NEW: @SecPompeo says there's an "#Iran-#alQaida axis" w/Iran serving as AQ core's new "home base"
But former US Special Envoy to the Coalition to Defeat #ISIS, Amb James Jeffrey tells @TheWilsonCenter the relationship is "transactional...not a joint campaign"
But former US Special Envoy to the Coalition to Defeat #ISIS, Amb James Jeffrey tells @TheWilsonCenter the relationship is "transactional...not a joint campaign"
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1349351509683798016
#Iran - #alQaida "These ties are transactional in nature" per Amb Jeffrey "They are not a joint campaign against the #UnitedStates"
Jeffrey further says there have long been 3 levels of cooperation:
- refuge
- passage
- "very, very limited" operational cooperation
Jeffrey further says there have long been 3 levels of cooperation:
- refuge
- passage
- "very, very limited" operational cooperation
Why the emphasis on #Iran-#alQaida?
"It's an attempt to stack the deck, to make it harder for the next administration to reverse your policies" per Amb Jeffrey
"It's an attempt to stack the deck, to make it harder for the next administration to reverse your policies" per Amb Jeffrey
As of the #Iran-#alQaida relationship: "The ties...have long been known both to the intelligence community and to the media" per Jeffrey
"They are involving, 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours...making life harder for the United States around the region'"
"They are involving, 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours...making life harder for the United States around the region'"
"This is not a case that #Iran should be covered under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force in 2001...I don't believe that at all" per Amb Jeffrey "That's not the intent of the administration & it would be absurd"
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