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anybody surprised?

No...

1992 - 1996 : (AFRICA : SUDAN : AT VARIOUS TIMES IN THIS PERIOD, AL QAEDA'S M M SALIM & AN UNIDENTIFIED IRANIAN CLERIC, TAKE PLACE IN KHARTOUM IN AN EFFORT TO FORM A TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AQ, ELEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN & SUDAN'S NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT/NIF {See TURABI} TO WORK AGAINST THE USA, ISRAEL & OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES) -MSNBC

1992 : ( BIN LADEN, AL QEADA PROPOSAL TO HIZBALLAH {see IRAN} TO SET ASIDE DIFFERENCES AND FOCUS ON KILLING US TROOPS IN ASIA & AFRICA- SEE IRAN)

1992 : (THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE IRAQI INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AND AL QAEDA IS BROKERED BY HASSAN AL-TURABI, LEADER OF SUDAN'S AL-QAEDA-AFFILIATED NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT; IRAQI INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR FARUQ HIJAZI AND SENIOR AL QAEDA LEADER AYMAN AL ZAWAHIRI WERE IN ATTENDANCE ---See IRAQ AL QAEDA/AL QAEDA IRAQ, 1992AQ) ------ "The U.S. government's secret memo detailing cooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. ," by Stephen F. Hayes, 11/24/2003, the Weekly Standard, Volume 009, Issue 11

1998 : (SYRIA : MINISTER OF DEFENSE MUSTAPHA TLASS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAD ORDERED HEXBOLLAH AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ATTACK THE US AND FRENCH BARRACKS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON IN THE 1980s) --------- "Syria – Al Qaida Connection," by Dr. J. R. Albani, Senior Official in the Guardians of the Cedars, Saturday, May 24, 2003 , http://www.free-lebanon.com/LFPNews/2003/May/connection/connection.html+%22Hamid%22+%22Afzal%22+pilot&hl=etn

JANUARY 2000 : (AFTER AL QAEDA'S USS THE SULLIVANS PLOT FAILS, SAIF AL ADEL GETS HELP FROM IRAN-BACKED HEZBOLLAH {see IMAD MUGNIYAH, LEBANON} IN PLOT TO ATTACK THE USS COLE IN ADEN HARBOR, YEMEN) ------- "U.S. checking whether Saudi bombings were planned in Iran," By JOHN WALCOTT, Knight Ridder Newspapers via The Mercury News, Posted on Wed, May. 14, 2003, http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/5861884.htm

2000 : (MALAYSIAN TERROR SUMMIT : 9/11 HIJACKERS KHALID ALMIDHAR & NAWAF ALHAZMI STAY AT THE RESIDENCE OF IRAN'S AMBASSADOR TO MALAYSIA, ACCORDING TO INTELLIGENCE UNCOVERED BY THE DIA--- also see IRAQI HIKMAT SHAKIR) ---------------------- "Bin Laden son, al Qaeda terrorists spotted in Iran," Washington Times, 2/15/03, Bill Gertz

MARCH 9, 2000 : (REPORT : AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE OF IRAQIS, RUSSIAN MAFIA & IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS {200000IRAN} HAVE JOINED FORCES IN OIL SMUGGLING BIZ BENEFITING IRAQ)-----------Times of London 3/9/00 Richard Beeston James Bone Michael Theodoulou via "DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON : SECTION: MIDDLE EAST : SUBSECTION: IRAQ," Revised 1/8/01, AlamoGirl.com

MARCH 17, 2000 : (FROZEN IRANIAN ASSETS, ANTITERRORISM LAW ISSUE : SEC OF STATE ALBRIGHT SAYS ANTITERRORISM LAW WOULD RUIN CHANCES FOR DIALOGUE WITH IRAN; ANNOUNCES PARTIAL LIFTING OF THE BAN ON TRADE WITH IRAN) ----------"Clinton, Iran Plan Election-Eve Coup : Secret talks Aimed at Deal to Boost Gore Vote, Legacy," by Kenneth R. Timmerman, Western Journalism Center, via WorldNetDaily.com, Monday, September 25, 2000

JUNE 1, 2000 THU : (IRAN/IRAQ COOPERATION ON ANCTIONS-BUSTING -- OIL SMUGGLING "WAVE OF TANKERS" MAKING BREAK FROM IRAQ VIA IRAN?) on Thursday, a wave of oil-laden ships moved into Iranian waters in what one senior US official likened to a "jailbreak." ……"Dawn 6/7/00 Robin Wrightvia "DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON : SECTION: MIDDLE EAST : SUBSECTION: IRAQ," Revised 1/8/01, AlamoGirl.com

OCTOBER 2000 MID : (IRANIAN FOREIGN MIN KAMAL KHARZAI VISITS IRAQ; AGREEMENT WAS REACHED TO QUIT SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE EACH OTHER'S REGIMES)-------------Middle East Newsline 10/19/00via "DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON : SECTION: MIDDLE EAST : SUBSECTION: IRAQ," Revised 1/8/01, AlamoGirl.com

OCTOBER 23, 2000 : (REPORT ON AL GORE SECRET 1995 AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIAN PM VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN WHICH EXEMPTED RUSSIA FROM US SANCTIONS ON ARMS DELIVERIES TO IRAN ) -------- Savannah Morning News 10/23/00 via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01

From http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2008&month=10

The Terror Connection

The simple facts regarding Iran are easy to understand. We are dealing with a regime that came to power in 1979, when the Iranian revolution overthrew the Shah. Immediately thereafter, Iran declared war against the United States, branding us “The Great Satan.” The Iranians have been at war against us for 30 years, and prior to 9/11 the Iranian regime was directly or indirectly responsible for the murder of more Americans than any other country or organization in the world. It also may well be that the Iranian regime was involved in 9/11. In this regard, I call your attention to one of the most forgotten documents in contemporary American history. In the fall of 1998, the American government indicted Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. There is a paragraph in the indictment that reads as follows:

Al Qaeda forged alliances with the National Islamic Front in the Sudan and with the government of Iran and its associated terrorist group, Hezbollah, for the purpose of working together against their perceived common enemies in the West, particularly the United States.

When you read the newspapers nowadays you find every now and then someone saying that there is no real evidence that Iran is supporting Al Qaeda. More often than not, this person immediately goes on to say that Iran would not ever support Al Qaeda because Iran is Shiite and Al Qaeda is Sunni. This is nonsense...

“Reprinted by permission from Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College.”