Australia brokers intelligence-sharing deal with Iran

[azurnoir]

Source: yahoo/AFP

Australia and Iran will share intelligence to track foreign fighters working with the Islamic State group in Iraq, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Monday, as lawmakers urged caution.

In the first trip to Iran by an Australian minister in more than a decade, Bishop said it would be an informal arrangement.

Her comments came after a meeting with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, President Hassan Rouhani and Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign affairs adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"We have a common purpose with Iran in defeating Daesh and helping the Iraqi government," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, using an Arabic acronym to refer to the militant IS organisation.

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[delrem]

1. I doubt that any information will be passed along re. the "moderate rebels"

paid for, trained, armed and directed, by the USA and the "Friends of Syria".

I doubt that very much.

The WoT is getting very weird.

[freshwest]

2. The Iranians do have an interest in stopping the Daesh. Iranians are on their lengthy kill list. n/t

[delrem]

4. Iran is the end game of the PNAC hitlist. And they know it. nt

[GOLGO 13]

3. The enemy of my enemy is

A use-fool tool.