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Last update - 07:45 30/09/2007 Iran's parliament approves labeling CIA, U.S. Army terrorist groups By The Associated Press Tags: terrorist organization, Iran  Iran's parliament on Saturday approved a nonbinding resolution to label the CIA and the U.S. Army terrorist organizations. The move is seen as a diplomatic tit-for-tat after the U.S. Senate voted in favor of a resolution urging the State Department to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. "The aggressor U.S. Army and the Central Intelligence Agency are terrorists and also nurture terror," said a statement by the 215 lawmakers who signed the resolution at an open session of the Iranian parliament. The session was broadcast live on state-run radio. Advertisement The hard-line dominated parliament said the two were terrorists, because they were involved in dropping nuclear bombs in Japan in World War II, used depleted uranium munitions in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq, supported the killings of Palestinians by Israel, bombed and killed Iraqi civilians and tortured terror suspects in prisons. The resolution, which is seen as a diplomatic offensive against the U.S., urges Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government to treat the two as terrorist organizations. It also paves the way for the resolution to become legislation that - if ratified by the country's hard-line constitutional watchdog - would become law. The government is expected to remain silent over the parliament resolution and wait for U.S. reaction before making its decision. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted 76-22 in favor of a resolution urging the State Department to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. While the proposal attracted overwhelming bipartisan support, a small group of Democrats said they feared labeling the state-sponsored organization a terrorist group could be interpreted as a congressional authorization of military force in Iran. The Bush administration had already been considering whether to blacklist an elite unit within the Revolutionary Guard, subjecting part of the vast military operation to financial sanctions. The U.S. legislative push came a day after Ahmadinejad told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly that his country would defy attempts to impose new sanctions by arrogant powers seeking to curb its nuclear program, accusing them of lying and imposing illegal penalties on his country. He said the nuclear issue was now closed as a political issue and Iran would pursue the monitoring of its nuclear program through its appropriate legal path, the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is the UN's nuclear watchdog. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have escalated over Washington accusations that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons and has been supplying Shiite militias in Iraq with deadly weapons used to kill U.S. troops. Iran denies both of the allegations. Earlier this month, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, named a new head for the elite Revolutionary Guard. He appointed Mohammed Ali Jafari, described as a senior figure in the hard-line force, to replace Yahya Rahim Safavi, who led the Guard for the last decade. In a new decree, Khamenei also appointed Jafari to run the Basij, groups of volunteers dedicated to support the ruling Islamic establishment, the official IRNA news agency reported. The appointment effectively merged the two forces. Further intertwining the Guard with the popular Basij force is widely believed to be aimed at undermining U.S. efforts to designate the Guard a terrorist organization. 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The Jewish connection Jeremy Goldberg works to connect Barack Obama with Jewish voters.   1.   AND WHAT ABOUT THE US PHILATELIST SOCIETY? 19:12  |  Iskander 29/09/07   2.   Get in Line Iran! 19:28  |  Mike 29/09/07   3.   Terrorist group: It`s like the term "holocaust" 19:42  |  Axel 29/09/07   4.   People will laugh, but why ??? 19:49  |  Ahmed 29/09/07   5.   Good for you Iran,about time someone called those thugs & 19:52  |  lakshmi 29/09/07   6.   make leader choose a side 20:10  |  vik 29/09/07   7.   lakshmi-GIVE ME AN I, GIMME AN R,GIMME AN A,GIMME AN A,GIMME AN N 20:24  |  Tom Bell 29/09/07   8.   hey ahmed 20:41  |  vik 29/09/07   9.   So much noise, no substance 20:48  |  ManInTheMiddle 29/09/07   10.   PLEASE ALLOW ME TO EXPLIAN:"DEMOCRACY FOR DUMMIES" 20:51  |  Tom Bell 29/09/07   11.   iranian mullahs approve... 20:54  |  ljf-canada 29/09/07   12.   Terrorists, My A#$% 20:56  |  DJ 29/09/07   13.   Ajmed inocent or diabolic 21:05  |  Dr danielito 29/09/07   14.   ahmed 21:59  |  evelyn-the christian 29/09/07   15.   HAHA! 21:59  |  Paul 29/09/07   16.   Ahma-inaldinak Redefines the World 22:01  |  Jane 29/09/07   17.   The Scripture is Judge on sides! 22:02  |  Paul 29/09/07   18.   Axel #3 22:05  |  Denton 29/09/07   19.   Just proves 22:26  |  Mark Lincoln 29/09/07   20.   Ahmed #4 22:32  |  Denton 29/09/07   21.   7 Tom Bell,the shoe is on the other foot! 22:36  |  lakshmi 29/09/07   22.   Terrorists 22:40  |  SAM 29/09/07   23.   #8-Vik 23:01  |  Lou Medel 29/09/07   24.   A terrorist act 23:19  |  Paul 29/09/07   25.   Lou Medel #12 23:39  |  Denton 29/09/07   26.   #25 Denton 00:09  |  Lou Medel 30/09/07   27.   Appropriate, but silly n/m 00:16  |  steve 30/09/07   28.   #21Lakshmi-I think both shoes are stuck in your mouth 00:20  |  Tom Bell 30/09/07   29.   Interesting to note that... 01:14  |  Fortuna Benmayor 30/09/07   30.   Terrorist`s Acts 01:35  |  Wonder 30/09/07   31.   Terrorist`s Acts 01:38  |  Wonder 30/09/07   32.   #26 Lou Medel 01:39  |  Denton 30/09/07   33.   The idiotic clown Ahmadinejad 01:41  |  GZLives 30/09/07   34.   Consider this offer 01:43  |  Sam 30/09/07   35.   The core of terrorist 01:50  |  Dude 30/09/07   36.   Mind blowing 01:53  |  Dude 30/09/07   37.   Jane, really? 01:58  |  Mark Lincoln 30/09/07   38.   Jane - Dishonesty and unleashing loose cannons 02:08  |  Mark Lincoln 30/09/07   39.   lou medel and other jew haters 02:15  |  vik 30/09/07   40.   Unbelievable... Iranians with a sense of humor 02:35  |  lakshmi 30/09/07   41.   Mark Lincoln - Speaking of Passing Gas 02:37  |  Jane 30/09/07   42.   Ayatollahists and Arrogance 02:45  |  Brod 30/09/07   43.   No 37 Mark Lincoln 03:11  |  Mike 30/09/07   44.   Nothing wrong with Iran And Syria 03:37  |  Laksminarayana 30/09/07   45.   There`s a difference, Mark Lincoln 03:37  |  Denton 30/09/07   46.   Terrorist: Good people who do bad things on occassion 05:11  |  Natallie Durson 30/09/07   47.   HAA...HAAA....IT`S SO HILARIOUS 05:33  |  indrajaya 30/09/07   48.   Mr. Ahmed; Terrorism 06:17  |  Habib 30/09/07   49.   According To An Indian General Who Has Just Returned From A Visit 07:42  |  Eli 30/09/07   50.   the iranians have it right 07:43  |  VIPER 30/09/07   51.   #4, AHMED, you are dead right 07:47  |  VIPER 30/09/07   52.   #20, DENTON, again, more BS 07:55  |  VIPER 30/09/07   53.   Who cares 08:32  |  Omar 30/09/07   54.   This from the LAND OF NO GAYS 08:46  |  Iranian Gay 30/09/07   55.   For Mike on Mark Lincoln 09:23  |  Marcos 30/09/07   56.   Fair comment by Iran 10:03  |  Clickfool 30/09/07   57.   # 35 & 36 The DUDE 10:55  |  Iskander 30/09/07   58.   To Marcos 55 16:07  |  Mike 30/09/07   59.   the check`s in the mail 21:59  |  fixerdave 30/09/07   60.   Irans puppet parliament only wants to 03:30  |  Cristo 02/10/07   61.   Yep!! Yep!! I RAN with a sense of humor by LAKSMI 03:51  |  Cristo 02/10/07   62.   Reasonable 03:08  |  Colin Wright 04/01/08

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