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Senate urges Bush to declare Iranian force a terrorist group

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The United States Senate urged the Bush Administration Wednesday to declare Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group to help the U.S. roll back Iranian influence in Iraq.

The nonbinding measure passed by 76-22 votes over the objections of some Democrats, who argued its wording could lead to war with Iran.

The Senate version recommended "prudent and calibrated use" of U.S. power in Iraq, "including diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military instruments" to fight Iranian influence in Iraq.

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Though backed by the Republicans, the administration is unlikely to heed the measure. The lower House of Representatives passed similar
legislation Tuesday that also called for more U.S. sanctions on Iran.

The actions by Congress came during a week when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad caused protests and outrage with a visit to New York, where he spoke at Columbia University and the United Nations.

The U.S. Defense Department has accused the Revolutionary Guard of fomenting violence in Iraq, including training and arming militants responsible for attacks on U.S. troops.

Both congressional measures called on the U.S. State Department to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.

Declaring the Revolutionary Guard terrorists goes beyond standard U.S. policy of refusing to rule out military force against Iran, Democratic Senator Jim Webb of Virginia said. "It is for all practical purposes mandating the military option. It could be read as tantamount to a declaration of war," he said during debate Tuesday.

The House sanctions measure would strip Bush of a waiver he has used to exempt foreign companies that invest more than 20 million dollars in Iran, based on a 1996 law.

U.S. presidents have used the waiver to avoid alienating European countries, who have played a key role in diplomacy to keep Iran from building nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear activities, including uranium enrichment, are for civilian purposes.

The U.S., which broke diplomatic ties with Iran in the wake of the 1979
Islamic revolution and hostage seizure at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, already has comprehensive sanctions against Iran.

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1.	The Cheney-israel cable and Dubiya are currently somewhat split,	02:33	\|	lakshmi	27/09/07

2.	Either America will Solve this Problem or Israel will	02:48	\|	Efox	27/09/07

3.	2EFox,America sneezes and israel crawls back!	03:02	\|	lakshmi	27/09/07

4.	Efox advocates Israeli suicide	04:15	\|	spyguy	27/09/07

5.	the devils are dreaming again	05:12	\|	zac	27/09/07

6.	Efox, Israel without us is a kosher shit	05:24	\|	American citizen	27/09/07

7.	The only truth here is this	07:30	\|	HF	27/09/07

8.	This does not serve peace in the M. E.	07:35	\|	Adel	27/09/07

9.	Lakshmi and American Citizen are full of Shiit, I mean Shit.	07:35	\|	Mike Weiss	27/09/07

10.	War with Iran only hurts Usa/Israel	07:55	\|	Hamite	27/09/07

11.	THE MORE ITEMS THEY ADD, THE LESS...	08:03	\|	indrajaya	27/09/07

12.	American Citizen - Hezbollah "won" ?	08:15	\|	GZLives	27/09/07

13.	Grandstanding in Washington	08:42	\|	Marcos	27/09/07

14.	9Mike Weiss,Bush will not start a war with Iran,in spite of	08:45	\|	lakshmi	27/09/07

15.	12Gz Lives,you are living in the past,iraq was in 2003,Lebanon	08:50	\|	lakshmi	27/09/07

16.	#6 American citizen to Efox...OUCH	09:00	\|	maoriboy	27/09/07

17.	They will blame Israel anyway	09:05	\|	CP	27/09/07

18.	#9 Weiss	10:04	\|	ballistic	27/09/07

19.	#2, EFOX the dreamer	11:24	\|	VIPER	27/09/07

20.	What`s the point?	11:42	\|	Michael	27/09/07

21.	# 2 efox the warmonger	12:01	\|	Axel	27/09/07

22.	A typical disinformation by German press agency	12:06	\|	Jonathan S	27/09/07

23.	Bush must have a really bad conscience	12:27	\|	Edith	27/09/07

24.	Iran has more than declared war on the US	12:28	\|	Avi	27/09/07

25.	US ARMY SHOULD BE DECLARED A TERRORIST FORCE: that`s why:	12:34	\|	TrippleJump	27/09/07

26.	Lakshmi.. Iran hasn`t attacked anyone?	12:35	\|	Avi	27/09/07

27.	`American Citizen` as usual, Leb emigrant	12:35	\|	Israeli	27/09/07

28.	# 11 Indy	13:05	\|	Lynn	27/09/07

29.	Efox (2) I hope you like starving to death	13:36	\|	spyguy	27/09/07

30.	# 28 lynn	14:10	\|	Axel	27/09/07

31.	US Terrorist army muders civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan	14:35	\|	Kokonot	27/09/07

32.	Stupid People	15:00	\|	Paulo	27/09/07

33.	madness	15:20	\|	gearoid	27/09/07

34.	#6 `American` ( Leb emigrant)	16:01	\|	Israeli	27/09/07

35.	If Anyone Starts a War With Iran It Will Be France	16:16	\|	Jane	27/09/07

36.	#33	16:48	\|	Uzi	27/09/07

37.	# 33 Jane	16:54	\|	Axel	27/09/07

38.	20# You remind of the late Saddam Hussein	17:56	\|	Kapule David Mabuta	27/09/07

39.	#20. Remember Saddam Hussein	18:13	\|	Kapule David Mabuta	27/09/07

40.	The Ram of Daniyal 8	19:25	\|	Paul	27/09/07

41.	Its only one country	19:30	\|	Paul	27/09/07

42.	the Ahmadinejad affect!!	19:45	\|	a wandering Jew	27/09/07

43.	A BIG SURPRISE	19:48	\|	Arik Silverman	27/09/07

44.	76 to 22	20:26	\|	a wandering Jew	27/09/07

45.	# 39 kapule	21:20	\|	Axel	27/09/07

46.	Bush has come a long way from You`re Either With US or Against US	21:29	\|	Chick	27/09/07

47.	to #39 Kapule David Mabuta - Using your own logic	21:45	\|	Chick	27/09/07

48.	For Paul, on the World Cup #40	22:16	\|	Clickfool	27/09/07

49.	You got the headline backwards	19:40	\|	America First Only	28/09/07

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