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Iran says U.K. agents behind double-bomb attack in Ahvaz |
2005-10-17 |
Top Iranian officials said Sunday they suspected British involvement in a double-bomb attack in the ethnic-Arab dominated city of Ahvaz, despite furious denials and condemnation of the attacks from London. Two bombs exploded outside a crowded market late Saturday in Ahvaz, capital of the oil-rich Khuzestan province adjacent to British-occupied southern Iraq. Five people were killed and more than 100 injured, according to the latest official toll. "Since there are British troops present alongside our border, there is a concern over their involvement in the explosions in Ahvaz," Aalaeddine Borujerdi, the head of the Iranian Parliament's foreign policy commission, told the student news agency ISNA. "We have information on their previous involvement in the unrest in Khuzestan," he was quoted as saying, even though the British Embassy in Tehran had swiftly condemned the attacks and denied any involvement. "The explosions in Ahvaz had a British accent," the head of Iran's Basij volunteer militia, Brigadier General Mohammad Hejazi, was quoted as saying by ISNA. "It's a conspiracy," Hejazi alleged. Iran's Interior Minister Mustafa Pour-Mohammadi also told ISNA that "usually this kind of insecurity comes from the other side of the border and is guided from there." And Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Hussein Mousapour told the Mehr news agency that "most probably those involved in the explosion were British agents who were involved in the previous incidents in Ahvaz and Khuzestan." The blasts occurred shortly before dusk when shoppers crowd commercial areas to buy food for iftar - or the breaking of the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The province has been hit by a wave of unrest this year, including riots in April and a series of car bombings prior to Iran's presidential elections in June. Iranian hard-liners have already alleged a British link to the simmering unrest. |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 All together now: The Iranians planted those bombs themselves so that they could blame coalition forces! There, now. Doesn't that feel better? The sooner we decap the Guardian Council, the better off we'll all be. These sick f&*ks cannot die too soon. |
Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-17 17:53 |
#9 I really doubt a western intell service would be taking the risk involved in something like this (like undermining the whole WOT) for the sake of a minor explosion in a minority province on the periphery of Iran. I mean really. If the US or Brits really have a network in Iran, there are many much more valuable things they could be doing, Im sure. |
Posted by: liberalhawk 2005-10-17 15:42 |
#8 Top Iranian officials said Sunday they suspected British involvement in a double-bomb attack in the ethnic-Arab dominated city of Ahvaz,.. Are they really? And if it's somehow true, how does it feel to be on the receiving end for once? |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-17 14:28 |
#7 Couldn't be the locals, oh no - must be them furrin devils... |
Posted by: mojo 2005-10-17 12:15 |
#6 I'm glad that when diplomacy fails we revert to the old way... heh. |
Posted by: Howard UK 2005-10-17 10:00 |
#5 Doesn't MI6 have a counter-terrorism unit? I would assume they do. |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-10-17 08:45 |
#4 Makes perfect sense if you're a little paranoid or have the ability to score PR points with the home crowd on the basis of spoon fed nonesensical BS. But hey, hypnotizing chickens is a virtue in some places. Add this to the Anglican apology list please. So sorry that about you being nutters and all mullah muhsta-boom. |
Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-10-17 08:43 |
#3 "The explosions in Ahvaz had a British accent," John Cleese has a new gig? |
Posted by: Raj 2005-10-17 08:14 |
#2 Pass them their own tabaco. |
Posted by: gromgoru 2005-10-17 05:59 |
#1 Liam is a car-bomb specialist and Trevor handles the recruitment, funding, and propaganda videos. |
Posted by: John in Tokyo 2005-10-17 03:55 |