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| Iran accuses UK of bombing link |
| 2006-01-25 |
| What next from these guys? Iran has accused the UK of co-operating with bombers who killed eight people in attacks in the restive south-western city of Ahwaz on Tuesday. "Britain must respond to the doubts of Iranians concerning the events," said Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. Mr Mottaki said the masterminds of the bombing "or people of their mind" had been photographed with UK officials. A UK Foreign Office spokesman in London has denied the accusation, saying Britain condemned terrorism. "Any linkage between HMG (Her Majesty's Government) and these terrorist attacks is completely without foundation," said the official. A little-known ethnic Arab separatist group has said it was behind the blasts inside a private bank and state environmental agency on Tuesday. "Our heroes... in the military wing of The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz attacked and destroyed the dens of the occupying enemy," a statement posted on a website said. Speaking at a press conference in Tehran, Mr Mottaki claimed Britain supported such groups. "It is clear for our officials and intelligence centres that the United Kingdom co-operated and had a hand in these bombings either in London or Basra," Mr Mottaki told a news conference in Tehran. "We hope that British officials would have a clear response in that regard." Mr Mottaki said the attackers had been helped by British army commanders in southern Iraq. "We hope British officials take this seriously, put it on their agenda and act accountably," he added. The oil-rich province of Khuzestan, which borders Iraq and is home to about two million ethnic Arabs, was rocked by a wave of unrest last year, including bomb blasts in June and October. The government blamed the attacks on the UK, whose forces are just across the border, but British officials again denied involvement. In November, protests erupted in Ahwaz after ethnic Arabs accused authorities of discrimination. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #9 but Jack Straw has been a prime lapdog for the MM's... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-25 21:33 |
| #8 Ah, very good, 2b, Thx! I forgot about that little outburst. 8^D |
| Posted by: .com 2006-01-25 20:56 |
| #7 find the MM fascination with tweaking the UK very interesting. Not at all sure why they're doing it. They recently said it was because England is the mother of all of their problems. From England spawned the US, Australia, Canada (and they dislike New Zealand too). But England's greatest sin is that the UK is responsible for the creation Israel. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-01-25 20:48 |
| #6 BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA! Revolutionary Guard senior officers aircraft down. Presidential entourage shot up. Rebellion in Kurdish provinces.Student protests. Bombs going off. Tune in you Nazi wannabes...pay back is a REAL bitch. 25 years of fomenting terror is just starting to come back to roost. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-01-25 19:13 |
| #5 Don't hold your breath, SPOD. They aren't dumb. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-25 18:15 |
| #4 I am waiting for them to piss off China. It is coming soon. The current government of Iran has a real gift for stupidity. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-25 18:05 |
| #3 POT -> KETTLE -> BLACK The world's most notorious sponsor of international terrorism whingeing about some other country potentially abetting local festivities. This is like the Teamsters decrying government corruption. Rich. At this point, all I am waiting for is Ahmadinejad to come up with some new outrageous proclamation that is simultaneously so incredibly offensive, patently untrue and universally repugnant that all civilized countries agree to begin hunting him down like the diseased animal that he is. Their putative "Holocaust Conference" is a hair's breadth from doing this, but I'm confident he'll come up with a real spanker that would even piss off Mother Teresa. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-01-25 17:37 |
| #2 MEK may be coming off the Euro terrorist list. Do the Brits talk to them? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-25 17:16 |
| #1 I find the MM fascination with tweaking the UK very interesting. Not at all sure why they're doing it, unless it's some old grievance, such as the little dustup that occurred at their London embassy - or maybe that the UK was the first of the EU3 to break off and call the sham "A sham." |
| Posted by: .com 2006-01-25 17:15 |