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Iran/Egypt Ties Could Yield Al Qaeda Suspects
Reuters/ ^ | 1/6/04 | Peter Graff

Posted on 01/08/2004 7:12:29 AM PST by Coop

Edited on 06/29/2004 7:10:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LONDON (Reuters) - A thaw between Iran and Egypt could help pave the way for a breakthrough on an important issue dividing Tehran from Washington -- accusations that Iran has sheltered senior al Qaeda militants.

A senior Iranian official said Tuesday that Tehran and Cairo had agreed to restore diplomatic ties broken 25 years ago, although Egypt said a final decision had yet to be taken.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: adel; alqaeda; egypt; iran; progress
Saif Adel would be a nice addition to Dubya's trophy case. Not that I'm holding my breath...
1 posted on 01/08/2004 7:12:30 AM PST by Coop
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So is this just a potentially nice benefit of this renewal of diplomatic ties, or was it the driving force (via secret diplomacy) for the announcement?
2 posted on 01/08/2004 7:14:08 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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