Al Jazeera – Jan 12, 2021
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday al-Qaeda has a new home base in Iran, though he offered no evidence in a speech in Washington, DC, a claim Iran immediately rebuffed.
Pompeo said al-Qaeda had centralised its leadership inside Tehran and that deputies of leader Ayman al-Zawahiri are currently there.
He added that ties between Tehran and al-Qaeda began to vastly improve in 2015, when the Obama administration, along with France, Germany and Britain, were finalising the nuclear deal Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a landmark accord signed that saw Iran limit its nuclear enrichment in exchange for a lifting of international sanctions.
Shia-ruled Iran and predominantly Sunni al-Qaeda have long been considered foes in the region, and while there has been reporting of al-Qaeda operatives using Iranian territory, claims of heightened coordination have previously been met with scepticism within the intelligence community and Congress.
“Al-Qaeda has a new home base. It is the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Pompeo said in a speech at the National Press Club.
Today, @SecPompeo delivered remarks @PressClubDC. [Full Remarks 1/2] pic.twitter.com/cdXgc6HWgV
— Department of State (@StateDept) January 12, 2021
“I would say Iran is indeed the new Afghanistan – as the key geographic hub for al-Qaeda – but it’s actually worse,” he said. “Unlike in Afghanistan, when al-Qaeda was hiding in the mountains, al-Qaeda today is operating under the hard shell of the Iranian regime’s protection.”
The secretary of state, who will leave office on January 20 when President Donald Trump’s term ends, also urged more international pressure on Tehran, but stopped short of calling for military action, saying: “If we did have that option, if we chose to do that, there’s a much greater risk in executing it.”
‘Warmongering lies’
Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif swiftly accused Pompeo of “warmongering lies” in a tweet denouncing the claims.
From designating Cuba to fictitious Iran "declassifications” and AQ claims, Mr. “we lie, cheat, steal" is pathetically ending his disastrous career with more warmongering lies.
No one is fooled. All 9/11 terrorists came from @SecPompeo's favorite ME destinations; NONE from Iran.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 12, 2021
Al Jazeera was created by the BBC & MI6. This is why so many top BBC presstitutes went to work for AJ. Just in passing, Pompeo has also put Cuba on the terrorist list. The evidence-based world ended on 9/11. Just going over 9/11 in my mind is so surreal in terms of the fake news, the lies, lack of basic science & the fact that so many sheeple bit the hook.
WHY did the US, and others, fund Al-Queda in Syria. Pompass is a liar and a fool, and certainly no Christian.
Pompeo is full of shit and fomenting war, he needs to hang with the rest of the establishment. Here he is still falsely accusing Iran of what Israel and his CIA buddies are doing, that is real evil. The man is an unrepentant evil mother f-cker and should be put down like the mad dog he is.
Pompeo was hand picked by Trump to antagonize Iran for Israel, and even unto the final hours of the Trump’s failed Presidency they continue to provoke Iran by any means and start a war.
Sick.
Try to imagine the opposite of what the Jews Media and puppet politicians say in order to see the truth.
Watch to see which swamp creatures will be held over from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration.
Bankster Jew Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan got to keep his seat as various Republican and Democrat admins came and went. Excluding Jewish Banking Cartel agents, nearly everyone in high office is replaced when the presidency changes from one party to the other.
Even though Pompeo is a deep state swamp creature he is scheduled to be replaced by Antony Blinken. Biden appoints whoever his Jewish handlers tell him to appoint just like with Obama, Trump, Bush, Clinton, et al.
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Biden is a belch-noise, not a President.