Reply #43: AP: Intelligence Sees Terrorists in Iran

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WASHINGTON - Mounting evidence gathered over several years has U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies increasingly convinced that leading terror suspects have been living in Iran. Their existence in the Islamic republic poses an ongoing problem to top Bush administration officials, who have warned Middle Eastern countries against providing shelter or other aid to terrorists.

The evidence includes communications by a fugitive mastermind of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing and the capture of a Saudi militant who appeared in a video in which Osama bin Laden confirmed he ordered the Sept. 11 attacks, according to U.S. and foreign officials.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because much of the evidence remains classified.

Saudi intelligence officers tracked and apprehended Khaled bin Ouda bin Mohammed al-Harbi last year in eastern Iran, officials said. The arrest came nearly three years after the cleric had appeared with bin Laden and discussed details of the Sept. 11 planning during a dinner that was videotaped and aired across the world.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050604/ap_on_re_us/iran_terrorists;_ylt=Aq5gSCsyOa7yB_PDaHD.4rFI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
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Here we go, just what BushCo has been looking for to justify a march on Iran. Right on schedule too.