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Report: Iran’s Spy Chief Secretly Advised Muslim Bro-hood in Attempt to ‘Send a Message to America’

Jan. 9, 2013 7:46am Sharona Schwartz

Providing more evidence of the warming ties between Iran and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Times of London reports that the head of Iran’s Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Suleimani, made a secret two-day visit to Egypt just after Christmas to meet with officials close to President Mohammed Morsi.

The Times describes the visit as “another blow to Cairo’s fragile relationship with the West,” and quotes an Egyptian official saying it was meant to “send a message to America.”

The Times of London reports:

Mr Suleimani, who oversees Iran’s proxy militias across the region, including Hezbollah and Hamas, travelled at the invitation of Mr Morsi’s Government and his powerful backers in the Muslim Brotherhood.

The spy chief met Essam al-Haddad, foreign affairs adviser to Mr Morsi, and officials from the Brotherhood to advise the government on building its security and intelligence apparatus independent of the national intelligence services, which are controlled by Egypt’s military.

The paper says its report was confirmed by two members of Maktab al-Irshad, the Muslim Brotherhood’s guidance office. One unnamed official said, “The government requested a high-level meeting with Iranian officials. Iran sent Suleimani.”

“The meeting was intended to send a message to America, which is putting pressure on the Egyptian government, that we should be allowed to have other alliances with anyone we please,” the official added.

The Quds Force which Suleimani commands is an elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which is tasked with exporting the Islamic revolution outside Iran. It is credited with helping set up Hezbollah in Lebanon in the 1980s, targeting U.S. troops in Iraq and providing arms and training for Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The U.S. also accused it in 2011 of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and planning to bomb Israel’s embassy in Washington.

The Times explains that sending such a senior official is a reflection of how seriously the Ayatollah regime takes this forging relationship.

President Morsi visited Iran in August, the first visit by an Egyptian president since the Iranian revolution more than thirty years ago. Another high-profile meeting is scheduled for this week. Iran’s Fars News reports that Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will visit Cairo Thursday where he plans to discuss Egyptian-Iranian relations and the Syrian crisis. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Salehi will discuss avenues for expanding Egyptian-Iranian ties.

In September, Morsi met with the Iranian foreign minister in Cairo, at which time he emphasized the importance of strong ties between the two countries. Fars News quoted Morsi as saying: “When the followers of unrighteousness are united in their unrighteous path, why should not we go united in our right position when dealing with global challenges.”

While in Cairo, Salehi also plans to meet with top Sunni cleric Ahmed al-Tayyeb who serves as the Grand Imam of al-Azhar and as president of Al-Azhar University.

(H/T: Challah Hu-Akbar/Elder of Ziyon)

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nzkiwi
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:42pm
And America keeps paying them billions…

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BlackCrow
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:00pm
I got your “message”, “if not by the word then by the sword”. Well Abdulla, don’t bring a sword to a gun fight!

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RaydocX
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:21pm
Congress… Stop the money train. They can earn our support. Until then, we have that huge debt that needs to be addressed.

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- Jim S
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:11pm
  STOP all the $$$ to ALL foreign nations…charity begins IN the home NOT in the govt..you want to feed/clothe whoever?..write a check and leave the IRS out of it…bring ALL the troops home…they don’t want us they want our $$$$…then think about why we have interests instead of friends…then make friends and you won’t need as MUCH of a military…or keep the wars going….
  
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pahrumper
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:02pm
No doubt, Obummer will welcome this with open arms

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MrKnowItAll
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:54am
Four Americans DEAD! Still NO Answers. Bump on the Head. I’ll Forget it all.

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jd9215
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:39am
So, the middle east is getting all friendly, and the traitor in the White House wants to take away all the guns in the USA. Not good.

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- The_Pointy_End
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:26am
  Obama does the bidding for the Turkish Gov’t
  
  “The Turkish media provided extensive coverage to a Los Angeles Times article reporting that “Pres. Obama has logged more phone calls to Prime Minister of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, than to any world leader except British Prime Minister David Cameron.” When the two met at the United Nations in New York, Obama gave Erdogan “more face time than any other world leader,” lasting almost two hours. The U.S. president reportedly praised the Turkish prime minister for showing “great leadership.”
  
  Obama’s first presidential phone call from the White House when he became president was not to one of our alias, it was to Turkey.
  
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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:17am
“Oh, I hear you,” says the Ayatollah Obama; but, how can he afford to refuse those wonderful Chicago-style kickbacks from the $1.5 billion American taxpayers paid the Egypt’s MB? The boy can’t do it!

Corruption is such an integral part of this boy/man that he can never put it down. It makes his power quest possible and attainable.

“Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”

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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:47am
  Hairy Rotten ****-on set to testify on Beghazi the morning of January 22nd…………….What ?…………
  What’s that ?……….Oh, ok………..Uhm, we have just been told that another Blood Clot has been detected on Hairy’s Brain, so testifying will be delayed yet again.
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:06am
The MoBroHo could save a lot of time if they would just get advice from the Horses Mouth —- The White House.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:22am
  I think you meant the horses @ss. ;)
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:41am
  Morning SLAYER. LOL………..Well done. Yes i did.
  
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- Jim S
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:13pm
  ..is it a secret if I’m reading it on the Internet ?..who benefits by letting this ” secret” out ?…might be a better story there…
  
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