McCain Was Right, Iran Has Supported Al Qaeda
The left has been going after McCain over asserting that Iran supports al Qaeda in Iraq. Keith Olbermann, in fact, named McCain the “World’s Worst Person” last night because of it:
But as it turns out, McCain was right. The fact that Iran has been providing assistance, limited as it may be, to al Qaeda in Iraq is something our military has known for over a year.
Iran is supporting both Sunni and Shiite terrorists in the Iraqi civil war, according to secret Iranian documents captured by Americans in Iraq.
The news that American forces had captured Iranians in Iraq was widely reported last month, but less well known is that the Iranians were carrying documents that offered Americans insight into Iranian activities in Iraq.
An American intelligence official said the new material, which has been authenticated within the intelligence community, confirms “that Iran is working closely with both the Shiite militias and Sunni Jihadist groups.” The source was careful to stress that the Iranian plans do not extend to cooperation with Baathist groups fighting the government in Baghdad, and said the documents rather show how the Quds Force — the arm of Iran’s revolutionary guard that supports Shiite Hezbollah, Sunni Hamas, and Shiite death squads — is working with individuals affiliated with Al Qaeda in Iraq and Ansar al-Sunna.
Another American official who has seen the summaries of the reporting affiliated with the arrests said it comprised a “smoking gun.” “We found plans for attacks, phone numbers affiliated with Sunni bad guys, a lot of things that filled in the blanks on what these guys are up to,” the official said.
McCain was right. As much as Olbermann and the rest of the left may not want it to be true because its inconvenient for their politics, Iran has been providing support to al Qaeda in Iraq. This means that the left has to admit both that we are actually fighting al Qaeda in Iraq (and thus Iraq is part of the war on terror) and that Iran is attacking our military in Iraq through surrogates.
It’s not pretty, but it’s the truth.
