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| Iran blames 'satanic' U.S. for suicide attack, vows revenge |
| 2009-10-19 |
| The Iranian armed forces have accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide bombing that targeted the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard on Sunday, and warned of revenge. The headquarters of the armed forces blamed the bombing on "terrorists" backed by "the Great Satan America and its ally Britain". "Not in the distant future we (Iran) will take revenge ... and Baluchis will clear this region from terrorists and criminals," Fars quoted a statement as saying, referring to the inhabitants of Sistan-Baluchestan province, where the attack took place. Both the U.S. and Britain condemned the attack on Sunday and denied any involvement. "We condemn this act of terrorism and mourn the loss of innocent lives. Reports of alleged US involvement are completely false," said State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier in the day vowed to strike back at the "criminals" behind the suicide bombing. "The criminals will soon get the response for their anti-human crimes," IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. The Iranian leader also accused unspecified foreigners of involvement. At least 35 people were killed in the attack including five senior commanders of the Guard, the country's official news agency reported. Earlier Sunday, a Sunni rebel group claimed responsibility for the attack, Iranian state television said. "Rigi's terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack," it said, referring to Abdolmalek Rigi, leader of Jundollah (God's soldiers). The group, which has waged a low-level insurgency in recent years, accuses Iran's mostly Shi'ite government of persecution and has carried out attacks against the Revolutionary Guard and Shi'ite targets in southeastern Iran. Meanwhile, Iranian state television cited informed sources as saying Britain was directly involved in the suicide attack. The Guards had earlier blamed "foreign elements" linked to the United States for the attack in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. The attack and the allegations of foreign involvement are likely to raise tension between Iran and the West, a day before nuclear talks in Vienna including Iranian, U.S., French and Russian officials. "Some informed sources said the British government was directly involved in the terrorist attack ... by organizing, supplying equipment and employing professional terrorists," Iranian state television said. The television report said analysts believed the aim of the attack was to "re-direct" parts of the West's problems in Afghanistan across the border to Iran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Just to remind Rantburgers the Islamic world view the UK in the same boat as the US Truly, EX-PARA. And all the rest of the upstart kaffirs who dare resist the establishment of the world-wide caliphate headed by Al Qaeda or the Deobandis of Pakistan or the Twelvers of Iran or... Welcome! I look forward to hearing what you have to say about all the things I only know about from reading. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-19 21:01 |
| #6 Ex Para - our slagging on the UK is directed at the Just like we slag on our own worthless politicians who are presently running our country into the ground as fast as they can. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-19 20:18 |
| #5 Just to remind Rantburgers the Islamic world view the UK in the same boat as the US before people slag of the UK and its committment to the WOT in Iraq and Afghanistan! We are your closest ally which some people on this site forget easily! |
| Posted by: EX PARA 2009-10-19 20:10 |
| #4 We can only hope that our intelligence sources in Iran are good enough to allow us to pull this thing off. Obviously SOMEONE'S intel is pretty good. Too bad it required a suicide boomer to do this. I would have prefered something more subtle, like a B-2 bomber load of explosives....just to let Achmenutjob that we are listening. |
| Posted by: James Carville 2009-10-19 17:18 |
| #3 One more thing for Obama to apologize for. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-10-19 11:06 |
| #2 "...And since youse guys attacked us, we won't be talkin' about that nukular facility we didn't tell you about before neither!" |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2009-10-19 07:09 |
| #1 Yeah, whatever. It had to be the Jooooooooooos or US. Iran has no other enemies. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2009-10-19 01:03 |