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New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden's Secret Ties With Iran
The Weekly Standard ^ | February 27, 2015 | By Thomas Jocelyn

Posted on 02/27/2015 12:12:40 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

This week, prosecutors in New York introduced eight documents recovered in Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan as evidence in the trial of a terrorism suspect. The U.S. government accuses Abid Naseer of taking part in al Qaeda’s scheme to attack targets in Europe and New York City. And prosecutors say the documents are essential for understanding the scope of al Qaeda’s plotting.

More than 1 million documents and files were captured by the Navy Seals who raided bin Laden’s safe house in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. One year later, in May 2012, the Obama administration released just 17 of them.

While there is some overlap between the files introduced as evidence in Brooklyn and those that were previously made public in 2012, much of what is in the trial exhibits had never been made public before.

The files do not support the view, promoted by some in the Obama administration, that bin Laden was in “comfortable retirement,” “sidelined,” or “a lion in winter” in the months leading up to his death. On the contrary, bin Laden is asked to give his order on a host of issues, ranging from the handling of money to the movement of terrorist operatives.

Some of the key revelations in the newly-released bin Laden files relate to al Qaeda’s dealings with Iran and presence in Afghanistan.

A top al Qaeda operative asked bin Laden for permission to relocate to Iran in June 2010 as he plotted attacks around the world. That operative, Yunis al Mauritani, was a senior member of al Qaeda’s so-called “external operations” team, and plotted to launch Mumbai-style attacks in Europe. . .

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1 posted on 02/27/2015 12:12:40 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Iran, Obummer’s big buddies.


2 posted on 02/27/2015 12:15:29 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Stephen Hayes also has an analysis at WS today:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/obama-s-failure_867714.html#


3 posted on 02/27/2015 12:16:55 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

And all along we thought it was Iraq.

Our bad....


4 posted on 02/27/2015 12:18:11 PM PST by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
"More than 1 million documents and files were captured by the Navy Seals who raided bin Laden’s safe house in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011."

Maybe Traitorobama's real birth certificate will be in there, too.

5 posted on 02/27/2015 12:21:55 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Brad from Tennessee; zot

Surprise, Surprise! he says with full sarcasm


6 posted on 02/27/2015 12:24:49 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Carl Vehse

A million documents?

That’s a lot of paper in one house.


7 posted on 02/27/2015 12:36:51 PM PST by Oliviaforever
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Long War Journal began reporting on this in 2010:

Saudis accuse Iran of harboring al Qaeda network

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/12/saudis_accuse_iran_o.php

8 posted on 02/27/2015 12:37:19 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Nothing secret about it.. it was obvious.


9 posted on 02/27/2015 1:04:38 PM PST by maddog55
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To: maddog55

Wasnt there multiple threads here which said Osama fled to Iran when they paved Tora Bora and put up a parking lot?


10 posted on 02/27/2015 1:18:17 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
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To: GreyFriar

Suspicions confirmed.


11 posted on 02/27/2015 1:24:56 PM PST by zot
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To: Army Air Corps
Iran, Obummer’s big buddies.

0bama was uniquely positioned to replace Osama.

12 posted on 02/27/2015 1:30:44 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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>>0bama was uniquely positioned to replace Osama.

Meet ZnewZbig, Same as ZoldZbig
----ZWho?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Carter+Brzezinski+Cyclone

13 posted on 02/27/2015 1:49:35 PM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionaly blank.)
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To: HLPhat

LOL


14 posted on 02/27/2015 1:56:21 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Is it still a secret that Valerie Jarrett is Iranian?


15 posted on 02/27/2015 2:08:00 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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To: CivilWarBrewing
Personally I think she's an alien.

The Iran thing is just a cover story.


16 posted on 02/27/2015 2:10:18 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: TigersEye

Uniquely positioned on the...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Grand-Chessboard-Geostrategic-Imperatives/dp/0465027261


17 posted on 02/27/2015 2:12:26 PM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionaly blank.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Al Qaeda received help from both Iran and Iraq. Bin Laden met with the intel agencies of both in Sudan, courtesy the NIF’s Hassan al Tourabi, who played host.


18 posted on 02/27/2015 2:53:50 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Oliviaforever
they're called hard drives...
19 posted on 02/27/2015 4:35:50 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Brad from Tennessee; justa-hairyape; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; TigersEye; ...

AS many suspected long agp!


20 posted on 02/27/2015 6:58:03 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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