Former US spy confirms Rigi's CIA link, rejects ties

A former US intelligence official has admitted that CIA operatives in Pakistan had held talks with the Jundallah terrorist group led by Abdolmalek Rigi. Soon after the 9/11 attacks, a senior Jundallah member, acting on Rigi's behalf, approached CIA agents in Pakistan and told them the group would help the US against both Iran and al-Qaeda, prominent US weekly magazine Newsweek reveals in its March 1 issue. The former US official, who has asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitive nature of the information he was providing, said that the Jundallah representative suggested that the group would kidnap leaders of the Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and al-Qaeda and turn them over to the Americans. AWIP: Iran: US war on terror, plot to train terrorists. + Iran captures top CIA agents, and break up US terrorist networks in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hamsyeh.net: The top ranking official was the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke: Wayne Madsen.