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Wow, I had never heard anything about Iran providing us with Al Queda intelligence at all. You must have better access to intel than I do.
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It's possible...
Mainly, though, I think it's because I stay away from mainstream media. I get a lot of my "news" from State Department bulletins, Stratfor, and searching foreign local news sources in the countries that pique my curiosity.
Mainly Iran tries to undermine Al Qaeda because al Qaeda is such a powerful force among muslim radicals that they threaten to become the center of gravity for those folks. Iran sees itself as the only remaining "pillar of Islam" and often does things that will undermine al Qaeda so that they (Iran) can be seen as the "real" center of Islam. Really, it's a battle of egos that al Qaeda would like to see end, but that Iran can only accept if they're on top. Iran sees the West as a threat to its way of life, but it sees al Qaeda as a threat to its standing within the muslim community, and it regards Osama's brand of Islam (Wahhabism) as a corruption. Because of that, Iran takes some pleasure in foiling al Qaeda's efforts precisely so that they can point and say, "See? They aren't so great!" In the end, though, they still hate us and everything we stand for.