Saturday 21 May 2011

Hariri-tribunal's parallel track: 'Iran, Hezbollah & Al Qaeda planned 9/11 attacks'

Via FLC 

(NYTimes) "Two defectors from Iran’s intelligence service have testified that Iranian officials had “foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks,” according to a court filing Thursday in a federal lawsuit in Manhattan...  One of the defectors also claimed that Iran was involved in planning the attacks,...  The suit contends that Iran and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant organization with close ties to Tehran, helped Al Qaeda in planning the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and in facilitating the hijackers’ training and travel. After the attacks, the suit contends, Iran and Hezbollah helped Qaeda operatives escape, providing some with a safe haven in Iran. The question of an Iranian connection to 9/11 was raised by the national 9/11 commission and has long been debated...  In their court papers, the lawyers assert that Imad Mugniyah, traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2000 to help with preparations for the 9/11 attacks..."

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