Kucinich Demands Answers from Administration About US Troops in Iran

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Kucinich Demands Answers from Administration About US Troops in Iran

 

Kucinich Demands

Answers From Administration

About US Troops In Iran

4-15-6

 

 

WASHINGTON - Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Ranking Democrat

on the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security,

Emerging Threats and International Relations, sent the following

letter to President George W. Bush today about the presence of US

troops in Iran:

 

Dear President Bush:

 

Recently, it has been reported that U.S. troops are conducting

military operations in Iran. If true, it appears that you have

already made the decision to commit U.S. military forces to a

unilateral conflict with Iran, even before direct or indirect

negotiations with the government of Iran had been attempted, without

UN support and without authorization from the U.S. Congress.

 

The presence of U.S. troops in Iran constitutes a hostile act against

that country. At a time when diplomacy is urgently needed, it

escalates an international crisis. It undermines any attempt to

negotiate with the government of Iran. And it will undermine U.S.

diplomatic efforts at the U.N.

 

Furthermore, it places U.S. troops occupying neighboring Iraq in

greater danger. The achievement of stability and a transition to

Iraqi security control will be compromised, reversing any progress

that has been cited by the Administration.

 

It would be hard to believe that such an imprudent decision had been

taken, but for the number and variety of sources confirming it. In

the last week, the national media have reported that you have in fact

commenced a military operation in Iran. Today, retired Air Force Col.

Sam Gardiner related on CNN that the Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA,

Aliasghar Soltaniyeh, reported to him that the Iranians have captured

dissident forces who have confessed to working with U.S. troops in

Iran. Earlier in the week, Seymour Hersh reported that a U.S. source

had told him that U.S. marines were operating in the Baluchi, Azeri

and Kurdish regions of Iran.

 

Any military deployment to Iran would constitute an urgent matter of

national significance. I urge you to report immediately to Congress

on all activities involving American forces in Iran. I look forward

to a prompt response.

 

Sincerely,

Dennis J. Kucinich

Member of Congress

 

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