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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran Amok
2006-02-24
Another terrific article by Dan.
"IRAN CONTINUES TO HOST senior al Qaeda leaders who are wanted for murdering Americans and other victims in the 1998 East Africa Embassy bombings. We have called repeatedly for these terrorists to be handed over to states that will prosecute them and bring them to justice. We believe that some al Qaeda members and those from like-minded extremist groups continue to use Iran as a safe haven and as a hub to facilitate their operations."

So said a high State Department official in a speech in Washington on November 30. The assertions by Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns were nothing new. Though often overlooked, they have been the position of the U.S. government for some time. As discussion of Iran's nuclear program and its hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad intensifies, Iranian aid to al Qaeda should not be allowed to drop off the radar screen.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#4  Since it seems there will be an air show over Iran in the not to distant future, perhaps a few units could be set aside for ...um, targets of opportunity?
Posted by: Flins Elmoper3279   2006-02-24 15:15  

#3  Ahmadisnutz
Posted by: I. B. DePrimate   2006-02-24 13:36  

#2  Personally I think the Iran-Cuba and the Iran-Chavez relationship is largely rhetorical and has very little operational implication

On the other hand the Cuba-Chavez relationship is both rhetorical and operational (e.g., Cuban security types are wandering around Venezuala).
Posted by: mhw   2006-02-24 08:39  

#1  Dan,

You might also look into Iran's relationship with Cuba's Castro and Venezuela's Chavez. They have become vocal supporters of the Iranian Nuclear ambitions and are stirring up a second front against the U.S. in Latin America. Taken in context with the fake "outrage" troubles around the world you end up with a picture of Iranian provacateurism trying to distract the west from acting in its best interests.
Posted by: DanNY   2006-02-24 06:08  

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