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2009-10-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Suicide bomber kills 20 in attack on Iran Guards

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Posted by tipper 2009-10-18 08:09|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Heh....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-18 08:26|| 2009-10-18 08:26|| Front Page Top

#2 seems somewhat 'karmic' in a way i just cant put my finger on...

Posted by abu do you love ">abu do you love 2009-10-18 08:56|| 2009-10-18 08:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Allah tells us:

"Wherever you are, death will overtake you, though you are in lofty towers, and if a benefit comes to them, they say: This is from Allah; and if a misfortune befalls them, they say: This is from you. Say: All is from Allah, but what is the matter with these people that they do not make approach to understanding what is told (them)?"

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-10-18 09:00|| 2009-10-18 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 MO is taliban

Posted by lord garth 2009-10-18 09:24|| 2009-10-18 09:24|| Front Page Top

#5 up to 29 dead now:
A suicide bomber killed six senior Revolutionary Guards commanders and 23 other people on Sunday in one of the boldest attacks on Iran's most powerful military institution.

Fox just said 30, and the number is expected to go higher. Apparently Allah doesn't like the RG

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-10-18 10:08|| 2009-10-18 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 One hopes these two groups are very effective at killing each other.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-10-18 10:14|| 2009-10-18 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 It happened in the Baloch part of Iran?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-10-18 10:19|| 2009-10-18 10:19|| Front Page Top

#8 The RG leadership are all buddies of Nutjob, and theirs is not a large cult, so every time one of them gets taken down, it is a serious gut punch to his power. The RG are mostly draftees, with only a few hardcore brigades of brown shirts to force Nutjob's will on the country.

This means that they are often on the road, going from city to city, brutalizing then taking off for their next assignment.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-10-18 10:40|| 2009-10-18 10:40|| Front Page Top

#9 What goes around comes around.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-10-18 10:48|| 2009-10-18 10:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Campaigning Iran style, or Obama style. Eliminate the opponent.

Posted by Injun Jutle2612 2009-10-18 11:03|| 2009-10-18 11:03|| Front Page Top

#11 IRAN is appar blaming the BRITISH [ + US-ISRAEL] as being the mastermind(s) behind this attack - the Brits podt-attack were repor fingered almost "immediately" by Iranain state medias???

* ION WAFF > TALIBAN ASK THE SCO FOR HELP TO LIBERATE AFGHANISTAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-10-18 11:27|| NA]">[NA] 2009-10-18 11:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Joe,

Although, as you say, the IRG is blaming the west, it is quite possible that funding from the other side of the Persian Gulf (Saudis, Kuwait, Qatar) is behind this particular attack.

Posted by lord garth 2009-10-18 14:48|| 2009-10-18 14:48|| Front Page Top

#13 ::golf clap::

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2009-10-18 16:02|| 2009-10-18 16:02|| Front Page Top

#14 I won't lose a second's sleep over that. I thought most of the opposition was secular. Seculars don't execute suicide murders.

Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Grerelet4852 2009-10-18 17:11|| 2009-10-18 17:11|| Front Page Top

#15 But, if they're smart, they hire a local fanatic-nut to do the job, during which they are far away, sipping martinis in the Holiday Inn while watching ESPN international.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-10-18 18:34|| 2009-10-18 18:34|| Front Page Top

#16 Suicide bombing is a way of introducing ordnance to a target.
The moral issue is whether it's a military target, or innocent civilians to foment terror and political instability.
This was moral, presuming the suicide bomber was fully informed.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2009-10-18 20:51|| 2009-10-18 20:51|| Front Page Top

#17 TOPIX > IRAN IRGC VOWS CRUSHING RESPONSE FOR JUNDALLAH ATTACK. Top IRGC Commander claims that Jundallah Group will not be allowed to threaten the Iranian Nation any more.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-10-18 23:47|| NA]">[NA] 2009-10-18 23:47|| Front Page Top

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