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Iran Arrests 11 over Suspected IS Suicide Bombing Plot
2016-10-15
[AnNahar] Iran has tossed in the calaboose
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
11 people on suspicion of planning suicide kabooms on behalf of the 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group and seized large quantities of explosives, local media reported on Friday.

It was the latest in a series of alleged plots by the Sunni forces of Evil uncovered in Shiite Iran which has been a major supporter of the campaign against them in neighboring Iraq.

"Eleven people were arrested and the terrorist group dismantled," General Ahmad-Ali Goudarzi, who heads the security forces in the southern province of Fars, was quoted as saying.

"Dozens of cars and cycle of violences, as well as 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of explosives, were seized."

The Mehr news agency quoted the province's deputy governor as saying those arrested were believed to be members of IS.

The jihadist group regards Shiites as apostates and has carried out numerous attacks against Shiite civilians in both Iraq and Syria.

Iran's powerful intelligence and security service have so far managed to shield the country from similar attacks, but they have reported a marked increase in alleged plots in recent months.

In June, the intelligence ministry said it had thwarted a jihadist plot to carry out dozens of kabooms across the capital Tehran.

Several other arrests and festivities with Death Eaters were reported over the summer.

On October 4, General Mohammad Pakpour, land forces commander for the elite Revolutionary Guards, said 12 "counter-revolutionary terrorists" had been killed trying to enter Iran's western province of Kermanshah from neighboring Iraq.
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