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'The Secret War Against Iran

By Brian Ross and Christopher Isham Report:

04/03/07 "ABC News'

A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News.The group, called Jundullah, is made up of members of the Baluchi tribe and operates out of the Baluchistan province in Pakistan, just across the border from Iran. It has taken responsibility for the deaths and kidnappings of more than a dozen Iranian soldiers and officials.U.S. officials say the U.S. relationship with Jundullah is arranged so that the U.S. provides no funding to the group, which would require an official presidential order or "finding" as well as congressional oversight.Tribal sources tell ABC News that money for Jundullah is funneled to its youthful leader, Abd el Malik Regi, through Iranian exiles who have connections with European and Gulf states. Jundullah has produced its own videos showing Iranian soldiers and border guards it says it has captured and brought back to Pakistan.The leader, Regi, claims to have personally executed some of the Iranians. "He used to fight with the Taliban. He's part drug smuggler, part Taliban, part Sunni activist," said Alexis Debat, a senior fellow on counterterrorism at the Nixon Center and an ABC News consultant who recently met with Pakistani officials and tribal members.'

Lees verder: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/abc_news_exclus.html Of:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17480.htm

Waarom krijgen de Volkskrant-lezers deze context niet voorgeschoteld? Waarom krijgen ze deze achtergronden niet? Een andere vraag: waarom laat de krant Iraanse bronnen niet even vaak aan het woord als de Amerikaanse dan wel Britse? In de onafhankelijke journalistiek is het een van de belangrijkste regels dat de journalist beide partijen aan het woord laat.

Zie ook: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/us-ploy-to-destabilise-iran-report/2007/04/04/1175366325186.html