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Iran Says Al Qaeda Camp Claim Is Baseless [New policy of honesty to infadels...LOL]
Reuters ^ | 9/26/02

Posted on 09/26/2002 8:41:50 AM PDT by 1bigdictator

Iran Says Al Qaeda Camp Claim Is Baseless Thu Sep 26, 4:31 AM ET

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran rejected Thursday a U.S. report of an al Qaeda training camp in Iran and said such claims were aimed at discrediting the Islamic Republic.

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NBC News quoted unidentified sources Wednesday as saying U.S. intelligence had detected a suspected training camp in eastern Iran that included a rifle range very much like al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan ( news - web sites).

"There are no such camps in Iran and this news is to create psychological war and have political aims," an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

President Bush ( news - web sites) has branded Iran part of an "axis of evil," along with Iraq and North Korea ( news - web sites), for seeking weapons of mass destruction and supporting terrorism.

Iran strongly denies the charges.

Iran says it has arrested and deported 150 people with suspected links to Afghanistan's ousted Taliban government and Osama bin Laden ( news - web sites)'s al Qaeda network, blamed for the September 11 attacks in the United States.

"We have always been fighting against terrorism and we opposed al Qaeda and the Taliban from the start," the spokesman said.

"Until now neither the U.S. government, nor other countries have produced documents proving such claims."


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; iran; terror
Iran< "Until now neither the U.S. government, nor other countries have produced documents proving such claims."

"At which time America proves the connection we will no longer deny it. But until then, there is no cooperation with Al Qaeda."

1 posted on 09/26/2002 8:41:50 AM PDT by 1bigdictator
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To: 1bigdictator
Why dont they say something like

"We must hunt down these camps and exterminate the cancer of terrorism if they in fact do exist."

But no.... they immediately deny deny deny.
2 posted on 09/26/2002 8:45:56 AM PDT by smith288
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To: 1bigdictator
Time for a Persian sandwich courtesy US Army.
3 posted on 09/26/2002 8:48:20 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: 1bigdictator
Iran Says Al Qaeda Camp Claim Is Baseless

Hmm. al-Qaeda (The Base) is Baseless in Iran.

All your baseless camps are belong to us!

4 posted on 09/26/2002 8:49:18 AM PDT by Poohbah
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To: Poohbah
You definitely know what you doing.
5 posted on 09/26/2002 9:05:15 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: steveegg
With a great zig...for major justice!
6 posted on 09/26/2002 9:07:58 AM PDT by Poohbah
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To: Poohbah
Well, well, we get to take out al-Qaida and in the process, we settle some old scores... :)
7 posted on 09/26/2002 10:43:03 AM PDT by hchutch
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To: 1bigdictator
Laden's right-hand man imprisoned in Iran: Reports 2/17

IRAN DENY PRESS REPORT OF IMAN AL-ZAWAHERI'S ARREST, BUT...2/18

Al-Qaida fighters leave Afghanistan through Iran and Iraq; most going home to Arab countries

Tehran given details of Iranian interference in Afghanistan'

ZALMAY KHALILZAD SAYS AL-QA’EDA GUERILLAS ARE IN IRAN

Terrorists trained by Iran tracked from Uzbekistan

8 posted on 09/26/2002 10:51:59 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: 1bigdictator
so they have a camp, but it has no base built yet, to service it...

what do they want us to do, build the al queda a base to go along with their camp?
9 posted on 09/26/2002 4:28:31 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2
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