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| Blast rocks Tehran building | |
| 2005-08-02 | |
TEHRAN, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- An explosive device Tuesday rocked a building harboring foreign companies in central Tehran, causing damage but no injuries, the Iranian News Agency reports. IRNA said the building houses the offices of British Petroleum, British Airways and Mercedes Benz, producing panic among employees.
Additional: The device exploded around 9:30 a.m. (0500 GMT) in a garbage bin on the 10th floor near the British Airways office. One witness told Reuters the blast was caused by a bomb hidden in a rubbish bin in the hallway of a large tower block on the floor shared by the two companies and car giant DaimlerChrysler. "It was at 9.15 a.m. (0445 GMT) outside the BA and BP office, there were no casualties but the building was damaged," said the witness who works in one of the offices. "It was hidden in a rubbish bin," he said. "Windows were smashed, there was a lot of damage to the building, parts of the ceiling collapsed." Police at the scene told Reuters it was a bomb blast. However, the UK's Press Association said the explosion was thought to have been caused by device similar to a concussion grenade which produces a loud noise and a shock wave. Just a little wake-up call Iran's Interior Ministry said they had sent bomb disposal teams to the building. It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast. A BA spokesman in London told CNN: "We can confirm that police in Tehran are investigating a very small explosion outside an office block in the city. No one from British Airways or its franchise carrier BMed has been injured in the incident. "British Airways' franchise BMed, which operates a daily service to the city, has its office on the 10th floor of the building which also includes many other Western companies. "There was no damage to the BMed office given its height above the ground. It is likely that the office will be closed for the remainder of the day." | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #12 No western business has any legitimate business in Iran. SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS. |
| Posted by: Omeng Elmoluling6917 2005-08-02 17:26 |
| #11 I guess asking for a 10,000 meter mushroom cloud and massive blast and heat waves would be stretching things just a bit - nevertheless, I would love to hear about it. 'Couldn't hardly happen to a better candidate city. Love, Lone Ranger Range Class 11-76 |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2005-08-02 13:23 |
| #10 Promote terror and that's what you will get. The prospect of financial loss probably never occured to them. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-02 13:12 |
| #9 I hope the folks in whatever agency in Iraq have been able to find the folks who want the MMs gone as much as we do. Congrats and keep up the good work! |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-02 13:08 |
| #8 AH, Anonymoose - those were the days! What? 1955? If we had two agents to rub together, we could make a fire.... But I hope other, less organized, forces are accomplishing the same thing! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-02 12:02 |
| #7 I just wonder (hoping) that the US is conducting a top-to-bottom discombobulation of the entire Iranian nation. Literally thousands of agents all on a mission to be naughty. Agitating minorities, assassinating monsterous tyrants, disrupting and sabotaging trade and business, sewing distrust and disaffection, spreading disinformation and information, increasing popular discomfort, fomenting superstition and confusion. Oh, life can be good. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-08-02 11:35 |
| #6 Couldn't they have targeted a building full of mullahs instead? Naw, you can dig magic mullahs out of rubble... They are waiting for us, or Israel, to use the new super-deluxe particle/microwave weapon on the mullahs. Microwave cooks from the inside! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-02 11:08 |
| #5 An explosive device Tuesday rocked a building harboring foreign companies in central Tehran, causing damage but no injuries, the Iranian News Agency reports. Couldn't they have targeted a building full of mullahs instead? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-02 11:03 |
| #4 The Brits are certainly popular at the mo' remember the Iranin poster that was intent on sowing seeds of discontent between America and Britain - going on about the American Revolution? It was the first shot across the brow I guess. Interesting. I wonder why. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-08-02 10:04 |
#3 And this on the same day:TEHRAN, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A gunman on a motorcycle shot dead the judge trying the case of Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji, judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimirad said on Tuesday. Mere coincidence? |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-08-02 09:24 |
| #2 The Brits are certainly popular at the mo' - heh. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-08-02 09:00 |
| #1 Hmmm.... State-sanctioned terror against the west, or maybe some protesters against the current regime? Only the gummint knows for sure. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-02 08:59 |