04-04-2015, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
Over the past few years, Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism has increased dramatically to levels not seen since the late 1980s and early 1990s. Some of this is terrorism carried out by the regime's own operatives from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, and some by the regime's closest militant ally, Hezbollah. Events in Syria today have further cemented this partnership, with dire consequences for regional and international security.
Even under the regime of President Rouhani, and even as Tehran engages in the P5+1 talks over its nuclear program, Iran continues to engage in these types of activities itself and sponsors the efforts of its partners.
Iran's Support for Terrorism Worldwide - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
serious link .... 
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Matthew Levitt is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), a "pro-Israel" think tank spun off from the American Isreal Public Affairs Committee. The director of WINEP's Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Levitt is a frequently cited commentator on counterterrorism policy and regularly testifies before congressional committees.
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Levitt has also written fear-mongering articles about the Khorasan group, whose alleged "imminent" attack on the United States was used as a pretext for the Obama administration's bombing campaign in Syria in September 2014.[2]
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A central focus of Levitt's work has been Iran's alleged support of international terrorist organizations.
Levitt's claim that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon is questioned by reports from the IAEA and western intelligence agencies, both of which have repeatedly found that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program.[8]
"[T]he author?who speaks no Arabic?fails to understand Hezbollah's nature, as well as its aims. Nor does he have a grip on its internal organization or modus vivendi, just as he lacks familiarity with its history or environment and remains a stranger to the culture of its popular base. A number of events in the history of the region, and in particular, of Lebanon, are grossly distorted, leading at best to concerns about Levitt's ignorance; at worst, about his intellectual honesty," Daher wrote. "Levitt's attempts to describe the organization's structure are replete with irrefutable errors of fact ? that naturally erode confidence in Levitt's understanding of the most basic features of the organization."[14]
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and so on ... Matthew Levitt - Profile - Right Web - Institute for Policy Studies
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nice link, DynaMo .... |
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