An Iranian general on Monday accused Pakistan, Britain and the US of aiding Sunni rebels responsible for a suicide attack on Sunday that killed 42 people, including seven military commanders.
The suicide bomber blew himself up at a meeting of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and local tribesmen in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province. Iranian officials said the attack was claimed by Sunni militant rebel leader Abdolmalek Rigi, whose Jundullah group has been waging war against the Shiite rule of Iran for several years.
Repatriation: Revolutionary Guards Corps chief General Muhammad Ali Jafari said on Monday an Iranian delegation would head to Pakistan to deliver "proof" that Islamabad is supporting Rigi. "The delegation will ask for him (Rigi) to be handed over," Jafari was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. Jafari also charged that Rigi takes orders from the intelligence services of Britain, Pakistan and the US. "He is supported by them and without doubt he is acting under their orders and plans," he claimed, adding, "There will have to be retaliatory measures to punish them (the US and the UK)", Fox News reported.
Not us: Washington and the UK have denied any involvement, the AFP news agency reported. "Reports of alleged US involvement are completely false," US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said in a statement on Sunday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, meanwhile, has said his country is ready to help Iran fight "terrorism". An Iranian general on Monday accused Pakistan, Britain and the US of
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Follow up by Debka has Iran *threatening* to attack Pakistan. Now that would be interesting.
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Obama not having an Iranian policy is not going to stop Iran from claiming he does. Blaming others for internal dissension has a long standing pedigree amongst dictators.
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Follow up by Debka has Iran *threatening* to attack Pakistan. Now that would be interesting.
As Joseph Mendiola pointed out in a previous post:
HMMMMM, HMMMM, IRAN + INDIA + CHINA = ONLY EEEEVVVVVEEEERRRRRRYYYYBBBOOODDYYY, D *** YOU, WANTS TO SEND TROOPS = ARMIES TO INVADE OR SURROUND AFPAK - ONLY THE RUSSIANS ARE MISSING!
An Iranian member of parliament on Monday raised the prospect of a possible cross-border military operation into Pakistan against the terrorist group blamed for a deadly attack on the elite Revolutionary Guards. Iran has in the past alleged that members of the Jundallah group, which state media said claimed Sunday's suicide bombing in Iran, have been operating from Pakistan. "There is unanimity about the Revolutionary Guards and the security forces engaging in operations in any place they would deem necessary," ISNA news agency quoted MP Payman Forouzesh as saying, appearing to refer to agreement on the issue among lawmakers.
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Conflicts brewing from one end of South Asia to the other.
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