Al-Qaeda slams Ahmadinejad's 9/11 'conspiracy theories'
Article in terror organization's English-language magazine blasts Ahmadinejad for spreading 'theory' that 9/11 attacks were carried out by US government in bid to provide pretext to invade Middle East
The ABC network's website reported Tuesday night that in the latest issue of the al-Qaeda English-language magazine "Inspire", an author appears to take offense to the "ridiculous" theory repeatedly spread by Ahmadinejad that the 9/11 attacks were actually carried out by the US government in order to provide a pretext to invade the Middle East.
'Iran's claims stand in face of all logic evidence' (Photo: AP)
According to the article, "The Iranian government has professed on the tongue of its president Ahmadinejad that it does not believe that al-Qaeda was behind 9/11, but rather the US government. So we may ask the question: Why would Iran ascribe to such a ridiculous belief that stands in the face of all logic and evidence?"
The author admits that Iran was the first of the two to use the "Great Satan" as a synonym for the US, but claims that the Islamic Republic sees itself as a rival for al-Qaeda when it comes to anti-Americanism and is jealous of the 9/11 attacks.
According to al-Qaeda, Iran continues to deny that Osama bin Laden and his people were responsible for the attacks because doing otherwise would expose their "lip-service jihad" against the US.
Anti-Ahmadinejad protest outside UN (Photo: Israel Atzmon)
Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Tehran two weeks ago, "This incident was a planned and complex game aimed at influencing the human race as an excuse to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan."
The article goes on to say that "for them, al-Qaeda was a competitor for the hearts and minds of the disenfranchised Muslims around the world. Al Qaeda... succeeded in what Iran couldn't. Therefore it was necessary for the Iranians to discredit 9/11 and what better way to do so? Conspiracy theories."
The magazine also includes a short article allegedly written by the Osama bin Laden before his death at the hands of US Navy SEALs in early May in which the al-Qaeda advises his fighters not to let American soldiers "become great in your eyes."
In addition, al-Qaeda includes at the end of the magazine a solicitation for contributors to the magazine "with any skills – be it writing, research, editing, or advice."
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