After Jundallah terrorist ring carried out a bloody attack in southeastern Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed readiness to help Iran fight "terrorism".
"The fight against the threat of terrorism and the extremism wherever it comes from requires all countries to join their forces," Medvedev said in a letter of condolence to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday.
"We are ready to cooperate with the Islamic Republic of Iran to counter these threats," he added.
Medvedev said the attack quivered him with "indignation" and condemned "this new evildoing by extremists".
His remarks came after at least 42 people, including senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed by an explosion in the borderline city of Pishin in Sistan-Baluchistan on Sunday.
The Pakistan-based terrorist group Jundallah, a closely affiliated with the notorious al-Qaeda organization, accepted responsibility for the deadly attack which occurred during a unity conference between Sunni and Shia tribal leaders.
The ring, led by Abdolmalik Rigi, has staged a torrent of bombings and terrorist attacks in Iran.
The Asia Times reported in May that al-Qaeda militants sought to establish an alliance with the exiled Jundallah to fulfill longstanding plans of creating a strategic corridor in the region and lay the foundation for joint regional operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
Another report posted by the US-based ABC News also revealed that the US officials had advised Jundallah to 'stage deadly guerrilla raids inside the Islamic Republic, kidnap Iranian officials and execute them on camera', all as part of a systematic objective to overthrow the Iranian government'.
In a recent interview with Press TV, Rigi's brother, Abdulhamid, confirmed that the Jundallah leader had established links with the US agents.
His brother said that in just one of his meetings with the US operatives, Rigi had received $100,000 to fuel sectarianism in Iran.
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ION KIEVAN RUS = MUSCOVY REDDIT > RUSSIAN ECONOMY WEAKER THAN ADVERTISED.
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From IranPressTV. Likely the entire article was woven from the joint imaginations of the reporter and the editor. I mean honestly, "Medvedev said the attack quivered him with 'indignation'"? When was the last time a high ranking Russian politician quivered with anything?
The purpose of the strategy session was to assist the terrorists, to help them reorganize, to rearm them, to arrange to get them back into Pakistan and, for at least some of them, thence to Afghanistan. For that reason, attendance counted many very important people.
The gathering in Sarbaz included not only top RG officials (including the commander in chief, General Mohammed Ali Jaafari, whose fate is unknown as of now), but also top civilian intelligence officers from the State of Sistan and Balouchistan (the second largest state in Iran), and members of an elite RG brigade named after the Imam Ali, along with the military governor of the city of Sarbaz, and the terrorists who had run away from Pakistan. The bomber, Sarabani, was dressed in an officer's uniform, and he knew exactly where to go. The blast brought down the roof of the structure.
Samson lives! Err, lived.
The real casualty figures are impossible to obtain, but they are considerably higher than the ones officially announced. At a minimum, 108 were killed, including 57 members of the Revolutionary Guards. Some of the names have already been announced, but so far Jaafari's name has not been mentioned.
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UPDATE: Apparently Jaafari survived. He is quoted by an Iranian news agency, as per the New York Times. He blames US and Britain for the bombing. If he is indeed alive, this would be the second assassination attempt he has survived in recent months.
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The article was interesting--a little covert action inside Iran caught them by surprise. I've always thought OBL was on that side of the border in Baluchistan but with access to the coast, btw, separated from Screech for obvious reasons. Maybe some new leads will come in.
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Well, there goes the dialog between the Big O and Short Round. We're doomed, doomed, I tell ya. Well, at least the Big O got his Nobel Dynamit prize before sh*t hit the fan.
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VIENNA -- Iran signaled ahead of international talks Monday that it will not meet Western demands for a deal that would move most of its enriched uranium out of the country and delay its gaining the ability to make a nuclear bomb.
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Time to dust off that big old propane bomb thingee we used in Nam on tunnel complexes.
I am getting senile so I forget what we called that big old gizmo, it was the biggest bomb ever used and we used a few of them over there. It would be nice to see one of them deployed "near" one of those underground complexes in Iran.
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Iran has blamed the United States for Sunday's suicide bombing in Sistan-Balochistan province in which six Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commanders were killed, as well as 37 other people. In an indirect way, the charge is true. No one in Washington these days would dream of blowing up Iranian officials, to be sure. America's abdication of its position as the world's sole superpower, though, will make incidents of this sort routine.
Without America to mediate, scold and restrain, each of the small powers in the region has no choice but to test its strength against the others. That is why the major players in the region resemble a troupe of manic Morris dancers in a minefield.
Much more as Spengler explores the Byzantine possibilities in his inimitable style.
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Spengler thinks that Obama, regardless of his Chi credentials, is anti-American third worder working to bring the Great Satan to its knees. I'm on record at 'burg saying "Obama's election = foreign conquest of USA". Of course, like Spengler, I'm an outsider (trees, forrest)---most of you still frame the problem in Trunks-Dem conflict terms.
p.s. That's why I get so enthused over every news item indicating some Democrats beginning to fear Obama.
Due to a hellish crash on the autobahn yestereday, I had to detour past Dachau in route to Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. Nothing like motoring by that place to bring on a sense of man's capacity for hate and inhumanity. Few admitted to being part of that affair after the war. I dare say few will admit to having voted for Barry when his last chapter is written either.
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Beso,
There you go calling Obama a Nazi and stuff like that. And you must be a racist, what with that South African name and all.
(channeling a typical liberal)
My, that was quick. The oppressors of the Iranian people (and the aspirations of Iranian minorities) meet a bloody end and the administration condemns the violence and "loss of innocent(?) life" less than 24 hours after the attack?
Too bad they couldn't have reacted with similar swiftness when hundreds of thousands of Iranians were marching in the streets for a little freedom and thousands of their number were being beaten and shot by militias under the direct control of the Revolutionary Guards.
The U.S. has condemned a suicide attack that killed five Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps members today.
Five commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed in suicide attacks in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province bordering Pakistan, according to reports.
The Baluch group Jundullah claimed responsibility for the attack, that killed some 30 people.
Iranian authorities have accused the group of receiving funding from foreign countries including the United States. The US has denied supporting Jundullah.
"We condemn this act of terrorism and mourn the loss of innocent lives," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said. "Reports of alleged U.S. involvement are completely false."
Bombers reportedly struck a car early Sunday carrying Guards as they headed to a meeting to hold a dialogue to try to improve relations between the region's Sunni and Shiites. "In one attack, a suicide bomber wearing a military uniform and an explosive belt entered a mosque where guard commanders were organizing a reconciliation meeting between local Sunni and Shiite Muslim leaders, according to the semi-official ILNA news service," the Times reported.
Ed Lasky adds:
No ..this is not the Onion.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, Argentinian Jews, Israelis (Jews and Muslims), thousands of Iraqis and the torture and murder of thousands of their own people.
The IRG is behind Iran's nuclear weapons program, has taken over huge chunks of the Iranian economy.
So of course, we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian regime.
Terrorist attacks anywhere are a cause for concern and should, of course, be condemned. But consistency in our statements on Iran is just as important. The belated, and mild remonstrances by the Obama administration over the loss of life - the terrorist attacks by the regime on its own people - leaves a lot to be desired.
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...Not like it's gonna help. The Iranians had their backs to the wall, they were going to have to give in on the nuclear issue (at least to a certain extent. The nice guys at Jindullah just handed them a perfect excuse to pop us the bird.
Mike
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It's a little hard for me to cheer on Balochi terrs. Terrorists are terrorists and I have no doubt that the Balochi terrs are just as nasty and evil as .. oh, say .. the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
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Stunning. If he were actually the enemy what would he do different?
#4
There are some in the IRGC which are responsible for decisions which launched said terrorist attacks. Did somebody pull bios on the killed officers which showed that they included such perpetrators? Because I have difficulty imagining that a random bombing attack on a headquarters would just happen to kill actual assholes, as opposed to uniformed bureaucrats or random majors, colonels, and the folks that bring them their coffee.
The embrace of collective guilt is the road to secular hell.
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Well . . . at least he didn't apologize. This administration has overloaded my wtf reflex. I'm not surprised by them anymore. All I have is outrage and a sense this craziness is going to reap a whirlwind.
THE head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has vowed to "retaliate" against the United States and Britain after accusing them of backing the perpetrators of a suicide bombing that killed six Guards commanders. You won't have to retaliate: Bambi has already "condemned" the attack, and Brown soon will fall into line ...
Iranian media say the Sunni Muslim insurgent group Jundollah (God's soldiers) has claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing in Sistan-Baluchestan province, which killed 42 people in all.
The incident threatened to overshadow talks between Iran and global powers in Vienna on Monday intended to tackle a standoff about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Overshadow? Heck, the Iranians will use it to blame the Great Satan and thus dig in their heels even further.
Guards commander-in-chief Mohammad Ali Jafari said Iranian security officials had presented documents indicating "direct ties" from Jundollah to US, British and, "unfortunately," Pakistani intelligence organizations, the ISNA news agency said.
"Behind this scene are the American and British intelligence apparatus, and there will have to be retaliatory measures to punish them," Jafari said.
Jundollah, which has been blamed for many attacks since 2005 in the desert province bordering Pakistan, says it is fighting to end discrimination against Sunni Muslims by Iran's dominant Shi'ites. Its leader is Abdolmalek Rigi.
"This person himself and his plans are undoubtedly under the umbrella and the protection of these (U.S., British and Pakistani) organizations," Jafari said.
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This was a big blow to the Iranian regime, especially internally as shows how effective opposition can be.
Assasination has always been a more effective terrorism tactic against authoritarian regimes. Because senior people are much less replaceable than in a democracy.
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OOOOPSIES, forgot PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > VIDEO > INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST WAYNE MADSEN: US SENT TALIBAN INTO IRAQ [paid 'em to attack the IGA, etc. targets].
Iran has sentenced a reformist politician to a five-year prison term for provoking street riots after the country's disputed June presidential election, his lawyer said on Sunday. The official IRNA news agency reported that the lawyer, Ali Reza Jafarian, planned to appeal against the verdict handed to his client Hedayat Aghaie. Aghaie was accused of "disrupting public order by provoking people to riot, propagating against the Islamic republic, saying that the votes were rigged and acting against national security", Jafarian said. The lawyer added that Aghaie was still being tried for some other charges such as bribery and insulting state officials.
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"Treason does not flourish,
For what is the reason?
If it doth flouish,
None dare call it treason"
IDF sources responded to Hizbullah reports that it had uncovered three Israeli "spying devices", saying that the incident was staged by the Lebanese terror group in an attempt to divert attention from the explosion of a weapons cache in Tayr last week, Channel 10 reported on Sunday evening.
Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV station had said a blast that rocked the Wadi Houla area in southern Lebanon on Saturday was apparently caused by the detonation of three "spying devices" that Israel had planted in the area.
Al-Manar claimed that after the devices were discovered, at least one was remotely destroyed by the IDF.
Lebanese army and UNIFIL troops arrived at the scene amid public panic and began working to destroy one of the devices, the TV station reported.
The Voice of Lebanon radio station reported that the explosion following a breach in Hizbullah's secure telecommunications network, which reportedly led to the discovery of two 50-meter cables near an Israeli outpost across the border.
According to the Voice of Lebanon, one of the cables had been used for wiretapping, while the other had been used for broadcasting. News agency DPA in Beirut quoted a Lebanese source who suggested that the devices the Lebanese army had detonated were "batteries" belonging to the "espionage device" that had exploded earlier.
IDF troops were said to have conducted patrols close to the border later in the day.
Hizbullah has for years been claiming to find various forms of "listening" or "spying" devices on Lebanese soil.
The IDF Spokesman Office said it was "looking into" Sunday's claims.
The Iranian armed forces have accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide bombing that targeted the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard on Sunday, and warned of revenge.
The headquarters of the armed forces blamed the bombing on "terrorists" backed by "the Great Satan America and its ally Britain".
"Not in the distant future we (Iran) will take revenge ... and Baluchis will clear this region from terrorists and criminals," Fars quoted a statement as saying, referring to the inhabitants of Sistan-Baluchestan province, where the attack took place.
Both the U.S. and Britain condemned the attack on Sunday and denied any involvement.
"We condemn this act of terrorism and mourn the loss of innocent lives. Reports of alleged US involvement are completely false," said State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier in the day vowed to strike back at the "criminals" behind the suicide bombing.
"The criminals will soon get the response for their anti-human crimes," IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. The Iranian leader also accused unspecified foreigners of involvement.
At least 35 people were killed in the attack including five senior commanders of the Guard, the country's official news agency reported.
Earlier Sunday, a Sunni rebel group claimed responsibility for the attack, Iranian state television said.
"Rigi's terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack," it said, referring to Abdolmalek Rigi, leader of Jundollah (God's soldiers).
The group, which has waged a low-level insurgency in recent years, accuses Iran's mostly Shi'ite government of persecution and has carried out attacks against the Revolutionary Guard and Shi'ite targets in southeastern Iran.
Meanwhile, Iranian state television cited informed sources as saying Britain was directly involved in the suicide attack.
The Guards had earlier blamed "foreign elements" linked to the United States for the attack in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
The attack and the allegations of foreign involvement are likely to raise tension between Iran and the West, a day before nuclear talks in Vienna including Iranian, U.S., French and Russian officials.
"Some informed sources said the British government was directly involved in the terrorist attack ... by organizing, supplying equipment and employing professional terrorists," Iranian state television said.
The television report said analysts believed the aim of the attack was to "re-direct" parts of the West's problems in Afghanistan across the border to Iran.
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We can only hope that our intelligence sources in Iran are good enough to allow us to pull this thing off.
Obviously SOMEONE'S intel is pretty good.
Too bad it required a suicide boomer to do this. I would have prefered something more subtle, like a B-2 bomber load of explosives....just to let Achmenutjob that we are listening.
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Just to remind Rantburgers the Islamic world view the UK in the same boat as the US before people slag of the UK and its committment to the WOT in Iraq and Afghanistan! We are your closest ally which some people on this site forget easily!
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Ex Para - our slagging on the UK is directed at the politicians "leaders" who have been busy running your country into the ground ever since Maggie Thatcher, not the ordinary citizens of the UK.
Just like we slag on our own worthless politicians who are presently running our country into the ground as fast as they can. :-(
May they all burn in hell.
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Just to remind Rantburgers the Islamic world view the UK in the same boat as the US
Truly, EX-PARA. And all the rest of the upstart kaffirs who dare resist the establishment of the world-wide caliphate headed by Al Qaeda or the Deobandis of Pakistan or the Twelvers of Iran or... Welcome! I look forward to hearing what you have to say about all the things I only know about from reading. :-)
[Iran Press TV Latest] A deadly suicide attack by a Pakistan-based terrorist group has prompted a top commander to pledge a crushing response while President Ahmadinejad presses Islamabad on the issue.
During a unity conference between Sunni and Shia tribal leaders in the borderline city of Pishin in Sistan-Baluchistan on Sunday, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing at least 42 people, including raking commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
The commander of the IRGC's ground force, General Mohammad Pakpour, said the perpetrators will be dealt a crushing response.
President Ahmadinejad reacted to the attack and demanded Pakistan eradicate the terrorist group Jundullah, which has taken responsibility for the bombing.
"We have heard that certain officials in Pakistan cooperate with main agents of these terrorist attacks in eastern parts of the country. It is our right to ask (for extradition) of criminals," Ahmadinejad said after a Cabinet session on Sunday night.
"Those who carry out such brutal attacks are unhappy with boosting confidence and coherence among Iranian officials and people."
Earlier, Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires to protest against the terrorists' use of Pakistani soil to conduct activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[Al Arabiya Latest] An Iranian prosecutor said on Sunday a Sunni rebel group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on the elite Revolutionary Guards, which killed at least 25 people on Sunday as officials accused the west of "direct involvement."
"So far no one has been arrested, but terrorist Malek Rigi has accepted the responsibility for this terrorist attack," Mohammad Marziah, prosecutor of Zahedan, the capital of the Sistan-Baluchestan province where the attack took place, was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency.
Meanwhile state television quoted sources as saying Britain was directly involved the "terrorist" attack in which killed six guards' commanders and wounded at least 40 in the most severe attack on the Revolutionary Guards in recent years.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] The closure of the official website of Iran's supreme leader fueled rumors that have been circulating for the past few days that Ali Khamenei has died after he collapsed last week. Death comes to all of us eventually. The pity is that it doesn't come to those among us who're most deserving first.
Further fueling the rumors were the closure of the official websites of Iran's radio and television all of which were not said to have been closed due to technical problems, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat reported Saturday.
The 70-year-old supreme leader reportedly collapsed last Monday and drifted into a coma but the Iranian media has stayed mum on the issue, which analysts say is because officials are waiting to resolve internal matters and chose a successor.
Several Iranian websites, mostly affiliated to Khamenei's close aides, said the rumor was believed by a large portion of Iranians because the supreme leader re-published his will a few days ago, years after he originally wrote it in Iranian papers.
According to Asharq al-Awsat, the will is not a personal document but is a political one that includes recommendations for protecting the Islamic Republic from its internal and external enemies and a reminder of the principles of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, laid by the Ayatollah Khomeini.
The will made no mention of a potential successor in the case of Khamenei's death.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reported to have met with Mojtaba Khamenei, a hard-line cleric and son of Khamenei, to discuss potential successors and speculate on who the Assembly of Experts, the body in charge of electing the Supreme Leader, would choose.
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After Jundallah terrorist ring carried out a bloody attack in southeastern Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed readiness to help Iran fight "terrorism". 
VIENNA -- Iran signaled ahead of international talks Monday that it will not meet Western demands for a deal that would move most of its enriched uranium out of the country and delay its gaining the ability to make a nuclear bomb.
[Al Arabiya Latest] An Iranian prosecutor said on Sunday a Sunni rebel group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on the elite Revolutionary Guards, which killed at least 25 people on Sunday as officials accused the west of "direct involvement." 
[Al Arabiya Latest] The closure of the official website of Iran's supreme leader fueled rumors that have been circulating for the past few days that Ali Khamenei has died after he collapsed last week.
