Bush & Co.'s Intelligence on Iran: A Preview

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Tony Snow yesterday and Bush today repeatedly metioned the Iranian Qod forces in Iran are responsible for the IED/mortars that are showing up in Iraq.

I can say with certainty that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops. And I'd like to repeat, I do not know whether or not the Quds force was ordered from the top echelons of government. But my point is what's worse -- them ordering it and it happening, or them not ordering it and it happening? And so we will continue to protect our troops.

We've known for some time that the U.S. is using an Iraqi group, the MEK for intelligence on Iran (see also this LINK)

Here is an excerpt of the MEK's assessment on the Qod Force activities in Iraq that Bush & Co. is using to base their claims on.

Thought people here might be interested in seeing the detailed claims.

Command H.Q. of IRGC’s Qods Force for Terrorist Activities in Iraq:

1. Brigadier-General Abtahi is commander of Qods Force’s terrorist network in Iraq. Formerly, Abtahi was among IRGC commanders in Lebanon. After the fall of Iraq’s former regime, Abtahi took charge of the activities of the Qods Force in the Persian Gulf region particularly in Iraq. Abtahi uses various front organizations in Iraq, including the Mobin Cultural Headquarters, run entirely by Qods Force, to keep contact with Iraqi elements and groups that are affiliated with the Iranian regime.

2. The command center for these terrorist networks is the Fajr Base which is located in southwestern Iran and is affiliated with the Qods Force. This Base is the tactical command center for the Qods Force operatives active in southern and central provinces of Iraq. Communications regarding the activities of terrorist networks and that of leaders of Iraqi groups and parties affiliated with Tehran is directed from Fajr Base. The Base is located in the city of Ahwaz in the north of Chahar-Shir Circle (Falake-ye Chahar-Shir). This base is one of the three command centers of the Qods Force for operations in Iraq...



3. Brigadier-General Abtahi is based in the Fajr Base in Ahwaz and is aided by the most experienced Qods Force commanders. Among Abtahi’s deputies are...

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4. In Iraq, the central base of this network is in the city of Najaf. This place works under the guise of a cultural institution named “Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf Al-Saqafieh Establishment.” This institution is headed by an Iranian mullah named Hamid Hosseini, and is located in a two-story house in Rasoul Street in Najaf—within 100 yards of Ayatollah Sistani’s office—and its main entrance is a black steel door.

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Qods Force’s command and control of terror network in Iraq:

1. The commander of this vast terror network in Iraq is Jamal Jafar Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi also known as “Mehdi Mohandes” who also uses the Iranian name Jamal Ebrahimi. In the 1980’s, as an experienced operative of a terrorist group, he was dispatched to Kuwait to plan the bombing of US and UK embassies. He is on the wanted-list of Interpol since 1984 and has since remained inside Iran...

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Sending Explosives and Arms to Iraq:

1. Mohandes network, in association with Abtahi, conducts the operation of transferring arms and IEDs from Ahwaz, through the Shalamche border passage into Iraq.

2. Ahmad Sami Abdul-Majid Al-Halali, also known as Abu-Majed Al-Basri with an Iranian name of Ahmad Halali is currently in charge of Iraqi personnel at Shalamche boarder checkpoint. He is a member of Mohandes network and manages all aspects of trafficking cargo coming in from Iran through Shalamche. He is affiliated with IRGC Qods Force.

3. A major front organization used by Qods force for delivery of arms and ammunition into Iraq is “HQ for Reconstruction of Iraq’s Holy Sites.” Members of this organization are supposed to work on rebuilding holy Shiite sites in religious cities of Najaf, Karbala, Baghdad’s Kadhimiyah but they are all operatives of the Qods Force and are under command of a senior Qods Force commander Brigadier-General Mansour Haqiqat-Pour who has a long experience in directing Hezbollah’s terror networks in Turkey.

The Iraq Reconstruction HQ has reached agreements with local authorities in different Iraqi provinces so that containers of goods arriving from Iran are not inspected at the border and are delivered sealed to Najaf, Karbala and Baghdad. The Qods Force hides arms and ammunitions in these containers.

4. This command H.Q. in Iraq is currently lead by a Qods Force commander named Khosravi, who is Iran’s liaison with the Iraqi government. The headquarters of “HQ for Reconstruction of Iraq’s Holy Sites” is in Karbala and it has 30 to 50 personnel in border passages between Mehran and Shalamche. These personnel are there to ensure an easy flow of caravans carrying containers of arms from Iran into Iraq. Coordination of these activities is done by Mansour Haqiqat-Pour.

5. In order to adequately cover all areas of operation, branch offices of “HQ for Reconstruction of Iraq’s Holy Sites” are so far located in Basra, Amareh, Naseriyeh, Divanieh, Najaf, Karbala, Kut and Baghdad.

6. Headquarter of “HQ for Reconstruction of Iraq’s Holy Sites” is in Tehran and Mansour Haqiqat-Pour is stationed there. This organization also has an office in Ahwaz to assist with its activities in Iraq. The organization uses a series of bank accounts for money transfers one of which is listed as “Collecting Charity for Reconstruction of Iraq’s Holy Sites.”



7. The highest volume of cargo sent by the Reconstruction HQ passes through the Mehran-Badreh border crossing in Vasset province. This province is extensively used by the Iranian regime for the smuggling of weapon cargos into Iraq.

Many more details at link:
http://www.spcwashington.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=250&Itemid=26

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1. Shells, shown on CNN as made in Iran, have American style date on them.

This Wednesday, Feb 14, 2007 I watch CNN, which was showing “Iranian” shells and ammo. One shell had very strange date 5/31/2005 on it. If made in Iran, it would mean the 5th day of the 31st month, for only in the USA it would mean 5th of May. Fabricators of this “evidence” apparently never had been outside the USA. Even in Canada and Mexico. This nicely confirms accusation of Iranian Ambassador to UN, which he made in his interview with Charlie Rose, that the whole story is an American provocation. I wonder if anybody else noticed it on TV.
Congress must definitely investigate who, when and with what purpose fabricated this canard?

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2. I read about that and caught only part of Rose last night with the Iranian

Ambassador saying something about that.