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Los Angeles Times: IRGC Designation in Terror List Is a Necessity

The Los Angeles Times regarded Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) designation in the terrorist list a necessity and asserted that it was the only way that the international sanctions against the Iranian regime would take affect.

Pointing out to $12 billion investment of the IRGC only in construction projects in Iran, Los Angeles Times wrote: ” The Revolutionary Guard’s growing economic clout helps explain why the Bush administration is reportedly contemplating designating it a terrorist organization: More important than the label itself, the move would allow the U.S. to block its assets and disrupt operations by firms that associate with it, which with the Guard’s large financial footprint would affect supplies, credit and investment to a broad swath of the Iranian economy. ”

Pointing to the huge cash flow controlled by IRGC, The Los Angeles Times wrote: “Such a cash flow, Iranian opposition leaders and some analysts have argued, could be marshaled to finance clandestine military operations, such as support to Iraq’s Shiite militias, weapons for Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters or clandestine nuclear development programs. ”

The Los Angeles Times added: “Many analysts have said the idea of designating a national army as a terrorist group dooms any hope of cooperation between the U.S. and Iran on security in Iraq.”

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