Iran Helping Al Qaeda Plot Attack On West, Intelligence Sources Say -- New York Post/SKY News
LONDON -- Iran and al Qaeda's core leadership under Ayman al Zawahiri have established an operational relationship amid fears the terror group is planning an attack against the West.
There are concerns such an attack, possibly targeting the London Olympics later this year, would be in revenge for the killing of Osama bin Laden by the US last year.
Intelligence sources said Iran has been supplying al Qaeda with training in the use of advanced explosives, "some funding and a safe haven" as part of a deal first worked out in 2009 which has now led to "operational capacity."
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My Comment: I am skeptical of these reports (an Iran-Al Qaeda alliance) .... especially since Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri has a long history of threatening to attack Shiite Iran.
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