Preparing the Battlefield
The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.
L ate 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
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
Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and taking them to Iraq for interrogation,
may be captured or killed.
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