Iran Links Spate of Bombing to Protests

[Freddie Stubbs]

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 35 minutes ago

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's intelligence minister blamed Iranian Arab extremists Monday for violent protests and a spate of deadly bombings and claimed the ringleaders were connected to foreign intelligence services.

Four bombs in the southwestern city of Ahvaz killed eight people Sunday, and two more people were killed in explosions later in Tehran.

Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said the bombers were Iranians based outside the country.

"We have proof of a link between these people outside Iran and some intelligence services in the world," Yunesi was quoted as saying by the official Islamic Republic News Agency. He did not identify the leaders of the protests or the intelligence services and stopped short of directly linking foreign hands to the bombings.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050613/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_explosions

[Frederik]

1. "foreign intelligence services"

Hmmm, now who in the world could those be.

[Roland99]

2. Mossad? ISI? CIA?

[Frederik]

9. Iran Daily claims US, UK...

http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2298/html/national.htm#69069

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. For some reason they did not want to point any fingers

[Just Me]

4. US has a long history of funding these "terrorists" *LOL*.

Funny, though, how those who bomb in Iran are characterized as "protestors" rather than "terrorists" depending upon which media carries the story.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Actually, the article did not characterize them as "protestors"

Did another news source refer to the bombers as "protestors?"

[Frederik]

8. According to Iran Daily...

the saboteurs were sent by the US and Britain:

http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2298/html/national.htm#69069

:nuke:

[davidinalameda]

5. does this mean the war started

and who was the last president to conduct a covert war--Nixon?

[Lerkfish]

6. exactly what I'm saying.

[Moderator]

10. kick to combine

[theearthisround]

11. Iran hit by wave of bombings, blames US-backed "terrorists"

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=32476&NewsK%20%20%20%20ind=Current%20Affairs

Iran was struck by a wave of deadly bombings in this restive southwestern city and the capital Sunday, with the Islamic regime accusing US-backed "terrorists" of seeking to destabilise the country just days ahead of presidential elections, according to AFP.
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"These terrorists have been trained under the umbrella of the Americans in Iraq," he charged, adding that Iran suspected British troops across the border might also have links to the separatist group -- the London-based Ahvaz Arab People's Democratic-Popular Front.
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"It was inhuman, a horrible thing. There was a small child walking around looking for his dead mother," said Abdol Hossein Kord-Zanghaneh, a male nurse at an Ahvaz hospital where many of the casualties were taken.

"This is an American plot," he said, adding that many of the wounded had suffered concussion and blown ear drums.

[katsy]

12. I'm so sorry world.

[AuntiBush]

14. Can I second that...: "I'm sorry, too world, sincerely."

[bullimiami]

13. What a sad state this govenment has come to when I can read this and

not know if it is true. I believe these people are capable of it.

[Terran1212]

15. The "terrorist" group in mention is being protected by the US Army in Iraq

I believe it is an open fact...

And they claim Iran is fueling "insurgents" in Iraq...

[katinmn]

16. You know, I read a different account of this today in my hometown

newspaper of this bombing in Iran and I wondered if the US was behind it. Insurgents bombing their countrymen right before an election? Hmm. Sounds like a Bush-Rumsfeld Special to me.

Shit.

[jojo54]

17. This doesn't surprise me

Let's hope it's only a matter of time before this memo gets leaked out too.

We are doomed forever to be named "war mongers".

[bpilgrim]

18. looks like Scott Ritter was right - AGAIN - on his 'June' prediction

Scott Ritter Says US Plans June Attack On Iran
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8130.htm

:shrug:

peace

[Maple]

21. I wondered when they were going to show up

"Hersh also reported that "The Administration has been conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran at least since last summer."

[oblivious]

36. Hersh: "I was repeatedly told that the next strategic target was Iran. "

In my interviews, I was repeatedly told that the next strategic target was Iran. “Everyone is saying, ‘You can’t be serious about targeting Iran. Look at Iraq,’” the former intelligence official told me. “But they say, ‘We’ve got some lessons learned—not militarily, but how we did it politically. We’re not going to rely on agency pissants.’ No loose ends, and that’s why the C.I.A. is out of there.”

...“Do you remember the right-wing execution squads in El Salvador?” the former high-level intelligence official asked me, referring to the military-led gangs that committed atrocities in the early nineteen-eighties. “We founded them and we financed them,” he said. “The objective now is to recruit locals in any area we want. And we aren’t going to tell Congress about it.” A former military officer, who has knowledge of the Pentagon’s commando capabilities, said, “We’re going to be riding with the bad boys.”

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0117-11.htm

[susu369]

40. My first thought as well

words fail me.

[Ilsa]

19. A slip in the polls, and he invades another country.

Hey, when Gallup or IPSOS calls, tell them you love Bush*! Tell them you'll fellate him and Cheney! Anything to stop this madness!

Yeah, Scott Ritter might have been right on target.

[Whoa_Nelly]

20. When I heard about this a few days ago

that was my first thought. I could hear it..."Gotta get them Ire-Ray-nuns before they get outta hand and destroy democracy for the Middle East!"

I'm sorry, World. I sincerlely apologize on behalf of my nation and those who do not kow how to show remorse.

[anotherdrew]

22. well, let's hope they don't invade us and overthrow our regiem

If they really believe this, they're gonna be looking for payback opertunities, lord help us...

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[TahitiNut]

24. Read about it in the "I/P Daily" or "I/P Weakly"

:silly:

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[Behind the Aegis]

38. Broad-brushing

I understand what you are saying. However, I inferred that those of us who are "pro-Israeli" would some how take joy in this news and I find that offensive. Freepers lurk throughout the entire site, why did s/he feel it necessary to point out one forum, especially the I/P? I saw it as a swipe at saying those who support Israel would find this event a good thing. I won't speak for everyone, but I was offended and am certainly not "dancing with glee" over this news.

[Zhade]

39. Agree that it's a bit too broad.

You must admit there are some real rabidly pro-Israel flakes in I/P, though. I doubt it was aimed at someone like you, even if I personally think you're a tad sensitive on the issue.

[Eloriel]

25. And who among the rest of the world would ?believe it wasn't

an American plot. If I knew we had more Arab-speaking humint, I'd suspect the CIA myself. No wonder to me that they are pointing the finger at us.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

27. Unfortunately, it's the US SOP for destabilizing foreign governments....

...look at the current unrest being generated in any country in which the NeoCons have an interest.

Look also at US history in regards to how we have dealt with Central and South America for the last 100 years. And it's not just the CIA...it is also the DIA, Naval Intell, and any other group that we have yet to hear about.

Same old, same old.

[evolvenow]

28. When will this insane violence end? War criminals make endless, horrible

choices.

[IndianaGreen]

30. It sure has the stench of Bush's regime change in the making

Not happy with killing tens of thousand Iraqis, the Bush regimes sets its murderous sights on Iran, while the opposition party remains silent.

[me b zola]

35. Spreading more of the bfee brand of democracy

~from the article~

"The calls for a boycott of the vote had failed, so the terrorist groups based in Iraq are trying to use attacks to disrupt the election and prevent a strong voter participation," he said.

Iran is due to go to the polls to elect a new president on Friday.

~more~



Nothing is below * and his thugs, and this certainly stinks to high heaven.

[WillyT]

33. And.... Awaaaaaaay We Go !!!

The moderate Republicans had better figure out soon, if they love this country, or not.

Those Brownshirts are gettin worn, and it's gettin time to break out the Black ones soon, no??? And those long-knives, they are ever so sharp!

:grr::nuke::mad:

[magellan]

37. This has our government's foreign policy fingerprints all over it.

I'm sick with how much death our tax dollars buy in the name of "spreading democracy".