Posted on 05/19/2011 6:29:15 PM PDT by nuconvert
Two defectors from Iran’s intelligence service have testified that Iranian officials had “foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks,” according to a court filing Thursday in a federal lawsuit in Manhattan that seeks damages for Iran’s “direct support for, and sponsorship of, the most deadly act of terrorism in American history.”
One of the defectors also claimed that Iran was involved in planning the attacks, the filing said. The defectors’ identities and testimony were not revealed in the filing but were being submitted to a judge under seal, said lawyers who brought the original suit against Iran on behalf of families of dozens of 9/11 victims.
The suit’s allegation that Iran had foreknowledge of the attacks is hard to assess fully, given that the defectors’ testimony is being filed under seal.
The suit contends that Iran and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant organization with close ties to Tehran, helped Al Qaeda in planning the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and in facilitating the hijackers’ training and travel. After the attacks, the suit contends, Iran and Hezbollah helped Qaeda operatives escape, providing some with a safe haven in Iran.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
....Guilty of aiding & abetting at the very least
Iran has been funding and exporting terror for years, this doesn’t surprise me.
“....Guilty of aiding & abetting at the very least”
No doubt. When are we going after the Saudis?
“When are we going after the Saudis?”
No need...we pump them dry and then let them pound sand...
Not that any of this would have come out during a military trial of UBL...
We documented it right here on FR in 2003:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1008415/posts
Iran, Saddam, & Osama: A Continued Report
Compiled By: Ryan Mauro
IRAN
This is the second continuation of my original report on Iran’s alliance with Osama Bin Laden, which was titled, “Iran and Bin Laden: A Match Made in Hell”. My follow-up report simply listed the names of high-level Al-Qaeda leadership congregating in Iran with complete safety. It was named “Al-Qaeda Leadership in Iran”. Readers should look at those two articles before viewing this report.
More at link above:
The new head of Al Queda was under Iran control until last year.
BFLR
Thanks nuconvert.
[future bumper sticker] “Leftists let him slide each time Obama lied.”
Don’t you have to get up and go to work tomorrow?
At least get some rest soes you’ll be up early enuf to do the APOD ping.
I’m Shocked, shocked I tell ya...
While I agree Iran supports and exports terrorism and that the story at least sounds plausible.....I’m wondering if we may need to learn how to say “Curveball” in Farsi.
VERY interesting. I’ve never heard this before. Clearly a lot of people knew about the attacks beforehand, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan (the little Pakistani kid in school in NJ who got mad at the teacher and pointed at the twin towers and screamed that they wouldn’t be there the next week) and elsewhere. There were also allegations that Saddam Hussein made some moves the week beforehand that indicated foreknowledge. But I’ve never heard of possible Iranian complicity before. Once again the 9/11 Commission looks weak.
“When are we going after the Saudis?”
Why pick on the Saudis?
Just because they were responsible for Al Qaeda’s:
Leadership
Philosophy
Funding
Personnel
Political Protection
Genesis
Doesn’t mean they’re guilty.......
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