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Al Qaeda warns Iran: Knock it off with the 9/11 conspiracy theories
The inevitable follow-up to Ahmadinejad’s UN speech. I hate to see friends fight, but look on the bright side: I’m sure they both agree on the essential fraudulence of the Holocaust. Maybe that can be the common ground that heals the breach.
And so, 10 years after 9/11, it’s come to this. The new vanguard in the endless struggle against Trutherism is … Al Qaeda.
In the latest issue of the al Qaeda English-language magazine “Inspire”, an author appears to take offense to the “ridiculous” theory repeatedly spread by Ahmadinejad that the 9/11 terror attacks were actually carried out by the U.S. government in order to provide a pretext to invade the Middle East.
“The Iranian government has professed on the tongue of its president Ahmadinejad that it does not believe that al Qaeda was behind 9/11 but rather, the U.S. government,” an article reads. “So we may ask the question: why would Iran ascribe to such a ridiculous belief that stands in the face of all logic and evidence?”…
“For them, al Qaeda was a competitor for the hearts and minds of the disenfranchised Muslims around the world,” the article says. “Al Qaeda… succeeded in what Iran couldn’t. Therefore it was necessary for the Iranians to discredit 9/11 and what better way to do so? Conspiracy theories.”
That’s super, but AQ’s relationship with Iran is a lot more complicated than their propaganda would have you believe. I wonder if the tool who wrote that article realizes that and is simply pushing out standard anti-Shiite Wahhabist yammering or if he’s so low on the totem pole that he actually doesn’t know about the collusion at the top. Ah well, no matter. There is a point to this post — namely, revisiting the old but gold Onion video from a years ago that anticipated this surreal dispute. I’m pretty sure “Omar al-Farouq” has since been liquidated in a CIA drone strike. Enjoy.
Al Qaeda to Iran: did you forget to say 'thank you'?
Here we see the full effect of the Islamic Schism.
ReplyDeleteThe right hand pretends to not know the doings of the left.
This is exactly the type of difference we should (and often do) exploit in our conflicts with these groups. Jihad is a great tool for unity, but there are clear fractures that should have a great deal of pressure applied to them. We see that happening now with this strike in Yemen. Al Queda is now forced to bark back at Ahmed Dinnerjacket for his outbursts.... Classic.
Good post, Mike.
All our best on this Sunday.