Epstein Secrets

ization to expire, and, with it, the power to hold terrorist prisoners-of- war. The date should have been far in the future, fifteen years, say, lest al-Qaida have an incentive to wait out US military action." He concludes that characterizing an end date for detention "as a reassertion of Congress' consti

of the agreement, intended to block Iran from making a nuclear weapon." However, at the same time, Major General Hossein Salami, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, "insisted the world knows Tehran is not pursuing nuclear arms." Salami is quoted as saying, "Why do they globally sanction us about the nuclear is

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st backer of the Shiite-linked Syrian regime, has forged deep tie= to the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government and assures that Hezbollah, whic= Iran's Revolutionary Guards nurtured from its birth in the early 1980s, remains impressively armed and trained.=/span> The U.S. also has p=ayed a role. In the wake of 9/11, it

ears (and trillions of dollars) after the United States went to war in Afghanistan to dismantle the jihadi state within a state of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda. This is not a terrific denouement to America's post-9/11 wars. The blame game is in full swing. Aficionados of the counterfactual are having a fie

ain Iraq does not become wholly dependent on Iranian aid and that the US will play an important role in shaping the operational environment. Iran's Revolutionary Guards are already in Iraq advising and assisting the government on the military operations. Iran has openly declared its ability and EFTA00706980 inten

triggered a campaign of violence from the majority Sunnis that includes a growing Islamist element and takes in Muslim Brotherhood, Salafi and even al-Qaeda- affiliated factions. Despite President Obama's "reset" policy, Russia continues to support [4] Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime. But in a rare admis

ntain some significant element of surprise—a known unknown. What could that be? Here's a hint: Gen. Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, recently warned that "any place where enemy offensive operations against the Islamic Republic originate will be the target of a reciprocal attack.