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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Michael Ledeen on the Baluchistan Bombing
2009-10-19
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.
Posted by:Frozen Al

#7  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.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2009-10-19 21:01  

#6  Does Jaafari have the NYT on speed dial?

No, because he works for them as a columnist.
Posted by: James Carville   2009-10-19 17:12  

#5  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.
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2009-10-19 17:11  

#4  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.

Jaafari has the direct number to the NY Slimes?
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2009-10-19 17:07  

#3  I hope we Predator-ized them, but that would have required White House-level approval, so that can't be it.

Bomb Iran now. Perfect timing.
Posted by: Maggie Ebbuter2991   2009-10-19 16:46  

#2  The next thing we're going to find: there was no suicide boomer?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-10-19 16:02  

#1  Gosh, that's just terrible.

Get it?
Posted by: mojo   2009-10-19 15:45  

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