Iran, AQ, Thwarted Canadian plot

[BarakzaiAbdali]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1

What do you guys think about this in terms of probability and details. I think this is where being from the region helps one filter through the details.

So first off, I think it very improbable that Iran is behind this as their shiite reactionary crowd hates the sunni reactionary crowd and vice versa.

The names of the two arrested are:

Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35

The surname Esseghaier is Tunisian in origin I think.

Iran has a very tight security apparatus and monitors sunni elements very closely (which is why the ejected Hekmetyaar).

So this boils down to either

1) Iran throwing the West a bone to get it off its back
2) An attempt to somehow convince the public Iran is a threat in the hopes that informed people dont read between the lines and ask questions

It might very well be 1) since they recently expelled some high level sunni reactionary individuals and those same folks ended up in the hands of US security.

Which may raise the question of whether these guys were up to anything at all in the first place if their supposed contacts were under such tight control.

[khushal]

Its hard to shut the informed people up especially the ones who are respected in higher positions unless the attack actually occurs. Once an attack occurs, all rational people are silenced and are actually afraid to speak up and question. That's what happened after 911 and it was very easy for Bush to convince the American people to invade Iraq. The ones who questioned actions by the Bush administration were labeled unpatriotic and close to almost being labeled traitors.

Colin Powell who was the only sensible person in the Bush administration was turned into a tool because he too was afraid to be called unpatriotic. They used him to sell the Iraq war at the UN and later when it was revealed that he was wrong in his accusations against Iraq, it was said that he is always the "loyal soldier" and never questioned his commander.

Coleen Riley admitted herself that she was prevented from having access to Mousaou computer and if she had, 911 would have been prevented. The Neo con war hawks are the ones who benefited from 911 since that gave them a free hand to do whatever they wanted because the mood of the American public was too angry/irrational to question policy.

There are now questions as to whether the Boston bombings could have been prevented because we are now aware that the Russians gave ample warning about the older brother Tamerlane and the mother has admitted that the FBI was monitoring her older son. So if they were monitoring him, how could he have been able to execute such an act. Was this allowed to happen to anger the American public to give a free hand to the Obama administration in the Caucasus.

Here is Coleen Riley take on it:
Chechen Terrorists and the Neocons by Coleen Rowley -- Antiwar.com

If any plots are thwarted, then the FBI is doing a good job and the war hawks are prevented from acquiring power for irrational ventures, but some of these Neo-cons are actually happy that the attacks in Boston occurred, just tune in to Foxnews where they should view this a tragedy instead its like they are partying over there.

[Admin Khan]

Also, let's not forget that Iran has a super strong intelligence organization, and their Quds force whose job is generally serve Iran's global geo-strategic interest. With 20,000 strong roaming the globe, I wouldn't be surprised if they are up to no good in the US or Canada. In particular, in Afghanistan, they have a goal of not letting India build the Salma Dam.

[khushal]

Also, let's not forget that Iran has a super strong intelligence organization, and their Quds force whose job is generally serve Iran's global geo-strategic interest. With 20,000 strong roaming the globe, I wouldn't be surprised if they are up to no good in the US or Canada. In particular, in Afghanistan, they have a goal of not letting India build the Salma Dam.

Admin Khana,
Its against Iran's interest to give US reason to attack it. Iranians are very shrewd, the last thing they would do is anger the US public.

[Khostai]

Admin Khan is right about the Salma Dam.

[randolph85]

Iran is evil but they have nothing to do with this, canada has been sucking on the teat of israel for far too long.

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