The chics dug it.
Allahu akbar!
If you know what I mean...
Posted on 10/23/2010 5:23:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hundreds of documents outline the intelligence, of variable quality, on which the Americans have based allegations of Iranian backing for the Shia militias which fought government and US troops.
They claim Iranian intelligence officers served inside Iraq, at one point manning checkpoints with local militias, and describe a firefight on the border in which American troops shot an Iranian border guard dead and then came under prolonged attack as they returned to base.
In one of the most tantalising documents, they also hint at Iranian involvement in al-Qaeda suicide bombing.
Whether the Shia Islamic Republic has offered support to the Sunni militant group has been one of the most controversial questions in the Middle East.
American leaders have both claimed the existence of such links and backed away from them.
But a threat report in the files dated Nov 17, 2006 claims that new techniques for suicide bombing, a favoured al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgent practice in Iraq, had "surfaced" in Iran and Syria.
Both involved the use of miniature cameras to allow remote monitoring of the attack.
"Al-Qaeda remains the strongest organisation among the insurgent groups in Iraq and directs the majority of attacks that take place in Iraq," says the assessment. "Instructors at the Islamic Jihad Center in Tehran are teaching a new tactic for SVIED (Suicide Vest Improvised Explosive Device) deployment."
It is not clear how credible the intelligence cited is considered, and there are no reports of camera-equipped suicide vests being found. Islamic Jihad is a militant Palestinian group that has been responsible for suicide bombings in the past and is backed by Syria and Iran.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Well that pretty much answers the charge that our fighting the war in Iraq had nothing to do with the terrorists who attacked us.
The chics dug it.
Allahu akbar!
If you know what I mean...
Obama’s Muslim goose is cooked.
Is that a goose?
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