"Bomb attacks near mosque in Iran kill at least 20" by Nasser Karimi, Associated Press | July 16, 2010
TEHRAN — Twin bombings killed at least 20 people outside a mosque — including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard — in attacks in southeastern Iran yesterday that came less than a month after the government hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted the deputy governor of the Sistan-Baluchistan province, Jalal Sayyah, as saying the explosions tore through a crowd of Shi’ite worshipers near the main mosque in the provincial capital of Zahedan.
The deputy interior minister in charge of security, Ali Abdollahi, told the semiofficial Fars news agency that members of the Revolutionary Guard, the country’s most powerful military force, were killed in the blasts, which appeared to be the work of suicide bombers....
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings, but Sistan-Baluchistan is home to the Jundallah insurgency, a Sunni group that has claimed responsibility for attacks that have killed scores in recent years....
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Not when they REALLY ARE out to get you!
Jundallah says it is fighting for the rights of the Sunni Baluch minority, and accuses Iran’s Shi’ite-dominated government of persecution. Tehran accuses Jundallah of backing an insurgency in its southeast that has destabilized the border region with Pakistan.
In June, Iran hanged the group’s leader, Abdulhamid Rigi, in Zahedan after he was found guilty of carrying out attacks against civilians, armed robbery, and engaging in a disinformation campaign against Iran.
His younger brother, Abdulhamid, was executed in May in Iran after being captured in Pakistan in 2008 and extradited to Iran.
Sunni Pakistan and Shi'ite Iran working together against terrorists?
Everyone is just giving the Empire lip service and doing their own thing, huh?
Oh, look what I found in my MSM debris:
"Sunni group says it bombed Iran mosque for revenge; Leader was hanged; death toll rises to 27" by Nasser Karimi and Lee Keath, Associated Press | July 17, 2010
TEHRAN — A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shi’ite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities yesterday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard.
The insurgent group, Jundallah, has repeatedly carried out deadly strikes on the Guard, the country’s most powerful military force — including an October suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people. The new attack was a sign that the group is still able to carry out devastating bombings even after Iran hanged its leader Abdulmalik Rigi and his brother earlier this year.
Shi’ite worshipers were attending ceremonies marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, Hussein, when the first blast went off at the entrance of the mosque in the provincial capital Zahedan. The male bomber was disguised as a woman, local lawmaker Hossein Ali Shahriari told the ISNA news agency.
That is SUCH BLASPHEMY that not even the most pious "Al-CIA-Duh, " sorry, Jundallah, would do it.
Inside the mosque, a cleric was reading from the Koran in front of lines of faithful sitting cross-legged on the floor when the building suddenly shook from the blast and screams were heard from outside, according to footage taken at the time and aired on Iranian state TV.
As people rushed to help, the second explosion detonated 20 minutes later, causing the majority of the deaths and injuries, ISNA reported. The technique is often used by Sunni militants in Iraq to maximize casualties.
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Maybe that is where they came from, huh?
Members of the Guard were among the worshipers, particularly because the ceremonies coincided with Iran’s official Revolutionary Guard Day....
Nothing like ruining a party.
Iran accuses the United States and Britain of supporting Jundallah in a plot to weaken Tehran clerical leadership, a claim both countries deny.
Yeah, THEY KNOW!
General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Revolutionary Guard, told worshipers at the main weekly prayers in Tehran that the victims “were martyred by hands of mercenaries of the US and UK.’’
He was echoed by influential lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi who said “America should be answerable for the terrorist incident in Zahedan.’’
President Obama condemned the attacks, saying in a statement that the deaths of innocent civilians in their place of worship is an “intolerable offense’’ and that those responsible for the blasts must be held accountable.
PFFFFFFT!
Well, FIND OUT which CIA OFFICER was ASSIGNED the CASE, a***hole!
In New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the suicide bombings saying “this senseless act of terrorism at a place of worship makes it all the more reprehensible,’’ UN associate spokesman Farhan Haq said.
I've so stopped listening to globalist liars and servants of Israel.
Jundallah has been waging an insurgency for years in the remote Sistan-Baluchistan Province, a lawless area where smuggling and banditry are rife.
Where all good CIA agents are to be found.
The group says it is fighting for the rights of the mainly Sunni ethnic Baluchi minority, which it says suffers discrimination under Iran’s Shi’ite’s leadership.
By blowing up a mosque?
Iran executed Jundallah’s leader in June in Zahedan, a month after hanging his brother Abdulhamid Rigi, who had been captured in Pakistan in 2008 and extradited to Iran. The group named a new leader, al-Hajj Mohammed Dhahir Baluch.
Looks like you two have a COMMON ENEMY, huh?
In a statement posted on its website, Jundallah claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s blast, saying the attack was to avenge Abdulmalik Rigi’s death. It showed pictures of two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests, identified as Mohammad and Mujahid Rigi, apparently members of the leader’s clan, though the site did not specify their relationship to him.
The group said its “sons of the faith . . . carried out tonight a heroic unprecedented operation at the heart of an assembly of the Guard at Zahedan,’’ claiming to have killed more than 100.
Jundallah has repeatedly targeted the Revolutionary Guards. In its deadliest attack, a suicide bomber hit a meeting between Guard commanders and Shi’ite and Sunni tribal leaders in the border town of Pishin on Oct. 18, killing 42 people.And CUI BONO?
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Almost time for prayers again....
