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ANALYSIS: Regional terror make IRGC expulsion more imperative

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ANALYSIS: Regional terror make IRGC expulsion more imperative 10/23/2017 8:25:22 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Terrorist By Shahin Gobadi Al Arabiya, 23 October 2017 -The role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the attack on Kirkuk and various cities in Iraqi Kurdistan, which displaced a large number of people in the area, once again highlighted the IRGC's destructive role in regional crises. The Peshmarga Force commander said in Kirkuk on Sunday, October 15, 'The Iraqi Army and Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) are not the only ones who attack us. We have 100% accurate knowledge that the IRGC are also present among them.' Qassem Soleimani, the head of the IRGC’s terrorist Quds Force, was plotting in Sulaimaniyah, Baghdad, and other areas of Iraq in the days immediately before the attacks. Former US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, tweeted on October 11, 'Qud...

IRAN PLAYED SECRET ROLE IN LAND GRAB FROM U.S. ALLY

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IRAN PLAYED SECRET ROLE IN LAND GRAB FROM U.S. ALLY 10/19/2017 7:42:47 PM Ceremony during raising the Iraqi flag at a government building in Kurdish region NBC News, Oct. 18, 2017  - Kurdish officials point to a Facebook video of a ceremony in which the Iraqi flag was raised at a government building. It shows two controversial figures on hand: Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the Badr Organization, an Iranian-backed political party; and Abu Mahdi Soleimani. who has been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for acts of violence against Americans, and is considered a close adviser to Soleimani. Three days before that flag raising, on Oct. 13, Trump announced his new Iran strategy. “Our policy is based on a clear-eyed assessment of the Iranian dictatorship, its sponsorship of terrorism, and its continuing aggression in the Middle East and all around the world,” Trump said. Trump also announced new sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). The timing of the Ki...