(Click on Image to Enlarge)Tracking the alleged plot
U.S. officials say they foiled a terrorist plot backed by factions of the Iranian government aimed at assassinating the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
Notorious Iranian Militant Has A Connection To Alleged Assassination Plot Against Saudi Envoy -- Washington Post
When nearly $100,000 landed in an undercover FBI bank account from a source linked to an Iranian paramilitary force, officials began taking seriously an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador that at first had seemed outlandish.
And as the investigation unfolded over recent months, a name emerged that chilled some in the U.S. government. The Iranian cousin of the man accused of plotting the assassination was Abdul Reza Shahlai, a senior commander in Iran’s Quds Force, who had been linked to the killing of American troops in Iraq.
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My Comment: This case sounds more like a family member helping another family member who is experiencing hard times .... but in this case it is one cousin who heads Iran's Quds Force and who is responsible for murdering US soldiers in Iraq giving another cousin some money to have people murdered. Is this disturbing ... you betcha .... because if it is true, it tells me that the Iranian government and maybe even the Iranian clerical leadership do not control and oversee groups like the Quds force and that their fierce denials that they are involved in this plot may have a grain of truth to it.
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Based on interviews, news reports, and anecdotal evidence, the IRGC (and the Quds Force by extension)has political power in addition to its military force. President Ahmadinejad, for example, wouldn't have gained his office without the backing of the IRGC. And it's highly likely he'll lose that office because the IRGC is cooling its enthusiasm for the man.
Then factor in that the clerical leadership and the IRGC are at odds economically (IRGC officials control a slightly larger number of Iranian businesses than the mullahs).
So yes, there's more than likely a grain of truth to the denials.
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