From: kaukab siddique <butshikan@msn.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:10 PM
Subject: New Trend Answering Newsweek's unverifiable smear. Iran's Victim. RE: [bangla-vision] Former US spy confirms Rigi's CIA link, rejects ties
To: bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com
Iran: The cat is out of the bag [From NT's Iran observer.]
The Other Face of Iran: US linked Pakistani Intelligence behind Capture of Islamic Resistance Leader in Iranian Baluchistan
On February 23, 2010 Iran forced down the international flight of Kyrgiz Airlines and "captured" Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of the Islamic resistance in Iranian Baluchistan. Iran presented this violation of international law as a great victory. At the same time, the Iranians tried to claim that Riji, who is a mujahid leader, had visited an American military base but could not mention where is this base.
However, later reports show that this was an operation linking Iran with pro-US intelligence group of Pakistan. The cat was out of the bag when the Pakistani ambassador in Tehran proudly announced that the capture of Rigi would not have been possible without the role played by Pakistani intelligence [which is reputedly linked to the American CIA].
Here is what the Pakistani ambassador said, as published in the pro-government Tehran Times of February 25, 2010:
"TEHRAN - The arrest of terrorist ringleader Abdolmalek Rigi by the Iranian security forces would not have been possible without the help of Pakistan, Islamabad's ambassador to Tehran said here on Wednesday.
"I must tell you that this did not happen without the help of Pakistan, and Pakistan will continue to support Iran," Ambassador M.B. Abbasi told reporters at a press conference at the Pakistani Embassy in Tehran. "
The Pakistani ambassador went on to point out that the Pakistani regime earlier handed over a number of Islamic activists to Iran, including Abdolmalek's brother. Here we quote Mr. Abbasi again from Tehran Times:
"Pakistan has already shown its commitment by surrendering some other Rigi terrorists to Iran. One brother of Abdolmalek Rigi, Abdolhamid Rigi, has already been handed over to Iran by the Pakistani authorities."
New Trend readers might remember that at one time Iran tortured Abdolhamid and then put him on TV to "confess" that he worked for the US. Other resistance fighters were quickly executed by Iran ostensibly to avoid the need for evidence that they worked for America.
Breaking News: February 25: As expected, Iran brought Abdol Malek Rigi to TV to broadcast a "confession" in which he condemned himself as an American agent! Such "confessions" are beyond the pale of civilization and are brought about by torture and fear of death. Iran is smearing itself with these acts against basic human rights. Even more shameful is the activity of the Iranian propaganda branch disguised as media [known as Press TV] which is proudly dissemnating this confession.
On Press TV, Abdolmalek Rigi looked like he was ready to fall down and his face had been distorted probably by torture.
Iran is holding Shaykh Osama's son and a number of mujahideen who had taken refuge in Iran following the US bombing of Afghanistan. Iran cooperated with the US against the mujahideen both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. It joined the US and the UN in imposing sanctions on Iraq. The Iraqi air force which took refuge in Iran to avoid US attack was seized by Iran in violation of Islamic values.
Iran has done much for its people but it is straying further and further away from Islamic ideals.
To: namaw01@gmail.com
From: namaw01@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:02:58 -0500
Subject: [bangla-vision] Former US spy confirms Rigi's CIA link, rejects ties
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| Abdolmalik Rigi (center) just minutes after his arrest, Feb. 23 |
Soon after the 9/11 attacks, a senior Jundallah member, acting on Rigi's behalf, approached CIA agents in Pakistan and told them the group would help the US against both Iran and al-Qaeda, prominent US weekly magazine Newsweek reveals in its March 1 issue.
The former US official, who has asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitive nature of the information he was providing, said that the Jundallah representative suggested that the group would kidnap leaders of the Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and al-Qaeda and turn them over to the Americans.
However, according to the former official, US officials "flatly" rejected any relationship with the group but "the door was left slightly ajar in case Jundallah really did capture important al-Qaeda operatives."
US observers say such double-talk by US officials and deliberately publicized by a major magazine that is known to be heavily influenced by the Israeli lobby in Washington, is nothing new. The obvious intent of such 'news' items is to divert attention from facts and the overwhelming evidence that point to the collusion between Rigi and Washington.
Newsweek magazine is the subsidiary of another major news outlet in the US, The Washington Post. The are known to have a "liberal agenda" and reflect the views and values of the Democratic Party, which is heavily influenced by the pro-Israel Jewish lobby.
Last week, Iranian security forces captured ringleader of the Jundallah terrorist group, Abdolmalek Rigi, while he was on a flight from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan.
Rigi, whose group has accepted responsibility for numerous deadly attacks against Iranian civilians and security forces in southeast Iran, said after his arrest that he enjoyed the backing of Western intelligence agencies in committing acts of terror against Iran.
In a televised confession Rigi said that in a Dubai meeting with CIA agents, they promised to provide him with a military base anywhere near the Iranian border equipped with weaponry and training facilities.
"After Obama was elected, the Americans contacted us and they met me in Pakistan…. They said they would cooperate with us and will give me military equipment, arms and machine guns. They also promised to give us a base along the border with Afghanistan next to Iran," he said.
The terrorist leader emphasized that in their meetings with him, US operatives insisted that Iran is their primary focus in the region, even more important than al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
According to Rigi's confessions, CIA agents also explained to him that since a US military attack on Iran would be very difficult, they intend to support all anti-Iran groups that have the capability of waging war inside Iran and to destabilize the country.
While the Newsweek story rejects Rigi's confessions as "complete nonsense," quoting the US State Department spokesman P J Crowley, it does not bother to explain the evidence that he was carrying a US-issued Afghan passport, as well as why he was flying to Kyrgyzstan, where the US operates a major military facility.
MJ/MB
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119860§ionid=351020101
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Palash Biswas
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