Actually, a lot of the Iran experts are skeptical. Used-car salesman as Iran proxy? Why assassination plot doesn't add up for experts. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1012/Used-car-salesman-as-Iran-proxy-Why-assassination-plot-doesn-t-add-up-for-experts
Some Experts Question Iran’s Role in Bungled Plot http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/iran-experts-ponder-an-alleged-terror-plots-b-movie-qualities/ U.S. Challenged to Explain Accusations of Iran Plot in the Face of Skepticism http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/us/iran-sees-terror-plot-accusation-as-diversion-from-wall-street-protests.html also of interest: Officials concede gaps in U.S. knowledge of Iran plot http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/12/us-usa-iran-plot-idUSTRE79B7VO20111012 and Local terror plot suspect described as more a 'joke' than mastermind http://www.statesman.com/news/local/local-terror-plot-suspect-described-as-more-a-1910853.html On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:40 PM, ken hanly <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greenwald has a very caustic take on the alleged Iranian plot. Why would > the Iranians actually attempt to do this? Do the Iranian experts have any > reasonable explanation or is it just written off as "because the Iranians > are crazy"? > http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/12/the_very_scary_iranian_terror_plot/ > > Cheers, ken > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
