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Initial reports said
Abu Muhammad al-Masri was killed
at the “behest” of the US. He was killed in August, so why did the information
only come out in November?
The reports of the
killing in Tehran led to important questions about Iran’s role in accepting
global terrorists, former Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren said.
“No one is asking
why Iran is hosting al-Qaeda commanders and why the United States should renew
a nuclear deal that gives tens of billions of dollars to those who harbor the
murderers of 3,000 Americans,” he said.
The operation to
track and kill Masri took place earlier this year, the Associated Press
reported Sunday, and was facilitated by “bold intelligence operations by the
two allied nations.” The US provided the intelligence on where Masri was living
and his alias, and “Israeli agents carried out the killing,” the report said.
Masri was killed by “Kidon, a unit within the secretive Israeli spy
organization Mossad allegedly responsible for the assassination of high-value
targets,” the report said. Masri’s daughter, the widow of Hamzah bin Laden, the
son of Osama bin Laden, was also killed, it said.
The killing of this
al-Qaeda senior leader could help Israel with the new US administration,
according to reports. This is important because the Biden team is considered
close to Israel but is also critical of the Trump administration’s foreign
policy.
Regarding Iran,
there was deep divergence between the Trump administration and those who
preferred to stay within the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as
the Iran deal. There is also a lot of discussion about Iran’s role in the
region.
Some depict Iran as
more moderate, a regime the US can work with to reduce tensions. Others see the
regime as seeking regional hegemony. Iran’s development of ballistic missiles
and drones, and its role in supporting proxies in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and
Yemen, are often a threat to US allies.
The timing of the
reports on the killing of Masri creates two converging narratives. First, it
provides evidence of the close relationship between the US and Israel and
showcases Israel’s capabilities in the region and why it is such a key ally of
Washington. That means the relationship between Israel and the US is not just
one of Washington supporting Jerusalem; it goes both ways. Israel provides key
capabilities in the region for the Americans.
Second, the
revelation that al-Qaeda operatives are being hosted in Iran shows that Iran
not only works with Sunni extremists against the West; it specifically harbors
those who killed Americans. Iran could have ejected these terrorists as part of
the Iran deal to show it is moderating. But it did not.
This illustrates
what many experts in the region have been saying about Iran: Its threat is not
just about the nuclear program but is the sum of all of the threats it poses,
including its willingness to work with al-Qaeda.
This bursts the
bubble of the simplistic narrative that portrays Iran as only a Shi’ite Islamic
theocracy, incapable of working with Sunni jihadists.
Iran is also a
cynical country that does everything it can to oppose the US and US allies. It
has never altered that course, despite opportunities to do so.
The operation in
August revealed that. The timing of the reports on it suggest important
ramifications.
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