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Iranian diaspora  The Islamic Republic Prefers to Pull the
Strings   14 Oct 2011 17:03Comments 173408796_PhotoL.jpgKeeping
violence at arm's length, manipulating the faithful -- tried-
and-true tactics that make this week's charges untenable.  [
opinion ] Iran has been accused of plotting to kill the Saudi
envoy to the United States and now there is talk of the
imposition of more sanctions on the Islamic Republic.  For
Iranians in the homeland, rather than the diaspora, the charges
seem like an April Fool's joke and it is not surprising that the
IRI, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and its notorious
Quds Brigade have taken offense and called the accusations
childish.  The IRI does not like getting its hands dirty and if
the situation calls for an elimination or intervention, it has
long outsourced. In the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos
Aires, in which Iran was implicated, the person indicted was
Lebanese Imad Mughniyah whose close ties