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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (492624)	6/25/2012 2:36:06 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793698

It is odd that the Arabs don't like the name Jerusalem since it was named by their imagined ancestors way before the David and his tribe took over.

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (492624)	6/25/2012 3:37:45 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793698

Thanks for your knowledge there. I was not aware of that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Al Quds: Iran's Elite Secretive Guard Feb. 14, 2007 The United States has proof that the al Quds unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is involved in arming Shiite militias in Iraq, President Bush told reporters today. The president added, however, that he did not know whether Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was giving direct orders to the al Quds unit. What Is Al Quds?The name Quds is a direct reference to the city of Jerusalem, which is one of the holiest sites in Islam and is often referenced by Muslim militant groups now that the city is under Israeli control. The al Quds force is a secretive, highly effective core Iranian military operation entrusted with only the most high level and sensitive of operations. Qassim Suleimani is thought to be their current leader. The force is believed to have come into existence soon after Islamic Revolutionary forces took control of Iran on Jan. 16, 1979. The unit was the intelligence arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and is now thought to be very much a part of the Iranian government and very close to the conservative mullahs that make up Iran's governing council. There is no definite sense of how large this force is. ABC News consultant Fawaz Gerges points out that the effectiveness "of an underground operation cannot be judged by its size. This is exactly the mistake the United States made with al Qaeda." Continues... abcnews.go.com