Some Analysts Skeptical Of Alleged Iranian Plot -- CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Did an elite branch of Iran's military handpick a divorced, 56-year Iranian-American used-car salesman from Texas to hire a hitman from a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the ambassador to Saudi Arabia by blowing up a bomb in a crowded restaurant in Washington?
U.S. officials say they are certain the bizarre plot against Ambassador Adel Jubeir was real.
But some analysts say they are not. They find it unlikely that the Iranian government, or legitimate factions within, would be involved in such a tangled plot.
They cite five reasons why:
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My Comment: This CNN report examines the motives for such an Iranian plot. Friends of the suspect are voicing their doubts that he is capable of plotting such an attack. Other skeptics include former CIA agent Robert Baer, who says that this does not follow past Iranian guidelines for such operations. What is my take .... the administration will have to make their case .... but I suspect that it will be done in a courtroom and not in the international media.
Update: Assassination plot was so clumsy, officials at first doubted Iran’s role -- Washington Post
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