The
leader of a Pakistan based terrorist organisation closely affiliated
with Al Qaeda has detailed how his group benefited from extensive
political and financial support from the CIA in return for continued
attacks against the government, the people and the infrastructure
of Iran.
Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of the Pakistan-based Jundullah
terrorist organization was captured earlier this week by Iranian
security officials in the south of the country.
Rigi was tracked by Iranian intelligence when he boarded a
flight from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday.
According to officials, Rigi was using a forged Afghan passport
which was issued to him by the U.S. government.
The 31-year-old terror leader issued a statement on Iranian
state TV yesterday, during which he alleged that he had made
a pact with the U.S. for safe haven and unlimited military aid
to pursue terrorist activities against the Iranian government.
“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," Rigi said.
“They [were] prepared to give [us] training and/or any
assistance that [we] would require, in terms of telecommunications
security and procedures as well as other support, the Americans
said they would be willing to provide it at an extensive level,"
he added.
Rigi indicated that the relationship with U.S. intelligence
continued through the election of Barack Obama and up to the
present day.
Iranian officials paraded Rigi before the press and presented
a photo they claim showed the terrorist leader entering a U.S.
base in Afghanistan one day before his arrest.
The Pentagon has strenuously denied having any links to the
Jundullah, describing the revelations as “fabrications”
and “propaganda” concocted by Iranian officials.
Iran's intelligence minister, Heydar Moslehi also alleged that
Rigi had met the then Nato secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer,
in Afghanistan in 2008, and had visited European countries.
Moslehi said agents had tracked Rigi's movements for five months,
calling his arrest "a great defeat for the US and UK".
Of course, you will not hear about this story in the controlled
U.S. media, so it is left to Russia Today broadcasters, with
the help of investigative journalist and author Webster Tarpley
to break down the full story:
Iran has repeatedly claimed that Jundullah, which has carried
out scores of bombings against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard,
killing hundreds of civilians in the process, is backed directly
by Pakistan, Britain and Israel, as well as America.
So why should we give any credence to a captured terrorist
who has undergone hours of interrogation from Iranian officials?
Because his confession backs up already substantial evidence
that the the Jundullah group, in addition to other anti-Iranian
terrorist groups, have enjoyed fruitful relationships with western
intelligence.
We have consistently reported on the ties, as has award winning
journalist Seymour Hersh and other notable publications such
as the London Telegraph. Below is a selection of core articles
that present substantive evidence of the terrorist groups' links
to the CIA:
The following is a video and detailed transcript of Abdolmalek
Rigi's confession, stated in Farsi, as broadcast on Iran's Press
TV:
"After Obama was elected, the Americans contacted us and
they met me in Pakistan.They met us after clashes with my group
around March 17 in (the southeastern city of) Zahedan, and he
(the US operative) said that Americans had requested a meeting."
"I said we didn't have any time for a meeting and if we
do help them they should promise to give us aid. 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."
"They asked to meet me and we said where should we meet
you and he said in Dubai. We sent someone to Dubai and we told
a person to ask a place for myself in Afghanistan from the area
near the operations and they complied that they would sort out
the problem for us and they will find Mr. Rigi a base and guarantee
his own security in Afghanistan or in any of the countries adjacent
to Iran so that he can carry on his operations.
"They told me that in Kyrgyzstan they have a base called
Manas near Bishkek, and that a high-ranking person was coming
to meet me and that if such high-ranking people come to the
United Arab Emirates, they may be observed by intelligence people
but in a place like Bishkek this high-ranking American person
could come and we could reach an agreement on making personal
contacts. But after the last major operation we took part in,
they said that they wanted to meet with us.
"The Americans said Iran was going its own way and they
said our problem at the present is Iran not al-Qaeda and not
the Taliban, but the main problem is Iran. We don't have a military
plan against Iran. Attacking Iran is very difficult for us (the
US). The CIA is very particular about you and is prepared to
do anything for you because our government has reached the conclusion
that there was nothing Americans could do about Iran and only
I could take care of the operations for them.
"One of the CIA officers said that it was too difficult
for us to attack Iran militarily, but we plan to give aid and
support to all anti-Iran groups that have the capability to
wage war and create difficulty for the Iranian (Islamic) system.
They reached the conclusion that your organization has the power
to create difficulties for the Islamic Republic and they are
prepared to give you training and/or any assistance that you
would require, in terms of telecommunications security and procedures
as well as other support, the Americans said they would be willing
to provide it at an extensive level."
The
leader of a Pakistan based terrorist organisation closely affiliated
with Al Qaeda has detailed how his group benefited from extensive
political and financial support from the CIA in return for continued
attacks against the government, the people and the infrastructure
of Iran.
