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Link Between Iran's Quds Force And Bomb Plot 'Doesn't Seem To Fit'

As details emerge about the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S., some experts say the plot is totally uncharacteristic of Iran's Quds Force.

Link Between Iran's Quds Force And Bomb Plot 'Doesn't Seem To Fit'

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Alleged Iran Plot Is More 'Caper Novel' Than Spy Novel

The suspect: Manssor Arbabsiar (front, right) appearing in court Tuesday.

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Alleged Iran Plot Is More 'Caper Novel' Than Spy Novel

"That's not to say it didn't happen," spy novelist and Washington Post foreign policy columnist David Ignatius says. But what's been said about the plan strikes him and others as "unusual and sloppy" tradecraft.

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