Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted May 8, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 8, 2018 I know some of you love the unbiased nature of The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/al-qaeda-iran-cia/545576/ The last Islamic State redoubts have been falling in quick succession in recent weeks, with the U.S.-backed coalition taking the caliphate’s self-declared capital of Raqqa last month, and then Syrian forces reclaiming the strategic oil city of Deir al-Zour. But while the group’s experiment in a statehood built on rape, slavery, and execution nears its end, an older terror front has been quietly reconstituting itself. Against all odds, and despite the most costly counter-terrorism campaign ever waged by the West, al-Qaeda has flourished—its comeback assisted by a remarkable pact with Iran. President Trump recently pointed to this relationship to justify de-certifying the Iran nuclear deal. Facing overwhelming European opposition to that move, CIA director Mike Pompeo suggested the al-Qaeda-Iran pact had been an “open secret” during the Obama administration, which had failed to act. Then last week, the CIA declassified a new trove of documents from the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. This document dump, which will take years to sort through and analyze, appeared to confirm the relationship—detailing among other things how Hamza, Osama bin Laden’s son, sheltered in Iran and even got married there; and how, according to one 19-page document, negotiations between al-Qaeda and the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran touched on funding and arming the Sunni terror outfit so it could strike at American targets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Wait werent we assisting Iran and Al Qaeda in Syria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 22 minutes ago, Nazipigdog said: Wait werent we assisting Iran and Al Qaeda in Syria? It's like 2002 all over again with these brain dead chicken hawk meat puppets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Liberal news outlets pushed the buildup to the Iraq War as well, they just like to pretend they didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, SSFB said: Liberal news outlets pushed the buildup to the Iraq War as well, they just like to pretend they didn't. They're all owned by the same people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Jesus Christ. The fucking sycophants and their ass sucking with this posted garbage is sickening. More hand crafted fake intelligence that once proved that saddam was involved with 9/11. Fuck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 11 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Jesus Christ. The fucking sycophants and their ass sucking with this posted garbage is sickening. More hand crafted fake intelligence that once proved that saddam was involved with 9/11. Fuck!!! I think Highmark might be a joo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anler Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Those are the ones Assad is using now!!!!11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted May 8, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Nazipigdog said: Wait werent we assisting Iran and Al Qaeda in Syria? Well we were trying to kill ISIS as was Iran but they were also trying to kill the guys we wanted to kill ISIS because they were also fighting Assad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, Highmark said: Well we were trying to kill ISIS as was Iran but they were also trying to kill the guys we wanted to kill ISIS because they were also fighting Assad. good place for our guys to be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted May 8, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 8, 2018 Just now, Nazipigdog said: good place for our guys to be... For the most part not many were. We lost very few there even though I wish we weren't there at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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