Al-Qaeda Is Still The Biggest Threat To The West. Iran Is The Most Active State Sponsor Of Terrorism

Al-Qaeda Is Biggest Threat, But Iran Is Main Terror -- AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Al-Qaeda, using tribal areas of Pakistan, poses the greatest terrorist threat to the West, while Iran is the world's "most active state sponsor of terrorism," the US government said Thursday.

In an annual report, the State Department said Al-Qaeda was recovering some of the potency it had before the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, as it lumped Iran with Syria, Sudan and Cuba as sponsors of terrorism.

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Targets of new sanctions: Iranian Revolutionary Guards take part in a military parade to mark the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war (Reuters: Morteza Nikoubazl)

Iran Remains Most Active State Sponsor Of Terrorism: US -- AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Iran, which continues to plan and finance terrorist attacks in the Middle East and beyond, remains the "most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world, the US government charged Thursday.

Iran was lumped with Syria, Sudan and Cuba as terrorism sponsors in the State Department report for 2008, the same countries that appeared in previous annual reports.

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My Comment: This report is very blunt on the threats that both Al Qaeda and Iran can muster against the West. President Obama feels confident that he can at least alter Iran's support for terrorism .... as for what I believe .... history has indicated otherwise.