December 4, 2011

Iran Taught al-Qaeda to Bomb Embassies

Tom Joscelyn, Weekly Standard

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In a little noticed ruling on Monday, November 28, a Washington, D.C. district court found that both Iran and Sudan were culpable for al Qaeda's 1998 embassy bombings. As is typical in state sponsorship of terrorism cases, neither Iran nor Sudan answered.

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