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Iran foils 'plot to bomb religious centres'
[Al Jazeera] Iran's intelligence ministry says its forces have foiled bombings and suicide kabooms targeting religious centres after arresting suspected members of a group linked to ISIS, according state television... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? reported. Security forces "were able to arrest a group linked to ISIS (ISIS) that intended to carry out terror operations in religious cities ... and (seized) explosive and suicide attack equipment," the state broadcaster IRIB said on Saturday. It did not say how many people were held, or where the operation took place Authorities seized three assault rifles, a machine-gun equipped with a silencer, three suicide belts, as well as explosives and bomb-making equipment, according to the report. Also seized were night vision goggles, three phones for remote detonation and a large amount of bullets, it added. The arrests came days after Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired missiles from western Iran at ISIS positions in eastern Syria in retaliation for two attacks in Tehran earlier this month that were claimed by the gang. Since the June 7 attack, Iranian authorities have carried out several operations inside Iran, detaining dozens of people, and targeting groups suspected of having links to ISIS, which stands for Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant, and is also known as ISIS. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-25 |
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