U.S. suspects Iran is harboring al-Qaida

U.S. suspects Iran is harboring al-Qaida

From Monsters and Critics.com
US News/By UPI/Mar 21, 2006, 19:00 GMT
**come on, we were all just wondering when this accusation was going to come out EG:) **
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) --


U.S. intelligence officials are divided as to whether Iran is playing host to al-Qaida leaders, allowing them to live and operate from there.

'Iran is becoming more and more radicalized and more willing to turn a blind eye to the al-Qaida presence there,' one U.S. counter-terrorism official told the Los Angeles Times.

Yet another intelligence official told the newspaper he did not see any relaxation in Iran`s restrictions on al-Qaida members.

'I`m not getting the sense that these people are free to roam, free to plot,' the official said.

Four months ago, Iran declared no al-Qaida members remained in the country, but U.S. officials rejected the claim. At other times Iranian officials said that al-Qaida members were kept under house arrest and their activities monitored.

Among the people U.S. officials believe are in Iran are three of Osama bin Laden`s sons, as well as some of his wives and other relatives, the newspaper said.

Copyright 2006 by United Press International


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