[lbo-talk] Iran claims detained two Al Qaeda members

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 2/8/07, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
> Daily Times
>
> Thursday, February 08, 2007
>
> Iran claims detained two Al Qaeda members
> http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\08\story_8-2-2007_pg4_20
>
> TEHRAN: Iran said Tuesday it had detained two suspected Al Qaeda members who
> entered the country illegally from Iraq, state television reported.
>
> "Two suspected Al Qaeda operatives were arrested after entering Ilam
> province from Iraq," the television reported, adding that they were being
> interrogated. Iran says it has made a significant contribution to the global
> campaign against terrorism by detaining agents of Osama bin Laden's
> Al Qaeda network, but the United States accuses the Tehran
> government of harbouring Al Qaeda fugitives. Iran says it has
> repatriated more than 500 suspected Al Qaeda operatives,
> most of them Saudis. It has also said that some Al Qaeda
> suspects would stand trial in Iranian courts for offences committed in Iran,
> but no reports of such trials have emerged.
>
> US counter-terrorism officials have said a handful of senior Al Qaeda
> operatives who fled to Iran after the war in Afghanistan in 2001 may have
> developed a working relationship with a secretive military unit linked to
> Iran's religious hard-liners. Iran has rejected the charges. ap

It looks like the ruling class media are determined to replay _all_ the oldies.
-- 
Yoshie
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