Any effective counterterrorism strategy has to be anchored in tackling the root of the problem. Last week’s raid by the US led to the death of Daesh leader Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi, who blew himself up as American troops closed in on the house where he was holed up in northern Syria. Although this is considered a national security victory for the Biden administration,
Iran’s regime and Al-Qaeda: An axis of convenience
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh
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With less than two weeks left in office, the Trump administration has publicly accused the Iranian regime of having ties with the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed the link on Tuesday using recently declassified intelligence material during a speech to the National Press Club in Washington.
This was the first time a US secretary of state had provided evidence of the links between the Tehran regime and Al-Qaeda. The intelligence included information on the assassination of Al-Qaeda’s second in command, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, also known as Abu Mohammad Al-Masri, in Tehran on Aug. 7 last year.
In addition, a trove of 470,000 documents, released by the CIA in late 2017, point to close ties between the Iranian regime and Al-Qaeda.. According to the documents, Iran also provided Al Qaeda with money and arms and everything they need, and offered them training in Hezbollah camps in Lebanon, in return for striking American interests in Saudi Arabia.
Eight of the 9/11 attack hijackers passed through Iran before coming to the US. Tehran provided funding, logistical support and ammunition to Al-Qaeda leaders, and sheltered several of them in exchange for attacks on US interests.
As sanctions against Iran were lifted during the Obama administration, it quickly became clear that those actions, instead, gave Iran s brutality to its own people and its adventurism abroad a global legitimacy in the eyes of the international community. This newfound legitimacy and the lifting of sanctions generated billions of dollars for Iran s military institution, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Co
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