When did you first hear of Khorasan?

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18. people who get hung up on the word "khorosan" are losing the plot.

the real question is: when did you learn about affiliates of al Qaeda operating in western Iraq.

The guy who got crossed off by the bombs dropped on Khorosan is a real flesh-and-blood terrorist. Or, was.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/10/199299.htm

he Department’s Rewards for Justice program is offering rewards for information on two key Iran-based facilitators and financiers of the al-Qaida terrorist organization.

The U.S. Department of State has authorized a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to the location of Iran-based senior facilitator and financier Muhsin al-Fadhli and up to $5 million for information leading to the location of his deputy, Adel Radi Saqr al-Wahabi al-Harbi.

Al-Fadhli and al-Harbi facilitate the movement of funds and operatives through Iran on behalf of the al-Qaida terrorist network. Both men are wanted by Saudi authorities in connection with their terrorist activities, and al-Fadhli is wanted by authorities in Kuwait on terrorism-related charges.

Al-Fadhli reportedly has replaced Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil (better known as Yasin al-Suri) as al-Qaida’s senior facilitator and financier in Iran. Al-Fadhli was among the few trusted al-Qaida leaders who received advance notification that terrorists would strike the United States on September 11, 2001. He raised money to finance the October 6, 2002 attack on the French ship MV Limburg off the coast of Yemen, which killed one, injured four crew members, and released 50,000 barrels of crude oil along 45 miles of coastline.

But, the Infowars crowd will insist that because they never heard about these guys, this guy included, they must not be real.

Such is the vanity of internet conspiracy theorists such as Greenwald.