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markpkessinger

(8,900 posts) Wed Apr 24, 2013, 06:03 PM Apr 2013

Something about the reports of the Toronto/NY train terror plot troubles me . . . [View all]

. . . Mind you, if they have genuinely disrupted a plot, I'm grateful. But they keep saying the alleged terrorists were operating on instructions from Al Qaeda in Iran. Al Qaeda in Iran??? Al Qaeda is a Sunni organization; Iran is a Shia country. Sunnis and Shiites despise each other almost as much as they despise the U.S. That doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe I'm wrong, but color me skeptical.

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Something about the reports of the Toronto/NY train terror plot troubles me . . . [View all] markpkessinger Apr 2013 OP

I dunno, something tells me . . . markpkessinger Apr 2013 #1

Glad to see . . . markpkessinger Apr 2013 #2

What is says at that link is this:' There is no doubt that al-Qaeda has a presence in Iran – Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #4

Yes, but the balance of the article lays out the case from both sides . . . markpkessinger Apr 2013 #8

But 'coordinated plot' is your language, not that of the Canadian government. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #14

Yeah DevonRex Apr 2013 #3

Here's a scenario I find more plausible . . . markpkessinger Apr 2013 #9

I really didn't want to go there. DevonRex Apr 2013 #13

Maybe it was real and related to Boston? Skip Intro Apr 2013 #5

Um, no. Hugabear Apr 2013 #6

Didn't say assume. Said consider. Fair to consider. Skip Intro Apr 2013 #7

Okay, that's possible. Is there any evidence to suggest that? Comrade Grumpy Apr 2013 #12

I don't know. But it is a hell of a coincidence if not, isn't it? Skip Intro Apr 2013 #15

Remember, the military and defense contractors have hands everywhere, closeupready Apr 2013 #10

Exactly what I was alluding to (hence the "yellow cake" comment)! markpkessinger Apr 2013 #11

The report I read over the weekend (sorry, can't remember source but it was mainstream) Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #16

Another article eridani Apr 2013 #17