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| Bin Laden in Iran? |
| 2003-11-21 |
| Link from Jihad Watch Citing an "unimpeachable source," Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri are in Iran, according to a Fox News analyst. Al-Zawahiri was seen within the last two weeks, and bin Laden was spotted in July, says the network’s foreign affairs analyst Mansoor Ijaz. The report dovetails with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s announcement last summer that he had sent his own army into the northern tribal areas near the border with Iran to ferret out bin Laden. "That was an extraordinary admission at the time, one that I could not understand how he could make if bin Laden, in fact, was still in that area," Ijaz told Fox News host Brit Hume. "Well, it turns out that it was around that time that bin Laden moved from the Afghan-Pakistani border into Iran." Al-Zawahiri has been seen recently in Iran planning and plotting various terrorist attacks against U.S. interests and other countries, he said. If this is true, it is yet another act of war. Tehran should already be in our hands. He explained that Iran’s provision of safe harbor, finances and logistical support for al-Qaida is a measure to counter the possibility that U.S. action in that region could result in democracies on both sides of the country, in Afghanistan and Iraq. Ijaz said a warlord who controls Afghanistan’s western provinces, Gulbuddin Hektmayer, is working with al-Qaida on a plan to bring a large army of Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops into Afghanistan during the winter months to attack U.S. interests and to try to take control of the entire country. That would actually be a terrible move by the Iranians. Bush would not ignore such an aggression. |
| Posted by:Sorge |
| #9 I think it's time to invoke the 48-Hour Rule on this one... |
| Posted by: Jeff 2003-11-22 1:57:02 AM |
| #8 If this is true, the mullahs are in the soup and OBL is going to live in the Big House. |
| Posted by: Korora 2003-11-22 12:15:22 AM |
| #7 Interesting thread--what say you Jarhead? |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-11-21 11:31:06 PM |
| #6 Oh, no, in the harsh Afghan winter???? Significant # of RGs in Afghanistan means less in Iran. We can work w/that. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2003-11-21 11:09:57 PM |
| #5 I posted this earlier today in the thread about Iran's oil production: "They're just trying to fill their coffers before the US/UK blockade of the Straits of Hormuz cuts off their capacity to export. "On a somewhat related note, Mansoor Ijaz claimed on Brit Hime's show on Fox News that bin Laden and Zawahiri are in Iran, bulked up a bit, and dressed/bearded like Iranian clerics (i.e., they switched from white turbans to black). He says the info comes from an "unimpeachable" source, and adds that, while Dr. Z is free to roam about the mullahcracy, bin Laden's movements are restricted. He also said that a significant number of the Revolutionary Guards were going to Afghanistan to join Hekmatyar in a winter offensive to drive out the US and recapture the country." |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-11-21 11:02:55 PM |
| #4 The iranians? Didn't they fight the iraqis to a standstill? Almost enough to make me want to reenlist. Hmmmmm, maybe I can wangle some 'civilian contractor' work. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-21 8:10:42 PM |
| #3 BOMB, BOMB, BOMB.....BOMB, BOMB IRAN!!! (Beach Boys, circa 1967) |
| Posted by: alaskasoldier 2003-11-21 8:06:58 PM |
| #2 Iran doesn't have the manpower in armed forces to contain their rebellious population and do an incursion - that's why they provide funding to their proxies. I would welcome Iran's exposure - arm the populace for overthrow of the black turbans and take out the incursion with the new 21,000+ lb moab...win-win |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-21 7:24:10 PM |
| #1 Moving a army into Afghanistan or Iraq would be rather stupid of Iran seeing that the U.S. is just chomping at the bit for an excuse to take them out as well. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-11-21 7:14:01 PM |