US-Iran Alliance Against al Qaeda?

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US-Iran Alliance Against al Qaeda?
Media Misses Biggest Development of Tuesday's Meeting
By CHRISTINA DAVIDSON Posted 4 hr. 11 min. ago


In their excitement over the drama of American and Iranian diplomats trading barbs Tuesday, the mainstream press seems to have completely missed the significance of one tentative development--the US and Iran are discussing cooperation against al Qaeda.

Ambassador Ryan Crocker told reporters after his meeting with Iranian Ambassador Hassan Kazemi Qomi that, "We noted that Al Qaeda is an enemy really to all three of us, to the United States, to Iraq, and to Iran."

The two delegations agreed to form a security committee "that would address at an expert or technical level some issues relating to security-be that support to violent militias, Al Qaeda, or border security," Crocker said.

Granted it would take a pretty serious leap of faith to assume Iran would follow through with serious action, but at least they're talking about it. And a near-slip by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in an interview last week indicates that below-the-radar discussions on this particular topic actually preceded Tuesday's meeting.

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