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Defectors Claim Iranian Role in 9/11 Attacks by IPT News . May 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm http://www.investigativeproject.org/2885/defectors-claim-iranian-role-in-9-1 1-attacks Defectors from Iran's intelligence service have testified <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/world/middleeast/20terror.html> that Iranian officials "had foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks," according to a federal lawsuit filed in New York against Iran on behalf of families of 9/11 victims. The testimony is being submitted to a judge under seal, thus complicating efforts to conduct a comprehensive independent analysis of its contents. Nevertheless, the suit is said to seek damages for Iran's "direct support for, and sponsorship of, the most deadly act of terrorism in American history," and alleges that Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hizballah, provided training and travel for the 9/11 hijackers as well as help for al-Qaida operatives in escaping after the attacks. In addition to naming <http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/defector_iran_aided_plot_OLQmVcK N9FcrFyHP0BavaJ> Iran in the $100 billion civil suit, the victims' families also targeted al-Qaida, the Taliban, and "others." According to defector testimony, top officials from al-Qaida, Hizballah and Iran met several times Iran in the months before the attacks. The unnamed defector also claims his allegations are "supported by government letters and memoranda, photographs and organizational charts." Suggestions of Iranian complicity in the 9/11 attacks first surfaced <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/world/middleeast/20terror.html> in the national 9/11 Commission <http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf> , though the topic has long been debated given the ideological divide between the Shiite regime in Tehran and the radical Sunni al-Qaida group. Despite their differences, intelligence officials have asserted for some time that the two entities have cooperated to a limited extent against their common enemy, the United States. The current court filing includes 10 reports from former 9/11 commission staff members as well as ex-CIA officers. These officers reviewed <http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/defector_iran_aided_plot_OLQmVcK N9FcrFyHP0BavaJ> the defectors' testimony and determined it to be credible, according to Janice Kephart, a former lawyer with the 9/11 Commission and expert witness in the suit. Thomas E. Mellon Jr., a lawyer for the families, said <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/world/middleeast/20terror.html> "these experts make it clear that 9/11 depended upon Iranian assistance to al-Qaida in acquiring clean passports and visas to enter the United States." However, the reports fail to support the defectors' claim that Iran had prior knowledge of the attacks. The defectors, whose identities and testimonies are not disclosed in the court filing for security reasons, worked in Iran's Ministry of Information and Security "in positions that gave them access to sensitive information regarding Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism Read more at: http://www.investigativeproject.org/2885/defectors-claim-iranian-role-in-9-1 1-attacks [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
