Iran's Revolutionary Guard clashes with US backed God's Brigade in southeastern Iran

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One of the more violent opposition groups that has been backed by the United States is known as Jundallah or "God's Brigade." According to ABC News, which cited unnamed US and Pakistani intelligence sources, most of God's Brigade are drawn from the predominately Sunni Muslim Baluchi tribe. Though the U.S. supposedly provides no direct funding to the group, it has been "secretly encouraged and advised" by the American government since 2005. Funding would require an official presidential "finding" and congressional oversight. Instead, money has been provided by Iranian exiles who have connections with European and Gulf states.





Revolutionary Guard clashes with bandits in southeastern Iran, kills four, suffers casualties
The Associated PressPublished: July 20, 2007



TEHRAN, Iran: Members of the elite Revolutionary Guard have clashed with "foreign-guided" bandits in southeastern Iran, killing four of them and suffering several casualties, state-run television reported Friday.

The report did not provide details on the foreign power reportedly backing the bandits or specify the number of Guardsmen killed in the clashes, which started Thursday morning in a mountainous area near Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province near the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The television also said several Guardsmen and bandits were wounded and were taken to local hospitals for treatment.

A Sunni Muslim militant group called Jundallah, or God's Brigade, which has been blamed for past attacks on Iranian troops, has been active in the area. Iran hanged a member of the group in February convicted of a bombing that killed 11 Guardsmen in Zahedan.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/20/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Clashes.php

[kenny blankenship]

1. Hey: Would defending their sovereign territory against our proxies be an "act of war"

legally speakin', against the United States? Please reply in the hour, cuz I'm back from my tuneup and itchin' to get this thing started.

kthxby,
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