U.S. revises intel on Al Qaida: Iran sent aid via Turkey to jihadists in Syria

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. alert of a mass-casualty strike on Independence Day marked a revised assessment of Al Qaida by the American intelligence community.

An advertisement in Afghanistan about Iran-based Al Qaida financier Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, also known as Yassin Al Suri. /PAJHWOK/Ahmad Quraishi

Al Qaida is like the Internet: It can be moved anywhere as long as it contains money, communications and credibility within the Islamic world.

Osama bin Laden had his day more than a decade ago, and now new and more shadowy figures are establishing an entity that is growing throughout the Middle East and unfettered by the responsibility of statehood.

Earlier this year, the United States determined that Iran was helping transport Al Qaida fighters and funds to Syria via Turkey.

The U.S. Treasury Department said Teheran has allowed Al Qaida to run operations in Syria. Treasury identified a man termed an Al Qaida facilitator who was sending fighters and money through Turkey into Syria.

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U.S. revises intel on Al Qaida: Iran sent aid via Turkey to jihadists in Syria added by World Tribune on August 25, 2014
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