Washington’s Tall Tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda Alliance Based on Questionably Sourced Book, The Exile

A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of al-Qaeda. The propaganda operation relied heavily on a shoddily sourced book.

https://original.antiwar.com/porter/2020/05/19/washingtons-tall-tale-of-iranian-al-qaeda-alliance-based-on-questionably-sourced-book-the-exile/