[Southack]

Bruno Schirra has fallen for Al Qaeda's simple trick, which is to convince the West that Iran is behind Al Qaeda in order to get the West to attack Iran so that Iran has no choice but to side with Al Qaeda in a shooting war.

Al Qaeda is stronger with Iran in the war than without, after all.

This plan was itemized, detailed, and outlined in the documents that we captured in Zarqawi's Iraq safe house.

The same plan is in play with Al Qaeda likewise attempting to draw Pakistan into the war by having Al qaeda provoke India such as to get Pakistan blamed.

Ditto again for getting Syria blamed for an attack on Israel, thus drawing Syria into the war.

Osama Bin Laden's strategy, after all, is to continually widen the global terror war so as to bring all Muslims into the fight.

Won't happen.

But some gullible reporters will buy it. Here's the rub, though: those gullible reporters can't explain why Iran would want to start a shooting war with the U.S. **BEFORE** Iran gets the bomb.

[nuconvert]

hmm....you think Iran is allowing itself to be used by alQaeda? I don't think so.

[FARS]

"Here's the rub, though: those gullible reporters can't explain why Iran would want to start a shooting war with the U.S. **BEFORE** Iran gets the bomb."

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They may be gullible but you are so naive and out of touch with the reality of the situation it's painful to read what you wrote.

1. Iran ALREADY has FOUR, repeat FOUR nuclear warheads mounted in nose cones of N. Korean design and on Shahab 3 missiles. You are so far out of the loop, like many others, that your premises on which you base your opinion are not even in the room, let alone on the table.

2. Iran had FIVE repeat FIVE of Bin Laden's sons as their "guests" with some 400 fighter and senior Al Qaeda operatives. Including Saad, who is the one in the report. He lived well in the Caspian Sea area in one of the Shah's villas. In fact he complained publicly tht he had put on weight from eating too much caviar and had to exercise more than before.

3. Iran would not allow their trump cards to leave unless they approved their role once they were out. Anyway four other sons are still hostages.

Like so many others, you reach conclusions based on faulty or inadequate information then spout opinions that are almost in orbit.

I can respect your opinion but not the facts on which you based it - with obvious results.

[GOPJ]

Here's the rub, though: those gullible reporters can't explain why Iran would want to start a shooting war with the U.S. **BEFORE** Iran gets the bomb.

There's a difference between "developing" a bomb and plain old purchasing one. Iran's working on making a bomb - is it too much of a stretch to think they've acquired bombs from Pakistan, North Korea, or the former USSR? I doubt alQaeda has the bomb - but Iran? I'd need proof to believe they don't have them...

[Marine_Uncle]

Good points. And yes. Why would Iran want to have any armed conflict with us unless they where certain their someday crude atomic weapon would actually work, in order to use it as leverage.