Whereabouts in  are you from? http://framedintatnuck.com/report-writing-assignment/ order an essay  One of the strange arguments that many  make about the Iranians is that we lost some chance with them since they  were fighting al-Qaida as well. Those in the counterterrorist field have known  for years that Iran plays both sides against the middle. In the past, they  have supported al-Qaida when they felt their interests have merited it,  they have given some sanctuary in Iran, they have allowed transit of Iran,  they back a Sunni extremist movement Hamas in Palestine and, as Amos Gilad of the Israeli Ministry of Defense stated, they "continue to support al-Qaida." It does not mean they are in control of al-Qaida or the reverse, but  it means what is commons sense: when Sunni extremism and Shiite extremism  mesh, namely to fight the United States, Europe and Israel, they will work  together and are thus a combined threat.