(New York Post) Peter Brookes - The most immediate threat Iran poses to American national security isn't its nuclear (weapons) program. It's the safe haven Tehran is giving al-Qaeda terrorists, who are planning and directing jihad across the globe. Al-Qaeda "refugees" from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, North Africa, and Europe - including senior military commander Saif al-Adel, three of Osama's sons, and spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith - now operate freely from Iran under the protection of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which provides logistics help and training to al-Qaeda. Getting Tehran to cough up Saif al-Adel, al-Qaeda's No. 3, would be a major coup. The former Egyptian special forces colonel was involved in attacking U.S. forces in Mogadishu (1993) and the U.S. embassies in Kenya/Tanzania (1998). He was also a player in the Cole assault, trained 9/11 hijackers, orchestrated Saudi attacks, and acts as an al-Qaeda/Hizballah liaison.
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