as for claim #2 -- it is worth nothing (see here for reference: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/01/iran_and_alqaeda_in.php http://www.longwarjournal

as for claim #2 -- it is worth nothing (see here for reference: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/01/iran_and_alqaeda_in.php http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/01/iran_and_alqa...) that iran (whom some allege to have supported the shi'a insurgency) has been known to also support sunni insurgents (often 'al qaeda' or some variant thereof)...