I'm John Bachelor with my colleague and friend Bill Rajo, the senior fellow for

Foundation for Defense of Democracy's keeping Long War Journal for more than two decades, responding to the archival facts

of Guantanamo's detainees illegal combatants.

But they are attached to an active predator organization that is sponsored given sanctuary

integrated into Iran.

What do we know about Iran and Al Qaeda's leadership now, Bill? Yes, we know quite a bit about Al Qaeda and its relationship with Iran.

So back in, I believe it was 2009, under the Obama administration, the Treasury outlined in designations, outlined a secret deal between

Iran and al-Qaeda.

And basically the deal is al-Qaeda gets safe haven and they're not going to be pursued

by Iran. And they get safe haven and they're not going to be pursued by Iran and they get safe

haven inside of Iran in exchange for al-Qaeda not conducting attacks against Iran

and particularly inside of Iran or against a major Iranian interest.

And that deal has been going on to this day and top al-Qaeda leaders have sheltered in Iran.

Look, we just watched Ishma Honeia, who was the head of Hamas, be assassinated in Tehran.

In 2020, the Israelis did a job for the United States and killed the... the al-Qaeda

al-Qaeda's deputy at the time, Abu Muhammad al-Masuri,

they executed him in a shooting in Tehran as well.

I have a picture that obtained a picture of three top al-Qaeda leaders, including Abu

Mohammed al-Masari, and Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, who is currently believed to be Al-Qaeda's either general manager or deputy in the year.

They're just casually hanging out in Iran in shirt, you know, collared shirts and look like tourists in the center of Tehran.

Al Qaeda, there's numerous Al Qaeda leaders and and

operatives who are designated by the US State and Treasury departments for operating from

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