And Yes, Iran Has Unsettling al Qaida Connections

http://www.globalpolitician.com/24592-iran

....The 9/11 Commission report, for example, concludes amongst other things that

a) in late ’91 or early ’92, Iran agreed to train al Qaida operatives during meetings in Sudan, and not long afterwards al Qaida members traveled to Iran to receive training in explosives;

b) that al Qaida operatives traveled to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to receive training from Iranian Revolutionary Guards; c) that Iran facilitated the transit of Sunni jihadists to al Qaida training camps in Afghanistan via Iranian territory, opting not to stamp the jihadists’ passports when they passed through Iran, making it impossible for countries to know when someone had attended a training camp in Afghanistan (needless to say, it would have been polite of the Iranians had they stamped the passports of the eight or nine 9/11 hijackers that transited through their country prior to the attack — that could have helped);

d) and that al Qaida and Iranian government officials maintained contact after bin Laden’s move back to Afghanistan....