"Nukes, missiles, terrorist proxies — and al-Qaeda? The Iranian regime's seemingly unlikely partnership with the jihadist group has been largely unremarked upon in the lead up to possible war."
"As a war between the United States and Iran seems possible, the Shiite theocratic Iranian regime continues to shield one of the leaders of the Sunni jihadist terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks, with the FBI's "Most Wanted" Saif al-Adel running the global terror network under Tehran's protection.
"Saif, a longtime leader in al-Qaeda since the 1990s and a former close ally of Osama bin Laden, took over al-Qaeda in the 2022 timeframe in the wake of the deaths of the terrorist group’s two prior leaders: founder Bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan in 2011, and his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in Kabul by a U.S. drone strike in 2022 following the Taliban conquest of Afghanistan.
"Saif, who was indicted in the Southern District of New York in 1998 for his role in al-Qaeda’s deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa that year and who fled to Iran after 9/11 and perhaps even earlier, is assessed to have taken over as al-Qaeda’s top leader following Zawahiri’s death a few years ago.
"President Donald Trump appears to be moving toward striking Iran, with the U.S. military moving significant assets into the region, as the president insists he would prefer to strike a deal with the Iranian regime but that, if it comes to war, his top general has told him “it will be something easily won.”
"Much of the discussion around possible conflict has focused on the Iranian regime’s nuclear program, its ballistic missiles, and its support for terrorist proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis — but little attention has been paid to Iran hosting al-Qaeda operatives, including its newest chief, inside the country for many years." . . .More...
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