Geopolitical Insights

Al Qaeda and Iran

November 19, 2020
Last week it was revealed that Israeli operatives (at the request of the United States) killed Al Qaeda’s second in command (Abu Muhammad al-Masri) and his daughter on August 7th, 2020. This operation occurred on the anniversary of the 1998 Al Qaeda bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Al-Masri was said to have been the mastermind behind that attack which killed 224 people. While it seemed odd that such a high profile Al Qaeda leader would be residing in Iran (given the Sunni/Shia divide), General Kearney describes the dynamic between Iran and Al ... Al Qaeda and Iran

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