Iran's Revolutionary Guards

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[edit] The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
2. BBC News: Profile: Iran's Revolutionary Guards
3. Council on Foreign Relations: "Iran’s Revolutionary Guards" (October 25, 2007)
4. NPR: "The Evolution of Iran's Revolutionary Guard" (April 5, 2007)
5. Washington Post: "Elite Revolutionary Guard Broadens Its Influence in Iran" (April 1, 2007) 
6. ABC News: "The Al Quds: Iran's Elite Secretive Guard" (February 14, 2007) 
7. BBC News: Iran's Revolutionary Guards

[edit] Iran's Revolutionary Guards Recent News

• New York Times: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
• International Herald Tribune: "UN-Sanctioned Iranian general resigns..." (December 6, 2007) 
• CNN: " Iran's Revolutionary Guards Patrol Persian Gulf" (November 29, 2007)
• Reuters: "Iran Changes Revolutionary Guards Commander" (September 1, 2007)
• Council on Foreign Relations: "Revolutionary Guards Have Interest in Keeping Iran Isolated" (May 29, 2007)
• USA Today: "Sanctions Hit Iran's Revolutionary Guards" (March 25, 2007) 
• Iran Focus: "Iran Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Director Detained" (January 24, 2007)

[edit] Iran's Revolutionary Guards Background and Articles

[edit] Hezbollah Affiliation

• Mideast Monitor: "Hezbollah and the Political Ecology of Postwar Lebanon" (2006)
• New York Sun: "Hundreds of Iranian Troops Fighting in Lebanon" (2006)
• Ynet News: "Iranian Soldiers Join Hizbullah in Fighting" (2006) 
• WorldNetDaily: "Soldiers from Iran Killed in Lebanon" (2006)

[edit] War on Terror

• New York Times: "Senate Urges Bush to Name Iranian Guard as Terrorist Group" (September 27, 2007)
• New York Times: "Terrorist Label for Iran Guard Reflects U.S. Impatience With U.N." (August 16, 2007) 
• BBC News: "US 'to Blacklist Iranian Guards'" (August 15, 2007)
• NPR: "Making the Case for Iran's Involvement in Iraq" (February 14, 2007)
• Jamestown Foundation: "Iran's Contribution to the Civil War in Iraq" (January, 2007) (207KB) 

[edit] Seizure of Royal Navy Personnel

• Mahalo's Guide to the 2007 Iran Hostage Crisis
• Wikipedia: 2007 Seizure and 2004 Seizure
• BBC News: Timeline: UK-Iran Relations
• The Independent: "The Botched US Raid that Led to the Hostage Crisis" (April 3, 2007) 
• CNN: " Diplomats Meet Over Iranian Seizure of British Sailors" (March 24, 2007)
• BBC News: "Iran releases British Servicemen" (2004)

[edit] Iran's Revolutionary Guards Videos and Media

• YouTube: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Branded "Terrorists" (Time 06:29)
• YouTube: Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Time 04:37)
• Yahoo! Video: Iranian Revolutionary Guard War Game (Time 03:43)
• Google Image Search: Islamic Revolutionary Guard
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[edit] Iran's Revolutionary Guards Commentary and Criticism

• Iran Press Service: "Iran's Revolutionary Guard: Monolith or Jigsaw?" (August 26, 2007)
• Washington Post: "Tougher on Iran" (August 21, 2007) 
• Le Monde Diplomatique: "Iran’s New Power Balance" (2006)
• Middle East Report: "The Populist Threat to Democracy" (2006)
• New York Times: "Foxes in Iran's Henhouse" (2004) 

[edit] Iran's Revolutionary Guards Blogs and Message Boards

• Huffington Post: Iran Revolutionary Guard Tied To 28-Year-Old Hostage Crisis! (December 5, 2007)
• Critical Montages: Guardians of the Revolution (November 3, 2007)
• American Reality: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Should Not... (September 27, 2007)
• Small Wars Journal: Designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as Criminal-Soldiers? (September 5, 2007)

[edit] Iran's Revolutionary Guards Timeline

• 1979: The IRG are formed as a force of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
• 1980: During the Iran-Iraq War, the IRG become a regular military unit
• 1982: The IRG organize Operation Ramadan utilizing human wave attacks
• 1982: IRG troops take a role in the Lebanese Civil War
• 1982: IRG troops aid Lebanon in the 1982 Lebanon War
• 2004: June 21, The IRGC Navy captures 6 Royal Marines and 2 Royal Navy sailors
• 2006: A plane crash leaves IRG Senior Commanders dead
• 2007: March 23, The IRGC Navy captures 15 Royal Navy personnel and hold them for 12 days
• 2007: August, The United States officially considers designating the IRGC a terrorist organization

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