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Iran Is Found To Be a Lair of Al Qaeda
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Submitted by Alton, Jul 18, 2007 11:11

That Iran and Al Qaeda are working together should not be exactly shocking to anyone. Bin Laden has long indicated his desire to have Sunni- Shia divide buried in the struggle against the west. That Iran would be cooperating with Al Qaeda makes complete sense, based on the recent reports of events within Iraq regarding attacks on coalition personnel by Iranian agents, or other terrorists working for Iran.

According to Mr. Rohan Gunaratna in his book Inside Al Qaeda Global Network of Terror (Berkley, 2002,2003) p.16:

"Ideologically Al Qaeda differs markedly from the groups of the past. It has taken the first steps to breaking the Shia-Sunni divide that has traditionally kept apart two terrorist groupings...Al Qaeda has persistently argued that Islamist groups should shed their doctrinal differences and unite to take on the real enemy, the West, and strike the US--- "the head of the snake." (emphasis added).

I find it incredible that certain people in the Media, at State and within the Intel community can't get this through their collective, partisan minded brains.

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the premise of this article is false. al-qaeda is a sunni extremist terror group - they would classify shia iranians as... [MORE]	truth seeker	Oct 26, 2007 07:15
It is a known fact, tha al Qaeda's reach is well beyond any muslim communitty. Not necesarry it has to... [MORE]	Dr.Q	Jul 23, 2007 08:58
I've heard these reports before, and I believe them. Since taking power in 1979, the Tehran regime has murdered at... [MORE]	Mike Hollins	Jul 18, 2007 05:03
Iran an Al Qaeda lair? Well, Shazam, sergeant!-- Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! [MORE]	kevin Lofgren	Jul 18, 2007 02:01
After all we've seen go down in Iraq and Afganistan, anyone of the belief that Sunni and Shia would "not"... [MORE]	Jimmi Hayden	Jul 17, 2007 15:57
This was anticipated by Shah of Iran in 1979 but America was fooled by the old fox(The Brits),having an anti... [MORE]	a.r.lotfmanesh	Jul 25, 2007 21:26
"The official, who asked not to be identified, said. "It's a bit like saying the directorate of operations for the... [MORE]	Duncan Harvey	Jul 17, 2007 15:51
For those who don't believe Iran would support a Sunni terrorist organization: Syria provided major support to Sunni insurgent/terrorist groups... [MORE]	Larry M	Jul 17, 2007 13:18
This couldn't be more bogus had Dick Cheney himself said it. No major intelligence or foreign policy report has been... [MORE]	IfOnlyMcCainHadWon	Jul 17, 2007 07:43
although the 9-11 commision reports says the govt overstated the iraq-alqeada connection, it also said THIS: the Commission has uncovered evidence... [MORE]	Scott L.	Jul 18, 2007 00:37
That Iran and Al Qaeda are working together should not be exactly shocking to anyone. Bin Laden has long indicated...	Alton	Jul 18, 2007 11:11
Hey Scott, Dont try to use facts with liberals, it just confuses them. If you rebuff their arguments with too... [MORE]	Mark	Jul 18, 2007 16:38
I'm shocked ... shocked I tell you. [MORE]	Art Fougner MD	Jul 17, 2007 06:55
We knew what all was about for a long time before but due to this bitter fact that the West... [MORE]	Arash	Jul 17, 2007 06:20
Can Congress just ignore that Iran is protecting Al Qaeda? Iran and Al Qaeda will both expand if we pull... [MORE]	Rob	Jul 17, 2007 05:29
We need to give the Islamic Republic the maximum opportunity to become martyrs for their faith by the members of... [MORE]	Terry Whittington	Jul 17, 2007 17:14

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