Stunning

You’ve got to read this piece by Larisa at Raw Story. Briefly, the Defense Department is using Mujahedeen-e Khalq, a terrorist insurgent group as an “operational asset” to lay the groundwork for an attack on Iran by creating conflict within the Sunni population.

According to all three intelligence sources, military and intelligence officials alike were alarmed that instead of securing a known terrorist organization, which has been responsible for acts of terror against Iranian targets and individuals all over the world – including US civilian and military casualties – Rumsfeld under instructions from Cheney, began using the group on special ops missions into Iran to pave the way for a potential Iran strike.

“They are doing whatever they want, no oversight at all,” one intelligence source said.

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“We are already at war,” the UN official told RAW STORY.

Asked how long the MEK agents have been active in the region under the guidance of the US military civilian leadership, the UN official explained that the clandestine war had been going on for roughly a year and included unmanned drones run jointly by several agencies.

In a stunning repeat of pre-war Iraq activities, the Bush administration continues to publicly call for action and pursue diplomatic solutions to allegations that Iran is bomb-ready. Behind the scenes, however, the administration is already well underway and engaged in ground operations in Iran.

Go read the whole thing. Seriously, we need to raise a humongous stink about this—and start petitioning the Dems to do the same. This is an absolute outrage.