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This is John Bachelor.

Conversation with my good colleague Bill Rajo, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

the Long War Journal.

Looking at the region around Iran following the missile barrage and drone barrage on Israel, opening up a new war

in the Middle East between very well-armed and extremely careful adversaries. What does this do to the region and

Bill and I discuss the neighboring sovereign states and then we turn to Al Qaeda

and ISIS and ISIS has responded so far, how ISIS relates to Tehran, how Tehran

relates to the eight training camps reported in Afghanistan for al Qaeda operatives.

Bilaja, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy on al Qaeda and Tehran following the missile barrage on

Israel. More of this later. I don't expect Iran or I'm sorry al-Qaeda to comment on

Iranian attacks on Israel because one of the things given

that al Qaeda's top leadership many live in Iran or they transit from Afghanistan

to back and forth to and from Iran.

You know, this is a sensitive issue, the relationship between Al Qaeda and Iran.

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