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 Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: Letter exposes Iran's assistance to al-Qaeda |
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http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2008/11/24/1227491461361.html
excerpt from 'Letter exposes Iran's assistance to al-Qaeda'
by Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph, 24 November 2008
A letter thanking the Qods Force for supporting al-Qaeda operations in Yemen has been intercepted after passing through Saad Bin Laden's office in Tehran. (*)
| Quote: | Links between Iran's Revolutionary Guards and al-Qaeda have emerged after the interception of a letter from the terrorist group's leadership which hails Tehran's support for a recent attack on the US embassy in Yemen that killed 16 people.
The letter exposed the growing role of Saad bin Laden, the son of Osama, the al-Qaeda leader, as an intermediary between the organisation and Iran. Saad bin Laden, 29, has been living, apparently under house arrest, in Iran since the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.
The letter, which was signed by Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second in command, was written after the US embassy in Yemen was attacked by simultaneous suicide car bombs in September.
Western security officials said the missive thanked the leadership of the Revolutionary Guards for providing assistance to al-Qaeda to set up its clandestine network in Yemen, which has suffered 10 al-Qaeda-related attacks in the past year, including two bomb attacks against the US embassy.
In the letter, al-Qaeda's leadership pays tribute to Iran's generosity, saying that without its "monetary and infrastructure assistance" it would have not been possible for the group to carry out its attacks.
The letter also thanked Iran for having the "vision" to help al-Qaeda establish new bases in Yemen after the organisation was forced to abandon much of its infrastructure in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. |
(*) excerpt from the print edition |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:03 am Post subject: Iran seeks death penalty for 'Mossad spies' |
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3628538,00.html
excerpts from Iran seeks death penalty for 'Mossad spies'
by Dudi Cohen, Ynetnews, 25 November 2008
| Quote: | On Monday Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said security forces had uncovered a Mossad espionage network that had been "trying to gather intelligence about the Iranian nuclear program, about the working of the Revolutionary Guard and about various people." He described the discovery as "a severe blow to the Mossad."
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The men had been caught with digital cameras, which they had allegedly used in order to document different sites in the country, as well as satellite GPS equipment and laptop computers outfitted with special programs used to send and receive messages.
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Mortazavi said they were trained in warfare, assassination, explosive devices, operational motorcycle driving, and the execution of terrorist acts with the use of computers and satellites. |
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