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Are We Already Operating In Iran?

He says he was only citing press reports, but Jimmy Carter's former national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, is drawing attention to claims that American military commandos are operating in Iran, possibly as terrorists targeting buses.

"There are some legitimate questions that [Iran] may be concerned about, such as: Is it true ... that American commandos are operating in Iran? It's not an idle question," he says, adding: "I don't know, but I've seen allegations to that effect, and I do know that people are getting killed by acts of terrorism, and if it's not us, then who else could it be?"

Brzezinski declined to confide his thoughts on the answer.

By Paul Bedard

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