U.S. and European officials have quietly rejected recent reports of some sort of tactical cooperation between the Iranian government and al-Qaeda.
For years, propaganda reports have randomly cropped up alleging an Iran-Qaeda connection, although very little evidence has backed it up. “This should not be overblown,” said one U.S. official who requested anonymity.
The Iran-Qaeda connection propaganda has again made headlines in recent weeks, after the U.S. Treasury this month announced that it was imposing sanctions on Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security for human rights abuses and for “its support of terrorist groups,” alleging that Iran had “facilitated the movement of al Qaeda operatives in Iran and provided them with documents, identification cards and passports.”
The war hawks who believe in this connection usually allege that Iran, largely Shiite Muslim, and al-Qaeda, Sunni, put their religious differences behind them to unite against a common enemy, the United States. In reality, the war hawks forfeit requirements for evidence to unite their two enemies, Iran and al-Qaeda.
“The relationship between al Qaeda and Iran is best described as complicated,” one U.S. official said. “The Iranians keep watch on what al Qaeda facilitators are up to. Sometimes the Iranians crack down on their activities; other times they don’t. Al Qaeda moving fighters or money is one thing, while planning major terrorist attacks against the West from Iranian soil is probably something they won’t allow.”
“Al Qaeda is not necessarily friendly to Iran,” the official continued, noting that for years Iran has reportedly held a number of top al Qaeda officials in detention. The official said there is no evidence of any tactical collusion between the two.
Bruce Riedel, a former CIA Middle East expert who has advised President Barack Obama, also said that he did not take recent reports about improved relations between Iran and al Qaeda seriously. By any measure, U.S. policy in places like Libya and Syria has done more to directly assist al-Qaeda than anything Iran has ever done.
Golly, isn't that a surprise. Yeah, maybe not so much.
From Clinton to Obama to Swedish government, to English, German and French and beyond they all have tried and tried again to com up with yet another lies to start another war, illegal or not is not their concern, destroying a country is not their concern, killing millions is not their concern, religious or not is not their concern, what is their concern is Paul Wolfowitz and Madeline Albright idea, "what is so good about this mighty army if we cannot use it”. And from that point on the US and NATO is used and war crimes from Balkan to Iraq war is piling. Here for US and EU either to continue the idea in dominating the world economy or answer to ICC. Second option: to continue with wars until there is nothing left in this world to fight for or when the world is gone. Conclusion, US and NATO are nothing but a militarism regime, every government answers to that system, the 1% is about that system and rest of social political and social economic of US and EU is answering to that system. There is no democracy, and if there is then it owned by that system and the 1%.
What is this? Out of one side of their lying mouths they accuse Iran of everything from mythical nukes to Elvis sightings while out the other they dismiss any rumors of their typical Al-Qaeda bilge! Is this not the sign of insanity or not?
They should know best. Al-Qaeda is too busy helping to destabilize Syria after their NATO backed success in Libya.