Between the lines of the information available here are some direct connections between al Qaida, the Taliban, and Iran.

Shia cooperating with sunni. Something that we are told ad nauseum by supposedly intelligent and informed people can never happen. These are the same ones, incidentally, who won’t miss an opportunity to point out that secular Saddam Hussein never had any ties pre-9/11 to terrorist groups. The huge body of evidence to the contrary is ignored.

Something is very, very wrong with the “smart” people on the left.