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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Deadly blast strikes Iranian city
2008-04-12
At least eight people have been killed and more than 50 wounded in an explosion in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, Iranian media reports say. The blast occurred in a mosque in the city either during or after evening prayers, the reports said.
Fars said the mosque is the site of weekly speech about extremist Wahabi beliefs and the outlawed Bahai faith.
Iran's Fars news agency was quoted as saying that the explosion was caused by a bomb. It said at least three of the wounded were seriously hurt. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Fars said the death toll was expected to climb.

Shiraz is a major tourist destination because of its closeness to a number of important ancient sites. Deadly bomb attacks are unusual in Iran. The last major bombing was by suspected Sunni rebels in the south-eastern city of Zahedan in February last year. Thirteen members of the Revolutionary Guard were killed in that blast, which was caused by a car bomb.
Posted by:john frum

#9  Red wire guys, always connect the red wire LAST after connecting the ground.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-04-12 22:43  

#8  I'd think crows would have more sense, 2x4...
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-04-12 22:15  

#7  About 250 km east of Bushehr. So quite a bit from the Iraq border, about 400 km as crow flies.
Posted by: twobyfour   2008-04-12 22:13  

#6  Exactly my thought, Barbara. Someone future Darwin Award nominee was fondling the powder during the prayer time in the basement.

BTW, how close is this City to Iraqi border? Could be a hub for Iranian insertion teams into Iraq???
Posted by: BA   2008-04-12 21:56  

#5  "The blast occurred in a mosque in the city either during or after evening prayers ... the explosion was caused by a bomb."

Nonsense. Everyone knows mosques are really ammunition depots - sounds more like some of the ammo went off.

Too bad.

Or not.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-04-12 19:00  

#4  Wahabists and Baha'i? Those two are on extreme opposite ends of the bell curve of Muslim beliefs, the Baha'i believing in peace, love, happiness, and their messiah (Christian variety, the fleshly incarnation of God) who superseded Mohammed.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-04-12 18:39  

#3  Hopefully it will be the start of a "bombing campaign" by persons unknown.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-04-12 17:59  

#2  Love the wine. Were the vineyards damaged?

/yeah, I know....
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-12 16:50  

#1  So were they fur extremist beliefs, or agin' em?
Posted by: Bobby   2008-04-12 16:29  

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