U.S. may label Iran Guard as "terrorist"?

Question

What does this mean really?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/15/AR2007081501411_2.html

Answer 1

According to US Federal Criminal Code. Chapter 113B of Part I of Title 18 of the United States Code. In Section 2331 of Chapter 113b, the Iranian Gaurd Corp conducts activities that involve violent, or life-threatening acts, that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State and appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States [or] occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States

According to DoD: they utilize "calculated use of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or intimidate governments or societies in pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological."

USA PATRIOT Act: "activities that involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the U.S. or of any state, that appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping, and occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S."

Now you know what a terrorist is

Answer 2

What it really means is nothing new to what the government already labeled them as. Iran has always been supplying various factions in the middle east that have been attacking our military; especially throughout Iraq.

I don't think the administration is going to start another war with Iran. The US military is stretched thin in Iraq and I doubt the low popularity will help any- even if they were to decide to go to war.

Otherwise it's nothing new. We did the exact same thing to the Soviet Union by supplying the Taliban with our old weapons to fight against the Red Army in the first Afghan war.

Answer 3

It means that America is finally beginning to see the mess in Iraq and Afghanistan for what it is. This enables us the option of furthering sanctions and other more drastic measures that are "still on the table". Now we can actually put a 'face' on the enemy and employ a greater war strategy to the Middle East. Without real pressure on Iran, we may not succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Answer 4

It seems unfair that the US is allowed to have nukes, but "terrorists" in Iran cannot, even though they have not showed hostility towards the US. They even say they want to use it for power. Look, the US government is greedy and will look for any reason to label Iran as a terrorist supporter so they could attack and take all their resources.

*edit* Dont take this the wrong way, when I said the US government is greedy thats who I meant, not its people.

Answer 5

Two words: sabre rattling. It means nothing. For, what, over a year now the words Iran and terrorist appear increasingly closer in most news broadcasts / publications? Maybe it's a pre-emptive step to justify starting a war with them, but I think it's just sabre rattling.

Answer 6

properly, my pal im an Iranian and that i hate the iranian goverment with all my heart and that i could desire to verify them ineffective yet Iran isn't Afghanistan or Iraq. Iran is we could say the "good dogs" interior the midsection east yet of direction they cant stand Americas forces yet nevertheless its unlikely to me fairly basic. interior the Iran Iraq conflict which took 8 years the U. S. and fairly some different international locations supported Iraq yet Iran grow to be scuffling with on my own, and that they on no account failed until they made truce with iraq in that conflict thousands and thousands died yet iran didnt lose the conflict inspite of the main precious international locations of the worldwide helping Iraq. long stay the american Troops who could desire to pass away their families in the back of to combat Terrorist animals and that i pray for the day that Iran would be loose back and optimistically be governed by employing our King in simple terms like it were until ultimately the Seventies

Answer 7

well bud, as an Iranian ive seen young men and women being executed because they lets say touched an other man in public, i have seen one of friends who had been WHIPED for drinking alcohol and i think that all these freaks have to die since they took over in ther 1970s our country has be turned into "terrorists" but most of our people love america and would love to escaped from that damned country and live here

Long live the USA and the US Troops and Love Live Iran land of the Persians
and to hell with islam and terrorists

Answer 8

What it mean is that we have some more sticks to poke Iran with. Freezing funds, making trouble for them in international organizations. If we use it to goad them into turning down their bomb program it is for the good. If we use it to just prod them more, not good. If they ever get a solid nuke program Israel will jump and that will put us between a rock and a hard place.

Answer 9

It means that the government will soon just have another excuse to try and bomb Iran before Bush's term of office expires.

Answer 10

This should have happened a long time ago. Iran has been a state sponsor of terrorism for decades, and the Guard has been their right arm in this regard.

They have been training and supplying the terrorists in Iraq, and should have been made to pay.