Hey, turns out that Sunnis and Shiites do cooperate to attack Western targts and spread political Islam. You wouldn’t expect that just because it’s been confirmed by multiple speeches, statements, and declarations since the early 1990s:
Delivery of the letter exposed the rising role of Saad bin Laden, son of the al-Qaeda leader, Osama as an intermediary between the organisation and Iran… The letter, which was signed by Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s second in command, was written after the American embassy in Yemen was attacked by simultaneous suicide car bombs in September. Western security officials said the missive thanked the leadership of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for providing assistance to al-Qaeda to set up its terrorist network in Yemen, which has suffered ten al-Qaeda-related terror attacks in the past year, including two bomb attacks against the American embassy. In the letter al-Qaeda’s leadership pays tribute to Iran’s generosity, stating that without its “monetary and infrastructure assistance” it would have not been possible for the group to carry out the terror attacks. It also thanked Iran for having the “vision” to help the terror organisation establish new bases in Yemen after al-Qaeda was forced to abandon much of its terrorist infrastructure in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Sure AQ still gets most of their money from Saudi Arabia. But what al-Zawahiri is saying is that Iran funds smarter not harder – which, in addition to being true, is exactly the kind of thing that can reinvigorate the Iranian terrorist brand in a $50/barrel world.
References:
* Iran receives al Qaeda praise for role in terrorist attacks [Telegraph]
* Just A Reminder: Sunnis And Shiites Historically United In Anti-Western Global Jihad (Plus: “History” Also A Pretty Good Answer To Obama’s Engagement With Syria) [MR]
* Guess who leads the world in terrorist financing? [Hot Air]
Previously:
* Iran: Of Course Sunnis And Shiites Cooperate, Iran Will Never Abandon Hamas
* Iran Misses Memo About How Sunnis And Shiites Don’t Cooperate, Gives Syria Cutting Edge Offensive Missiles (Plus: Expert Sophistication Wrong On Iranian Nuclearization. Again)
* Guess who leads the world in terrorist financing?
