al-Qaeda to Ahmadinejad: Stop Being a 9/11 Truther

A sentence we never thought we'd write: The US and al-Qaeda have a common goal. The terrorist group would, pretty please, like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop claiming that the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks. An article in its fall 2011 issue of Inspire magazine notes that "the Iranian government has professed" just that, and asks, "Why would Iran ascribe to such a ridiculous belief that stands in the face of all logic and evidence?"

The Telegraph notes that al-Qaeda's pronouncement follows last week's UN speech given by the Iranian president, in which Ahmadinejad suggested Osama bin Laden was killed as part of a 9/11 cover-up. "Would it not have been reasonable to bring to justice and openly bring to trial the main perpetrator of the incident in order to identify the elements behind the safe space provided for the invading aircraft to attack the twin World Trade Center towers?" Ahmadinejad asked. (More Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stories.)