brief - Iran 911 Case

Testimony of Witness X, February 23, 2008, pp. 20-22.Furthermore, the ―primary mission‖ of the Islamic Republic of Iran, ―enshrined inIran‘s Constitution and the works of the Ayatollah Khomeini, is the establishment of anIslamic state worldwide and the conversion of all peoples to its Islamic ideology.‖ Id.18. 24 ―In the ideal world as envisioned by the leadership of Iran and al Qaeda, theUnited States is no longer the powerful leader of the free world.‖ Id., 56; see 54-55.However, understanding it could not defeat its two most reviled – and militarilypotent – enemies, the United States and Israel, in a conventional war, Iran does not seekface-to-face confrontation. Instead, Iran has spent the past three decades modernizingguerilla tactics needed to wage what is sometimes referred to as ―asymmetrical‖(unconventional) warfare in order to thwart American and Israeli military power in thePersian Gulf. Further, Iran prefers creating, developing, training, and funding proxyorganizations that use such unconventional weapons and tactics, such as suicidebombings, car and truck bombs, shaped charges, and swarming attacks, to battle superiormilitary forces. Baer, The Devil We Know, pp. 56, 67-69, 96-111. Thus, Iran usesproxies for bold and risky initiatives, preserving some measure of deniability andavoiding direct confrontations with superior military powers. Ex. 3, Byman Affid. 19-22, 44, 67; Ex. 7, Bergman Affid. 19-21, 33-36, 40-45; Ex. 6, Lopez-Tefft Affid. 31,39, 42, 58, 352; Ex. 2, Timmerman 2nd Affid. 23, 29-46, 84-90; Baer, The Devil WeKnow, pp. 2, 4, 19, 21-22, 30, 48-50, 54-55, 64, 67, 75, 125, 128, 195, 205, 212-13; see24 The Preamble to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran instructs that the IRGC has a―responsibility not only for the safeguarding of the frontiers, but also for a religious mission, which isHoly War (JIHAD) along the way of God, and the struggle to extend the supremacy of God‘s Law inthe world,‖ and it cites a passage of the Koran that directs: ―Against them make ready your strength tothe utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Godand your enemies, and others besides . . . .‖ Ex. 6, Lopez-Tefft Affid. 54.40