Posted on 03/31/2006 11:49:31 PM PST by Wiz
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. intelligence community has briefed Congress on the increasing cooperation between Iran and Al Qaida.
Congressional sources said congressional committees have been told that Teheran has sought to use Al Qaida in any Iranian war with the United States. The sources said Iran has harbored leading Al Qaida operatives and enabled them to plan major attacks that would be launched upon Teheran's approval.
"Teheran has been seeking a range of terrorist options against the United States in case it strikes Iran's nuclear weapons facilities," a congressional source said. "Al Qaida has played a role in these options, although it's unlikely to be a leading element."
On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council gave Iran a month to honor a demand to end uranium enrichment and related activities. The council decision was reached after the United States dropped its demand for a two-week deadline for Teheran.
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Sadr is probably in Iran as well.
They really are clueless.
If we attack their nuclear sites and they attack civilians here we will take out their government and then some in return.
What it should and probably really did read was...
"The U.S. intelligence community has briefed Congress on the increasing cooperation between (CHINA), Iran and Al Qaida.
US Intelligence is JUST NOW figuring this out?
I think the agency needs to be renamed.
Lately I'm more worried about the US Congress, they seem to be on the "Bill Clinton sell the US out for anything" program.
The Preamble in their oath is "I Hate George Bush..."
TT
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JIHAD WATCH.org (ZAMAN.com): "IRAN AIDS ISLAMIC JIHAD TO ATTACK ISRAEL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Iran provided the organization with $1.8 million in aid last month to conduct attacks on Israel. The minister told the daily, Yediot Ahronot that this was the biggest donation in recent times made by Iran to Islamic Jihad.") (March 21, 2006) (Read More...)
Off-Topic.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "IRAN CUTS DOWN 7,000 TREES TO HIDE TRACES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "According to western intelligence sources, more than 7,000 trees which may have contained incriminating nuclear traces have been lost in a popular parkland area in the city near the Lavizan atomic research centre...") )March 6, 2006) (Read More...)
WorldNetDaily.com: "ALMADINEJAD TO IRANIANS: ISRAEL 'WILL BE REMOVED'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The crowd, numbered in the hundreds of thousands accoding to state media, responded to Ahmadinejad's defense of its nuclear program -- believed by U.S. intelligence to be an effort to acquire atomic weapons -- with cries of "Nuclear energy is our undisputable right," "Death to America," "Death of Israel," "Death to Denmark."" (February 11, 2006) (Read More...)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Vienna, Austria - "A-BOMB INTENT FOUND IN BLACK-MARKET PAPER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A document obtained by Iran on the nuclear black market serves no other purpose than to make an atomic bomb, the International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday.") (February 1, 2006) (Read More...)
GUARDIAN.co.uk: "UN ALERT AS NUCLEAR PLANS GO MISSING Blueprints Disclosing Key Steps to Build a Bomb Feared Up For Sale" by Ian Traynor in Vienna (ARTICE SNIPPET: "Inspectors at the UN's nuclear authority, the International Atomic Energy Agency, have been investigating the worst nuclear smuggling racket ever uncovered, headed by the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. The operation was discovered two years ago to be selling sensitive nuclear technology to Libya and Iran. A senior official said several sets of blueprints for uranium centrifuges - the so-called P-1 and more advanced P-2 systems which were peddled by the Khan network - have gone missing. (June 9, 2005) (Read More...)
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Mar. 31, 2006 17:54 | Updated Apr. 1, 2006 2:00
"Iran test-fires radar-avoiding, multiple-warhead missile"
By JPOST STAFF AND AP
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Iran successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously using multiple warheads, the military said Friday.
The Fajr-3, which means "Victory" in Farsi, can reach Israel and US bases in the Middle East, state Iranian media indicated - causing alarm in the United States and Israel. The announcement also is likely to stoke regional tensions and feed suspicion about Tehran's military intentions and nuclear ambitions.
"I think it demonstrates that Iran has a very active and aggressive military program under way," State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said in Washington. "I think Iran's military posture, military development effort, is of concern to the international community."
Israel said it too was alarmed by the missile report.
"This news causes much concern," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said.
Gen. Hossein Salami, the air force chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, did not specify the missile's range, saying it depends on the weight of its warheads."
"The U.S. intelligence community has briefed Congress on the increasing cooperation between (CHINA), Iran and Al Qaida."
You forgot Russia.
ping
Behind every terrorist a communist is pulling his strings.
Terrorist<=>SmallStateSponsor<=>LargeStateSponsor
The Terrorist can be cover for a Small State Sponsor.
The Small State Sponsor can be cover for a Large State Sponsor.
Small States = Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Syria
Large States = Russia, China
Small States =+ North Korea
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"Thunder on the Border," click the picture:
( PS- my personal prediction? That picture will become one of the most widely distributed, and most hated, pictures on the internet. The Illegal lobby could not have done more damage to themselves with that "Mexican Flag Superior, America in Distress" photgraph if they had tried... )
Exactly my reaction -- the Iranian regime has been a state sponsor of terrorism for years, and they've made no secret of it. With a very real nuclear threat now looming, it's CYA time for the "American intelligence community," once again.
I agree.
I think (and hope) Americas enemys have once again misunderestimated.
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