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The Americans are ratcheting up the rhetoric against the Mullahs of Iran.
Last week a senior military officer warned Iran against developing nuclear weapons and supporting Iraqi insurgents. No evidence was offered for these accusations but in this day and age of what passes for "American Diplomacy", mere faith based rhetoric and semantics is sufficient.
Lets be clear......the mullahs of Iran are happy for the USA to do their job for them in IRAQ.
Saddam's Iraq against whom Iran fought a long hard 8 year war, and lost............ with 1,000,000 deaths unofficially and $500 billion worth of physical damage to the country.
Iran is VERY VERY VERY happy that the Americans got rid of Saddam and have expressed openly the satisfaction of this fact to the USA several times directly.
Indeed they were so happy in 2003 that the mullahs of Iran offered the USA a "Grand Bargain" of normalization of diplomatic relations; the recognition of Israel; cessation of funding for Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad...and much more conveyed to the USA by Iran via Switzerland. The American Bush II administration imbibed with hubris and the neocon PNAC policy paper ignored it, hoping to attack Iran after Iraq under the 7 countries in 5 years policy of the neocons from October 2001.
But the basic premise and construct of the mullahs in Iran has not changed since 2003. They want legitimacy and recognition for their regime. They want to be left alone so that they can continue looting Iran. Next year Iran exports will reach $150 billion, and imports only $60 billion, with the FCR staying constant at $100 billion. Clearly the mullahs are pocketing the difference and profits from oil exports. This explains the stagnant economic performance in Iran despite huge oil profits for the last 5 years.
The Mullahs of Iran are happy with the Americans in Iraq for a second reason.
The minority SUNNIS of Iraq (20% of the population) who ran the country for 1300 years for the first time are no longer in power, but the majority SHIA (60%) who are politically, socially and psychologically aligned to Iran.
Everything is just peachy for Iran/Iraq relations thanks to the USA and its expenditure and sacrifices in the country. Why unsettle this apple cart godsend feast for Iran NOW by backing a few inconsequential insurgency activities in the country which could be linked to Iran if discovered, and reverse the near exit of ALL noble American warriors from the sand nigger country?
The mullahs are stupid and incompetent to be sure, but not that stupid.
The insurgency in Iraq is SUNNI based against the USA, backed by Saudi Arabia.....possibly Syria, though no evidence, Jordan and Libya all of which are Sunni run countries.
There is malicious devious speculation that the recent attacks in Iraq are the work of the USA itself since some of its power elements don't want to leave Iraq after all the love and care poured into the country...and the attacks thus become a timely justification for the USA to stay.
It must also be noted that not ALL the occupation soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan is the result of local insurgents. Some of the operations by insurgents seem to be too sophisticated and that it is more likely for whatever reason that such ops were carried out by occupation soldiers themselves to serve specific agenda's mentioned in the previous paragraph, at a specific time when important Western dignitaries come to pay homage to the occupation troops.
As to Iran and "al-Qaeda".............oh pleeez! Iran is a SHIA run country, and "al-Qaeda" is a phantom non-existent front of Western Intelligence which according to many many many credible Western sources is almost finished as an organization. So why would Iran want to tie-up with a has been organization? Further given the acrimony of these two entities, and the ever diminishing returns of "al-Qaeda" as a organized threat....why would Iran make a pact specifically now? Have we been watching too many Hollywood movies?
Why is the treasury Department making pronouncements on security issues?
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US Accuses Iran of ‘Secret Deal’ With al-Qaeda
No Evidence, But Treasury Dept 'Convinced' Deal Exists
Fresh off of weeks of accusing the Iranian government of secretly backing Iraqi Shi’ite militias against the US occupation force there (without any evidence) the Obama Administration is now accusing the Iranian government of having entered into a “secret deal” with al-Qaeda.
The latest allegations came by way of the US Treasury Department, which claimed that al-Qaeda is using Iran as a “pipeline” to funnel cash and extremists to various countries. They named al-Qaeda ‘facilitators’ involved but named no Iranian government officials.
And indeed, they conceded that there was no actual evidence to back up this claim either, but simply maintained that they are “convinced” that such a deal simply must exist. Though al-Qaeda has long sought a presence in Iran’s Sunni southeast (forging ties with Sunni Baloch separatist movements), this has usually been to the detriment of the Shi’ite government, and Iran has been fighting al-Qaeda openly for decades.
Which makes the claims of a “deal” puzzling, as the two sides have a strong ideological and historical animosity. The entire basis of the claim seems to be that since al-Qaeda has a presence in Iran and since the US is hostile toward both, it is only natural that they must be in cahoots. The fact that it makes absolutely no sense is only a minor inconvenience for an otherwise useful narrative.
("al-Qaeda" doesn't have a presence in Iran....when the USA invaded Afghanistan in 2001, some of the 5000 Arab Jihadis ( not termed "al-Qaeda") who fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan tried to escape via Iran back to the Gulf.....some of them were captured by Iranian authorities..some returned to Gulf state custody, others pending the decision of Gulf state governments have been under house arrest in Iran. Many Arab states don't want these Arab Jihadis back in their countries but neither can they imprison them automatically as most have done nothing against their native country........hence the limbo of the Arab Jihadis in Iran under house arrest)
