Time's Battleland: Might al-Zawahiri's al-Qa'ida come to view future nuclear power Iran as THE perfect sanctuary?
Monday, August 1, 2011 at 1:10PM 
This post was co-generated with Michael S. Smith II of the strategic advisory firm Kronos
As al-Qa'ida leaders the world over signal their intent to stay the course — challenging assumptions that the integrity of their network has been perhaps irreversibly jeopardized by the death of bin Laden — national security managers must remain focused on denying its core leaders a safe base of operations. Meanwhile, due to growing ties between al-Qa'ida's regional network and defense officials in Iran, the strategic dimension of the West's counter-terrorism efforts is likely to grow significantly in the years ahead. Unless Washington is prepared to confront Iran directly on this issue, al-Qa'ida may logically seek to achieve an untouchable strategic sanctuary within a nuclearized Iran.
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Reader Comments (2)
This alleged Al Kaida-Iran connection sounds very much like the false Saddam Hussein-Al-Kaida-WMD propaganda story in preparation for the US war of aggression against Iraq.
The same story book--but I think this time the world won´t follow the USA in a war against Iran.
Germany and France already didn´t support the Iraq war.
Re: Ralf's Comment
Based upon current demonstrations, Germany and France (and the rest of NATO) could not win a war with Iran or anyone else, so why would they want to get involved ? Yet, they would be the first to get in line and ask for a defensive umbrella provided by the USA were Iran to threaten them with Nuclear warheads . .