Former Iran assassin says alleged plot 'makes no sense'

Jason P

And up to this point, I have to agree with him ... it doesn't make sense. To commit an act of war would invoke U.S. military response and the U.S. has proved it's pretty good at taking out regimes pretty easily. Iran would get steamrolled.

The main suspect looks like a bumbling goof. Why would the Iranian version of MI-6 recruit this guy as a point of contact to meet with the Zetas? And talk with him over open phone lines? And make significant, traceable money transfers?

It doesn't seem likely that the current regime in Iran would risk all their power to take out a diplomat. I think they are a bunch of dicks, but I don't think they are stupid.

There are lots of holes and questions to be answered ....

http://news.yahoo.com/former-iran-assassin-says-alleged-plot--makes-no-sense-.html

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

In Tehran, an unexpected source is expressing doubt about the assassination plot laid out by US officials, alleging that Iran was behind plans to kill the top Saudi Arabian diplomat in Washington and blow up embassies.

Dawud Salahuddin, an American fugitive who in 1980 was the last – and only – US citizen known to have killed on behalf of Iran's revolutionary regime, on US soil, says the plot borders on the unbelievable.
Both strategically and operationally, in terms of Iran's worldview and its way of doing business, the information made public so far about the assassination plot does not add up, says Mr. Salahuddin, a black American convert to Islam, who was born David Theodore Belfield.

"For all the noise that comes out of this country, the Iranians know full well they are no military match for the Americans; they know that better than they know their names," says Salahuddin, who spoke to the Monitor by telephone from his home west of Tehran. "So the notion that [the Iranians] are going to bring that down on them, that just makes no sense at all."

"Why would the Iranians blow up embassies in Washington DC? The last thing the Iranians want is a war with the Americans," he adds. "This regime: They're interested in staying in power."

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aerial

Would it be hard to believe that this whole plot to assassin the Arabs was made up to cause a distraction…..because Holder lied to congress, and they want an investigation?

g under p

aerial wrote:

Would it be hard to believe that this whole plot to assassin the Arabs was made up to cause a distraction…..because Holder lied to congress, and they want an investigation?

Yes.....,