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| Over 400 al-Qaeda staying at IRGC villas and army bases in Iran |
| 2004-07-15 |
| Hundreds of alleged members of Al-Qaeda, including 18 of its top leaders, and other terror groups are living in Iran, some under tight security, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported Thursday. "More than 384 members of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations are present in Iran, including 18 senior leaders of Osama bin Laden`s network," the London-based daily said, citing a senior source in the Iranian presidency. The Saudi-owned newspaper said the terrorist leaders were living under tight protection, some of them in villas in the Namak Abrud region, near the town of Chalous on the Caspian coast, 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Tehran. Others are living in Lavizan, in the north-west of the capital, and which also houses a large military complex, it added. The report could not be verified in Tehran. According to the source, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad convinced Tehran, during his visit to Iran early this month, of the "seriousness" of using Al-Qaeda elements in Iran as a card in its policy with the United States. As a consequence, Tehran handed over wanted Saudi militant Khaled bin Odeh bin Mohammed al-Harbi to the Saudi authorities, the source added. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 Hmmm...long-running and intense rivalry between Sunni Arab Saudi Arabia and Shia Persian Iran. And what? A Saudi-owned newspaper "scoops" the story of hundreds of al-Qaeda hiding out in Iran. Somehow it just doesn't add up to "credible." |
| Posted by: betamaxguillotine 2004-07-16 3:54:18 PM |
| #6 Iran isnt headline news anyway Not yet. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-15 10:58:07 PM |
| #5 1. You cant move around freely in Iran, so they have no direct coverage, no video, etc. 2. Iran isnt headline news anyway 3. The Admin isnt exactly playing this up - whether cause they want more solid info, or are waiting for Iraq to settle down, or till after the election, I dont know, but it doesnt matter, if the admin isnt making a big deal of this the MSM will assume its not credible. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-07-15 4:44:23 PM |
| #4 I don't think the major news outlets are pro-Iran, I think they are just anti-war at all costs. They don't want the US to recognize that there exist true causus beli with the mullahs that would justify a war today. |
| Posted by: Leigh 2004-07-15 3:36:40 PM |
| #3 How come this stuff never makes the major news outlets? Is the pro Iran agenda by the media? |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-07-15 3:13:48 PM |
| #2 So--the bad boyz have come "home" to roost, huh? |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-07-15 2:36:30 PM |
| #1 seems like one well-placed 1000 lb. bomb should do the trick. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-07-15 2:22:08 PM |