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Iran confirms "evidence" of attack plot during Shiite holy day
The Iranian intelligence ministry on Wednesday confirmed that its agents had found a mortar firing device in the holy city of Qom, on the same day that a wave of coordinated attacks caused carnage among fellow-Shiite Muslim worshippers in neighbouring Iraq. âOn the day of Ashura, certain people contacted the ministry of intelligence to say there was a suspect object near agricultural land at the entrance to Qom,â said the statement. âAfter verification, we found one mortar tube but without shells. The judiciary has sent the dossier to the intelligence ministry for investigation,â it added. "Yeah, weâll get right on it." The statement came after the Baztab Internet site, a news service close to top Iranian regime figure Mohsen Rezaie, reported that Iranian intelligence agents had scuppered a planned Al-Qaeda mortar attack on the Hazrat-e Massumeh shrine on March 2 -- the Shiite holy day of Ashura. I think this falls into the catagory of; "See, al-Qaeda tried to attack us as well, we donât have anything to do with them." Posted by: Steve 2004-03-10 |
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