Iran frees Qaeda men to fight on Pak-Afghan border
LONDON: Iran has released a string of top al Qaeda terrorists from detention so they can rebuild the extremist organisation on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, The Times reported on Friday.
Citing Pakistani and Middle Eastern officials speaking anonymously, The Times said Iranian authorities were giving covert support to the terrorists as they fight against NATO troops. “In many cases, they are being facilitated by Iranian Revolutionary Guards,” the newspaper quoted a senior Pakistani intelligence official as saying. It said those released include Saif al Adel, a high-ranking Egyptian al Qaeda member on the FBI’s most wanted list for alleged involvement in the deadly 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa. They also include Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a Kuwaiti accused of being al Qaeda’s official spokesman at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and Abu Khayr al Masri, a key aide to al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al Zawahiri. afp
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LONDON: Iran has released a string of top al Qaeda terrorists from detention so they can rebuild the extremist organisation on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, The Times reported on Friday.
Citing Pakistani and Middle Eastern officials speaking anonymously, The Times said Iranian authorities were giving covert support to the terrorists as they fight against NATO troops. “In many cases, they are being facilitated by Iranian Revolutionary Guards,” the newspaper quoted a senior Pakistani intelligence official as saying. It said those released include Saif al Adel, a high-ranking Egyptian al Qaeda member on the FBI’s most wanted list for alleged involvement in the deadly 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa. They also include Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a Kuwaiti accused of being al Qaeda’s official spokesman at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and Abu Khayr al Masri, a key aide to al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al Zawahiri. afp
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-12-2010_pg1_5

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