Guest INXS Report post Posted July 17, 2004 http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/25264.htm July 17, 2004 -- Iran aided al Qaeda terrorists by allowing 9/11 hijackers to enter and exit their country unimpeded for nearly a year before the terror attacks, according to a published report. The commission investigating the attacks is expected to release a report next week containing information that Iran had a history of allowing al Qaeda thugs to enter Iran across the Afghan border, Time magazine's Web site reported yesterday. The practice dates to October 2000, with Iranian officials issuing specific instructions to their border guards to facilitate the travel of al Qaeda operatives. In some cases, Iranian border patrol officers were ordered not to stamp their passports. A senior U.S. official told Time the 9/11 report will uncover that Iranian officials approached al Qaeda's leadership after the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000 and proposed to work with them. The official said terror lord Osama bin Laden turned down the offer because he didn't want to alienate his supporters in Saudi Arabia. The information about Iran came from al Qaeda detainees interrogated by the U.S. government, including Yemeni-born al Qaeda operative Waleed Mohammed bin Attash, who masterminded the Cole attack. Well, if this is true, it looks bad for Iran. I'm highly sceptical however as we've been down this road before with Iraq "intelligence" and that the info has come from Al Qaeda detainees under interrogation; info gained during interrogation can't be relied upon 100% as obviously some people will say anything just to please their captors. Thoughts on this and maybe on the bigger picture..do we need to go into Iran? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricMM 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2004 I've always maintained that if Bush gets reelected we will be invading another middle east country by 2008. Is this a good or a bad thing? Discuss! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest INXS Report post Posted July 17, 2004 Bad I guess..though i'm more convinced that Iran are a threat than Iraq was. Iran have nukes and long range missiles - it might not be worth the body count to go in however. I think you're right - if Bush gets another term it'll be Iran or Syria next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SP-1 Report post Posted July 17, 2004 But wait -- according to teh superliberals, Bush picked on poor half-defenseless Iraq for oil? Is such a weak pathetic fool truly capable of playing with the boys with Nucular missles? This doesn't match his cowardly and weak M.O. at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
