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| Iran planning al-Qaeda as a trump card for any war with the US |
| 2006-04-01 |
| The U.S. intelligence community has briefed Congress on the increasing cooperation between Iran and Al Qaida. Congressional sources said congressional committees have been told that Teheran has sought to use Al Qaida in any Iranian war with the United States. The sources said Iran has harbored leading Al Qaida operatives and enabled them to plan major attacks that would be launched upon Teheran's approval. "Teheran has been seeking a range of terrorist options against the United States in case it strikes Iran's nuclear weapons facilities," a congressional source said. "Al Qaida has played a role in these options, although it's unlikely to be a leading element." On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council gave Iran a month to honor a demand to end uranium enrichment and related activities. The council decision was reached after the United States dropped its demand for a two-week deadline for Teheran. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #11 Check out this senior Sunni cleric, on the Iran Shiite threat. I tend to believe the Iran-al-Qaeda reports, which would put this cleric out of the loop. http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications161906&Category=publications&Subcategory=0 |
| Posted by: Listen to Dogs 2006-04-01 21:56 |
| #10 If ever it was unclear with respect to Iran using terrorist proxies for smuggling a nuclear device into the United States, it is no longer. This, literally, unholy alliance should serve immediate notice to one and all of just how vital it is to It is as if Iran, with its preposterously vitriolic rhetoric, has dug itself into a hole so deep whereby it is now easier for them to dig through to China than reverse course in any respect. Any single one of their bellicose threats, be it nuclear attack, Semitic genocide or terrorist sponsorship in general each represent an ample casus belli. Lumped together, they are nothing less than a flat out declaration of war against America. We can no longer afford to ignore this. Bush needs to make an open case based upon these issues and proceed with military action against Iran. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-04-01 20:26 |
| #9 All this time, I thought Hizbullah was trump. Al Qaeda seems more like the joker now anywho. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-04-01 16:38 |
| #8 No more pretense about Al-Qaeda in Iran. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-04-01 13:16 |
| #7 xbalanke, yep, my writing styyle is locatr somewhere 'tween the MSM and al-Taqiyya. /secrete |
| Posted by: RD 2006-04-01 12:54 |
| #6 Nothing like having a reliable allies. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-04-01 12:20 |
| #5 RD: it's not the whole thang - just the whole teaser. You have to subscribe to see the whole thing. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-04-01 10:25 |
| #4 Meanwhile, al-Qaeda Sunnis are slaughtering Shiites (and vice versa) in Iraq. But Islamic prophecy holds that the Mahdi (Savior) will rise in Khorassan (partly in Iran) and lead an army through Sunni territory - presumedly in unity - and defeat the Dajjal's (Anti-Christ) army in Arabia, prior to the end of days. Sunni-Shiite unity is best pre-empted. I love to disprove "prophecy." |
| Posted by: Listen to Dogs 2006-04-01 09:52 |
| #3 I suspect the Iranians are having to seriously re-evaluate their "unconventional force" allies. This is because I think they have already tried one international blow-up, to show how powerful Moslems are worldwide. The cartoon debacle. They probably thought that by now, there would have been massive riots throughout the world, with cities burning, because of the cartoons. Oop. That didn't work. So now that have to go directly to the militants in hope that *they* can do something against the West to cause chaos. For its part, al-Qaeda is probably concealing from them how badly damaged they really are--still blustering and bragging like they did to the Taliban, back in the day. al-Qaeda, for its part, is caught between a rock and a sharp place. It has to agree to help the Iranians, or they will kick them out or kill them outright; so they are probably promising, insisting, that they can take on major targets and grab world headlines. This means that sooner or later, most likely before any official hostilities, the Iranian will give the al-Qaeda a bunch of cash and tell them to go out there and create havoc. And having been lying through their teeth, al-Q will have to decide to run from the Iranians for the rest of their lives; or to get slaughtered first, and then run for the rest of their lives if they try to attack a western target. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-04-01 08:47 |
| #2 No US President would omit to neutralize a threat to the American homeland. Bush-Doctrine is based on pre-emption. |
| Posted by: Listen to Dogs 2006-04-01 01:43 |
| #1 Dan, is a copyright infringment to see the whole thang here at Rantburg News? |
| Posted by: RD 2006-04-01 01:00 |