Iran & AQ: a safe haven or holding cell?

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From "Foggy Bottom" via the Long War Journal, which starts with:

The State Department released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism today. The report covers events during the previous calendar year. As in past assessments, State says that Iran “has allowed” al Qaeda to operate its key facilitation network on Iranian soil.

It has a summary of previous findings too.
Link:https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/state-department-iran-allows-al-qaeda-to-operate-its-core-facilitation-pipeline.php

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A report from New America by Nelly Lahoud, a SME, which is based on the Abbottabad documents:

This study canvasses nearly 300 declassified documents recovered in May 2011 by U.S. Special Forces during the raid on the compound of Al-Qa‘ida leader Usama bin Ladin (UBL) in Abbottabad, Pakistan. By focusing on Al-Qa‘ida’s voice — in the form of its own communications — this report avoids much of the challenge of politicization that occurs when discussion of Iran’s relationship to Al-Qa‘ida is based on commentary by Iran’s rivals.

There are two links, the first comes complete (41 pgs):https://s3.amazonaws.com/newamericad...-20_151707.pdf

The second is part by part:https://www.newamerica.org/international-security/reports/al-qaidas-contested-relationship-iran/introduction