...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
and of having plotted attacks against U.S. personnel in the Gulf Arab state.
The move, which comes amid a slew of sanctions announced by Washington as President Donald Trump
...the Nailer of NAFTA...
’s term nears a close, designates Saraya al-Mukhtar, a marginal group operating underground, as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist". Most of the group’s members are in jail or in Iran.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saraya al-Mukhtar, or Mukhtar Brigades, was designated for "posing a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism that threaten the national security and foreign policy of the United States".
"The group has plotted attacks against U.S. personnel in Bahrain and has offered cash rewards for the liquidation of Bahraini officials," Pompeo said in a statement.
Tuesday’s action freezes any of the group’s U.S. assets and generally bars Americans from dealing with it.
Pompeo also accused the group of having received financial and logistical support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which controls a business empire as well as elite armed and intelligence forces in Iran.
The IRGC is blacklisted by Washington.
The foreign ministry in Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet as a regional security bulwark against Iran, issued a statement welcoming the move as an important step "in combating malign acts and intentions of this terrorist group".
In 2011, members of Bahrain’s Shi’ite Moslem majority staged major protests against its Sunni Moslem royal family inspired by the so-called Arab Spring of that year. The unrest was crushed with the help of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and the United Arab Emirates.