Al Qaeda Agrees With Me

We've been here before. Seymour Hersh says that Sunni Islamists would never work with the Syrian government, because they don't share the same ultimate goals. The Assads hate Al Qaeda; they massacred the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1980s! Hizbullah and Fatah al-Islam could never be on the same team; Fatah al-Islam considers them infidels! But America could have funded Fatah al-Islam, of course.

As I've said, this is crap. But don't take my word for it. Here's what one of Bin Laden's former bodyguards had to say about coordination between Al Qaeda and the Iranians:

Interviewer: "Do you think there is any coordination between the [Al-Qaeda] organization and Iran?"

Nasser Al-Bahri: "There is coordination on the basis of joint interests."

Interviewer: "In what way?"

Nasser Al-Bahri: "For example, there is a common enemy - the U.S. - and the Iranians, for your information, know that the [American] strike in inevitable. Therefore, they have to take advantage of all those available on the scene, including the Al-Qaeda organization."

Interviewer: "So the way you see it, the Al-Qaeda organization can cooperate with the Iranians against America?"

Nasser Al-Bahri: "It can cooperate with the Iranians but it won't operate under the Iranians. But there is no problem with regard to cooperation."

Seymour Hersh, call your office...