Posted on 05/14/2010 11:52:53 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Al-Qaida operatives who have been detained for years in Iran have been making their way quietly in and out of the country, raising the prospect that Iran is loosening its grip on the terror group so it can replenish its ranks, former and current US intelligence officials said in a statements published Thursday.
This shift could indicate that Iran is re-examining its murky relationship with al-Qaida at a time when the US is stepping up drone attacks in Pakistan and weakening the group's leadership. Any influx of manpower could hand al-Qaida a boost in morale and expertise and threaten to disrupt stability in the region.US officials said the intelligence points to a worrisome increase in movement lately.
Details about al-Qaida's movements and US efforts to monitor them were outlined to The Associated Press in more than a dozen interviews with current and former intelligence and counterterrorism officials, most of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter
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While the west remains in this “moderate” Islam is coming to the rescue fantasy, the Islamic world is uniting against us.
I agree
Unleashing Al Queda operatives is more likely the truth of the matter.
If Iran has unleashed these guys I don’t think it will be very much longer that they will be in NYC or elsewhere on American soil to wreak havoc.
Pakistan seems to have a lot of jokers who can’t shoot straight. Somehow Iran is more worrisome for having trained these terrorists with more precision.
I think that they are going to Afghanistan first. Anyways, there is no U.S. intelligence of what is really happening.Monitoring and understanding al-Qaida in Iran remains one of the most difficult jobs in US intelligence
Islam the peaceful lovers of infidels, female orgasms,and tolerance, yet haters of screwing range animals and terror*ahem* sorry UN dyslexia version. Is there any more reason to bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?
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