**OCT. SURPRISE ALERT** - Osama in Iran??

[AntiCoup2K4]

Iranian intel: Tehran harboring bin Laden
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/a...RTICLE_ID=40837
Iranian intel: Tehran harboring bin Laden
2 officials say they've seen terrorist under care of Revolutionary Guard
Posted: October 8, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Iran's cleric leaders are harboring Osama bin Laden, according to two Iranian intelligence officials cited in a new book.

The sources say they have seen the al-Qaida terrorist leader alive and well, although he no longer resembles the picture on FBI wanted posters.

Author Richard Miniter writes in "Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror" that bin Laden "has trimmed his beard to fit the more traditional look of a Shi'ite cleric and he seemed to have put on weight, according to intelligence officials."

The sources say bin Laden is constantly on the move, "shuttling from Iranian safe houses controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to areas of Afghanistan controlled by the Iranian-backed warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar."

"Choopan," one of the sources, gives three reasons why Tehran would give safe haven to bin Laden, risking the wrath of the West.

"First, the Iranians believe they can keep bin Laden's presence a secret and plausibly deny it if publicly accused," Miniter writes. "Second, the mullahs are feeling increasingly threatened by the War on Terror.

"The mullahs, Choopan says, fear a counter-revolution and see bin Laden's fighters as tools they can use to ensure the failure of these young democracies in Iraq and Afghanistan and the survival of mullah-dominated Iran. Finally, they share enemies, including many Arab leaders, the United States and the rest of the Western world."

The book, launched earlier this week by Regnery, publisher of "Unfit for Command," already is No. 2 on the Amazon.com list.

[FrankBooth]

1. Worldnet is such slime

And Regenery ain't exactly Random House. But, that being said, I wouldn't be surprised if the repukes try to run with this one.

[Kikosexy2]

6. Well..

my ex-friend--the gay Republican will be sending this link out to all my other friends. Yes, apparently he inundates our emails with such garbage.

[Zynx]

2. Not LBN - Move or delete

First, World Net Daily.

Second, this is not news, this is a right wing garbage book. Yeah, I'm sure this author knows something that all the intel agencies in the world do not.


>>Iran's cleric leaders are harboring Osama bin Laden, according to two Iranian intelligence officials cited in a new book.<<

[bluestateguy]

3. Gee for a second there I was really alarmed

Then I saw the World Net Daily link.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Look at the source.

Worldnetdaily.com is about as freepish a "news source" as there is. Right of there with Newsmax. And the book is published by Regnery. This will be a huge pack of lies, and is certainly intended to serve as a justification for a BushCo invasion of Iran.

[KittyWampus]

5. Sounds Like Bull

[acmavm]

7. Just trying to justify why bush* never got bin Ladin and the next

chapter of 'Operation Enduring Whatever'.

[Bombtrack]

8. The fact that they have the same publisher as "unfit for Command"

completely reversed my sense of interest in the story to complete distrust and disgust.

[Roland99]

9. Miniter?? LOL!

I sometimes wonder if he's Idema's long-lost twin.

[Gman]

10. The article lost me here:

"The book, launched earlier this week by Regnery, publisher of "Unfit for Command," already is No. 2 on the Amazon.com list."

[sallyseven]

11. Osama is in Crawford Texas

Guest of the vp of the us. cheney.

[Barrett808]

13. Did Scaife buy a million copies, or something? n/t

[Hard Attack]

12. Cited in a New Book,,, LOL

Oh man I tell ya, a Book for the Smoking Gun.

lol

[Gyre]

14. Well, isn't that convenient!

:grr:

Gyre

[Skittles]

15. Worldnet is as credible as Fox News

nt

[creeksneakers2]

16. Miniter's last book

Had a dozen or so incidents where Clinton let Bin Laden go. The 9/11 commission couldn't come up with a single one. That shows what a liar Miniter is.

[wavewatchers]

17. Rove's ace in the hole

Repukes will trot this out when the debate goes badly. Fear...scare...be very afraid.

[Brundle_Fly]

18. sooo

how could we make Iran a little more evil, before we invade.

[CJCRANE]

19. Bin Laden is not a shi'ite

Bin Laden is an arab sunni wahhabist, Iran is a non-arab shi'ite country.

They're as different as protestants and catholics - it's like saying the Archbishop of Canterbury (Church of England) had decided to live with the Pope.

On edit: more like saying that a Loyalist (protestant) terrorist from Northern Ireland was under the protection of the (Catholic) Southern Irish government.