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Just so you know
The next right-wing jackass who wants to bomb Iran because they are in league with Al Qaeda here is the status of their relationship in the Spring of 2011 from the soon to be fishfood Osama bin Laden:
The third section discusses al-Qa`idas relationship with Iran and Pakistan. With respect to Iran, the documents show that it is an antagonistic relationship, largely based on indirect and unpleasant negotiations over the release of detained jihadis and their families, including members of Bin Ladins family. http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2012/05/just-so-you-know.html
This, of course, is what policy analyst who give a shit have been saying for more than a decade...Neo-Cons, not so much.
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CTC_LtrsFromAbottabad_WEB_v2.pdf
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Just so you know (Original Post)
kpete
May 2012
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AQ ethnicity: Arab. Iranian ethnicity: Persian. AQ religion (predominantly):
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
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n2doc
(47,953 posts)1. A group that lied to the whole world to start a war with Iraq
Isn't going to let facts stand in their way when starting another war.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)2. Iraq was anti Al Qaeda also but we attacked them to get Al Qaeda.
Reality has no place in conservative politics.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)3. AQ ethnicity: Arab. Iranian ethnicity: Persian. AQ religion (predominantly):
Sunni. Iranian religion (predominantly): Shi'a.
I refuse to even discuss the situation with anyone who claims Iran is in league with AQ. And do everythng I can to eliminate them from my circle of friends\acquaintances\etc.
Learned that lesson from trying to refute people who claimed Saddam Hussein was in league with AQ (despite OBL having issued a fatwa against SH).