Not content to have lied us into the disaster of Iraq, George W. Bush continues his efforts to lay the ground for a strike against Iran.
Maybe Bush will back down at the last minute and spin his forbearance as proof of his credentials as a great statesman and diplomat and then go into retirement.
But I'm not betting on it.
U.S. Moves to Blacklist Iranian Corps
MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is moving toward blacklisting Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist" organization, subjecting at least part of the entity to financial sanctions in a new move against the Islamic republic, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
A decision has been made in principle to name elements of the corps a "specially designated global terrorist" group, but internal discussions continue over whether it should cover the entire unit or only its main military wing, the Al-Quds force, the official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because a decision, which must be approved by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has not yet been made. It was not immediately clear when the designation, first disclosed by The Washington Post, would be made public.
The Post, in a report published on its Web site Tuesday night, said the administration wants to announce the sanctions before the U.N. General Assembly meets next month in New York. The official who spoke to The Associated Press said the timing had not been decided and could say only that "it's going to happen at some point."
The "specially designated global terrorist" designation was created by President Bush in 2001 as part of larger post-Sept. 11 measures to cut off funding for extremists.
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