Jews help Christians plan attack against Iran...wait, what?

I mean, Iran helps Al-Qaeda plan attacks against Israel and the West.

Silly me.


From the New York Post Feb 15

Iran helping al Qaeda plot attack on West, intelligence sources say

The finger, I say...give 'em the finger...

LONDON -- Iran and al Qaeda's core leadership under Ayman al Zawahiri have established an operational relationship amid fears the terror group is planning an attack against the West.

There are concerns such an attack, possibly targeting the London Olympics later this year, would be in revenge for the killing of Osama bin Laden by the US last year.

Intelligence sources said Iran has been supplying al Qaeda with training in the use of advanced explosives, "some funding and a safe haven" as part of a deal first worked out in 2009 which has now led to "operational capacity."

The US is so concerned about the close relationship that late last year it issued a $10 million reward for information leading to the whereabouts of a Syrian al Qaeda leader in Iran, Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, better known as Yasin al Suri.

The reward offered for Suri, 30, puts him on the same level as Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Only Zawahiri, who replaced bin Laden, has a higher price on his head.

Sources said Iran has reacted to the publication of Suri's name by taking him into "protective custody."

"If someone got hold of him, he would have the most incredible amount of intelligence and so it makes sense to make sure that he is protected," said a source.

But Suri has been swiftly replaced -- a sign that the al Qaeda relationship with Iran is of great mutual importance.

The new al Qaeda leader in Iran, effectively the most important figure outside the core leadership based in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, is Muhsin al Fadhli.

The al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan is worried it is losing its grip on the movement's "franchise."

Zawahiri is believed to be planning a "classic" al Qaeda attack, simultaneously on multiple locations, which would confirm the mantle he has assumed as the leader of the global jihad.

A source said, "Iran is the main route through which funding for the organizations is made, the main route for operatives to travel to Pakistan for training, and it is the only real way by which al Zawahiri can control and order a major attack."