Wednesday, May 21, 2003

IRAN

NY Times: U.S. Suggests a Qaeda Cell in Iran Directed Saudi Bombings

WASHINGTON, May 20 — The United States has intercepted communications strongly suggesting that a small cell of leaders of Al Qaeda in Iran directed last week's terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, and the United States is sending a strong protest to the Tehran government, according to senior Bush administration officials
The United States has asked Lakhdar Brahimi, a senior United Nations official, to convey to Iranian officials at a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday "our deep, deep concern that individuals associated with Al Qaeda have planned and directed the attack in Saudi Arabia from inside Iran," an administration official said.

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