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| Al-Qaeda training manuals being distributed in eastern Iran |
| 2005-10-23 |
| Compact discs containing al-Qaedaâs training manuals and propaganda materials are being freely distributed in Iranâs eastern and southeastern provinces, according to local residents. The instructions, all in Arabic, cover a wide range of political and ideological indoctrination, as well as offering detailed guidelines on military and security tactics, according to residents of the provincial cities of Mashad and Zahedan who have seen the CDs. âThey are easily available and cost nothingâ, Gol-Mohammad Baremi, who lives in the southeastern city of Zahedan, told Iran Focus in a telephone interview. âBut they canât be for local people. Hardly anyone here speaks Arabicâ. Some security analysts suspect that the CDs could be part of the much larger stocks prepared for shipment to Iraq and other Arab countries. âThey are either being produced in Iranâs eastern provinces to be smuggled to Iraq, or they are being brought into Iran from Afghanistan and Pakistan, en route to Iraqâ, Paramjit Gupta, a counter-terrorism specialist based in Dubai, said in a telephone interview. âThe question, as always, is the degree of official Iranian involvement. Given the strong presence of [Iranian secret police] MOIS agents in these provinces, I imagine the government knows very well whatâs going onâ. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 It's difficult not to gloat over the prospect of Iran's Shiites coming into the crosshairs of al Qaeda's Sunni terrorists. That one of the most enduring sponsors of terrorism might be wracked with domestic Islamist terror attacks is simply too delicious. Talk about poetic justice. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-23 01:57 |