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Source: http://www.aei.org/outlook/101063
Iran's Most Dangerous General
(American Enterprise Institute) Ali Alfoneh - On May 18, the U.S. imposed sanctions against Maj.-Gen. Qassem Suleimani, chief of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), who is identified as "the conduit for Iranian material support" to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate. Suleimani is an accomplished tactical leader, but not an adept strategist. Suleimani's strategic deficiencies not only affected military operations, but also earned him powerful enemies in the politics of the IRGC in the past. The writer is a resident fellow at AEI.