While I see it as possible that someone in Iran might have given some useful intel to someone who passed it to us, I can hardly believe this was some kind of policy decision from the top. I don't see Iran's Kook-in-Chief giving up the one guy who was doing the most damage (real or ginned up in our press), against our efforts in Iraq--which, if successful, threaten to spill over into Iran.
Chaos in Iraq is what was best for Iran's leadership, regardless of who was causing it. Zarqawis death bolsters Iraq's new goverrnment and president Bush. Neither of which is good for the persian mullahs.
I will repost this subject as NEWS with a very similar piece confirming this about Iran by UN correspondent of GIS, which has been around for over 20 years and is a respected and accredited news source for the intel community.
I wish you guys would listen to me - actually to Alan - when he posts something.
That he is allegedly a monarchists with a fairly new Blog site makes him less a decent source of information about IRAN? NOgt about everything but certainly about Iran or Iran/Iraq and that region?
Does being a monarchist with lots of contacts disqualify him from posting accurate material? As someone said derogatorily?
Or would he on the contrary know more than most of us? And sooner?
Do you really have to wait a couple more days for some other source to break it and not have it first on FR for everyone instead of tucked away and hidden?
Has Alan ever lead you wrong? Have I?
Good grief.