Iran's Ties To Al Qaeda Continues

Iran's Ties to Terror Shadow Nuclear Talks -- Voice of America

As the U.S. and the West continue negotiations with Iran over its controversial nuclear program, the specter of Iran’s ties to terrorism - and specifically al-Qaida - lingers in the background, analysts and U.S. officials say.

“This is something that has gone back several decades now, but continues to get short shrift from the U.S. government,” said Jonathan Schanzer at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

“Iran’s playing three dimensional chess,” he said. “We see al-Qaida becomes useful to Iran in terms of attacking the United States, attacking the West, vilifying and targeting Israel. All these things very much work in Iran’s favor.”

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My Comment: The enemy of my enemy is my friend .... a strategy that Iran exercises to the full .... even if that enemy is sometimes Iran's enemy.