials....

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh
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Also here:
U.S. Is Said to Expand Covert Operations in Iran

Plan Allows Up to $400 Million for Activities Aimed at Destabilizing Government

U.S. Is Said to Expand Covert Operations in Iran - washingtonpost.com
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YouTube - Should Obama Continue Covert Operations In Iran? - David Sanger

How much money the US spends on destabilizing Iran is not secret.
 
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