Irans' Chickens...Have Come Home To Roost!

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Purveyor  (1000+ posts)       Thu May-08-08 07:52 PM
Original message http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3260991
Iran Mosque Blast That Killed 13 in Shiraz Was Bomb; Links to West Alleged   
 Advertisements [?]May 8 (Bloomberg) -- An April 12 explosion that killed 13 people at a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz was caused by a bomb, said the Intelligence Ministry, which accused the six suspects of having ties to Western nations, including the U.S. and the U.K.

The main suspect was arrested ``during an attempt to leave the country,'' Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei was cited as saying yesterday by the official Islamic Republic News Agency. The man was armed, the minister said. Five other people, found with explosives and cyanide, also were detained in connection with the bombing, he said. All are Iranian, he said.

The suspects ``have ties to the U.S. and the U.K.,'' Mohseni Ejei said. ``Iran's Foreign Ministry had previously notified these countries but no action was taken to prevent their terrorist actions and they were instead supported,'' he said. They planned similar attacks in other cities, he said.

Bombings have been carried out in recent years in Iran's border regions, home to ethnic and religious minorities. The government, led by Shiite Muslim clerics, regularly blames the U.S. and the U.K. for attempting to destabilize the regime by commissioning agents and seeking to fuel discontent and chaos among the minority populations.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=aOb...
 

See, they are NOT doing it. We ARE doing it.

magellan  (1000+ posts)      Thu May-08-08 08:05 PM
Response to Original message
2. Gee, have anything to do with the covert ops Bush** authorized in February?
 May 2, 2008
A CounterPunch Exclusive

Democrats Okay Funds for Covert Ops

Secret Bush "Finding" Widens War on Iran

By ANDREW COCKBURN

Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, "unprecedented in its scope."

Bush’s secret directive covers actions across a huge geographic area – from Lebanon to Afghanistan – but is also far more sweeping in the type of actions permitted under its guidelines – up to and including the assassination of targeted officials. This widened scope clears the way, for example, for full support for the military arm of Mujahedin-e Khalq, the cultish Iranian opposition group, despite its enduring position on the State Department's list of terrorist groups.

more: http://www.counterpunch.org/andrew05022008.html

 

the stupid must hurt for this one. BUT- what is counterpunch?

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Bush’s secret directive covers actions across a huge geographic area – from Lebanon to Afghanistan – but is also far more sweeping in the type of actions permitted under its guidelines – up to and including the assassination of targeted officials.  This widened scope clears the way, for example, for full support for the military arm of Mujahedin-e Khalq, the cultish Iranian opposition group, despite its enduring position on the State Department's list of terrorist groups.

Similarly, covert funds can now flow without restriction to Jundullah, or "army of god," the militant Sunni group in Iranian Baluchistan – just across the Afghan border -- whose leader was featured not long ago on Dan Rather Reports cutting his brother in law's throat. well, the story was factually correct... 
Other elements that will benefit from U.S. largesse and advice include Iranian Kurdish nationalists, as well the Ahwazi arabs of south west Iran.  Further afield, operations against Iran's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon will be stepped up, along with efforts to destabilize the Syrian regime.

So far...I like what I read...

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I grew up in the ghetto. There is only one way to fight the bullies and that is in the same manner. I hope we did blow the shit out of that place. I hope we blow the shit out of other holy places. I would start with Mecca. I have no remorse whatsoever about killing people that want to kill me, my family, my countryman, and ending my way of life. None.

[BlueStateSaint]

I grew up in the ghetto. There is only one way to fight the bullies and that is in the same manner. I hope we did blow the shit out of that place. I hope we blow the shit out of other holy places. I would start with Mecca. I have no remorse whatsoever about killing people that want to kill me, my family, my countryman, and ending my way of life. None.

Let's start with Qom . . .