米国政府がイランの革命防衛隊を「テロ組織」として認定するとの報道がありました。

既に見た記事：
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6947444.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6947616.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2149413,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2149591,00.html

IHTのもざっと見るだけは見ました。
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/16/africa/16iran.php

これらの記事に書かれていることを私が見落としているだけでしたら、その旨ご回答いただけますと幸いです。

【参考】
ガーディアンの社説から引用：
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2149411,00.html

But where is the logic of this measure if the policy is to persuade Tehran to stop enriching uranium? Iran will only negotiate away its enrichment programme if it is convinced that Washington is not seeking regime change. The revolutionary guard differs from al-Qaida, Hamas, or Hizbullah in one important respect: it is not only a state body, but forms the largest part of Iran's military.

【参考】
State.gov ＞ Fact Sheet: Foreign Terrorist Organizations
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/37191.htm

次が出ないようなので終了にします。ありがとうございました。
ダイアリの記事（トラバしてあるもの）にも追記しておきますが、
質問を立てたあとに自分で見てみたものを少しメモしておきます。

外国の軍隊をテロ組織として指定する根拠についての説明はイマイチ薄いのですが（行間を読めるほどの知識がないのでこう思うだけですが）、15日付けワシントン・ポスト記事：
Iranian Unit to Be Labeled 'Terrorist'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081401662.html

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The designation of the Revolutionary Guard will be made under Executive Order 13224, which President Bush signed two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to obstruct terrorist funding. It authorizes the United States to identify individuals, businesses, charities and extremist groups engaged in terrorist activities. The Revolutionary Guard would be the first national military branch included on the list, U.S. officials said -- a highly unusual move because it is part of a government, rather than a typical non-state terrorist organization.

The order allows the United States to block the assets of terrorists and to disrupt operations by foreign businesses that "provide support, services or assistance to, or otherwise associate with, terrorists."

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The main goal of the new designation is to clamp down on the Revolutionary Guard's vast business network, as well as on foreign companies conducting business linked to the military unit and its personnel. The administration plans to list many of the Revolutionary Guard's financial operations.

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For weeks, the Bush administration has been debating whether to target the Revolutionary Guard Corps in full, or only its Quds Force wing, which U.S. officials have linked to the growing flow of explosives, roadside bombs, rockets and other arms to Shiite militias in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Quds Force also lends support to Shiite allies such as Lebanon's Hezbollah and to Sunni movements such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Although administration discussions continue, the initial decision is to target the entire Guard Corps, U.S. officials said. The administration has not yet decided when to announce the new measure, but officials said they would prefer to do so before the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly next month, when the United States intends to increase international pressure against Iran. ...
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