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JEWISH AGENTS IN IRAN KILL MASARI:  IRANIAN MULLAH'S & AL-QAEDA

11/20/2020

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Will Sudan hand over Islamists to Egypt?
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The Al-Masri Assassination: Another Iranian Intelligence Failure
By Dr. Ardavan Khoshnood, November 19, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On August 7, 2020, the number 2 figure in al-Qaeda, Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah (known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri), was gunned down in Tehran. Al-Masri’s very presence in Iran exhibited the close relationship Tehran has with the Sunni terrorist organization, and his slaying shows the weakness of Iranian counterintelligence. The regime’s frustration at this intelligence failure will likely be expressed through acts of violence. It will probably reform its counterintelligence community and may ask for assistance in this endeavor from both Russia and China.

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Why Does Israel Execute Distant Enemies and Coddle Close Ones?  by Nave Dromi
The Jewish Press
November 18, 2020

https://www.meforum.org/61783/the-difference-between-assassinations-near-and-far
No, It’s Not Surprising That Abu Muhammad al-Masri Was Living in Iran
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The Islamic Republic and al-Qaeda have a long history of cooperation.
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