Can Iran now say that they have evidence that the US is involved in attacks inside Iran? They should take their complaint to the UN and promise swift retaliation if nothing is done to keep the US out of Iran.

Thanks for the comments.

I have little doubt the British secret services are involved in Iran also (if indeed they weren’t involved with this incident). There have been several scandals in the last couple of years where British agents have been caught red handed in both Iraq and Iran. In most cases our compliant media sweep it all under the carpet.

As for how Iran will react, that depends a lot on whether they have solid evidence of US involvement or whether they only know this via means that cannot be divulged, i.e. espionage. The Iranian news agency mentioned intense spy activity along their borders, both American and Israeli. One can only assume they have a substantial network of their own.

It is possible this is only a bluff and the US is just “the usual suspect”, but I doubt it. The stakes are very high, there is no doubt whatsoever that the Neo-conservatives want this war, they just need Iran to put one foot wrong. Those 50 war ships and hundreds of fighter jets are not there for a holiday and there are rumours that a 3rd carrier group is quietly making its way to the region, the USS Reagan I think, but I cant confirm that.

Even if they have evidence or extract a detailed confession from one of the prisoners, what can the UN do? The UN did precisely nothing to stop the wholesale demolition of Lebanon last year, even with the Prime Minister begging and crying on world TV for a ceasefire, the whole world backed the motion, but the US and UK coldly vetoed it, so Israel kept on bombing.

Iran is fully aware of this, they are far smarter than many Westerners give them credit for.

I just hope to god someone can diffuse this situation because I have a sickening feeling we have another war in the offing; a far more destructive war than most of us realise.

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." Albert Einstein

LA Times 

Iran alleges U.S. involvement in deadly attack

 By Kim Murphy Times Staff Writer

5:54 PM PST, February 18, 2007

TEHRAN, Iran — Bullet cartridges bearing a U.S. insignia and English lettering were among the weaponry seized last week from Sunni militants suspected of killing 11 members of Shiite-dominated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Iranian officials said Sunday. A photograph of the cartridge box, along with an array of other ammunition, was published by Iranian newspapers and agencies.

The Iranians did not provide direct access to the weapons and explosives, drawing skepticism from analysts, and there was no way to evaluate the claims independently. But Iran is worried that the United States is quietly helping Iranian opposition groups foment internal instability, even while the Bush administration is directly confronting Iran over its nuclear program and its alleged arming of Shiite militants in Iraq.

The Iranian allegations, in the latest incidents of a wave of non-Shiite minority unrest, came a week after U.S. officials laid out what they said was evidence of Iranian-made weaponry in Iraq. That evidence also was inconclusive, and Iran denied supplying arms to Iraqi combatants.

A Pentagon spokeswoman, Marine Maj. Rebecca Goodrich-Hinton, said Sunday that officials had no comment in response to the allegations from Tehran. Iranian officials in the southeastern region of Sistan-Baluchestan, where a bus carrying the troops was struck by explosives from a booby-trapped car Wednesday, announced the allegations of U.S. and British involvement in the attack. (more at link)

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." Albert Einstein

BBC News

Monday, 19 February 2007, 20:15 GMT

Iran hangs man for attack on bus

Iran has executed a man over a bomb attack that killed 11 members of its elite Revolutionary Guards last week. Nasrollah Shanbe Zehi was publicly hanged at the scene of the attack in the south-eastern city of Zahedan.

He had been shown on TV confessing to involvement in Wednesday's bombing and was convicted by a Zahedan court. The attack occurred when a car packed with bombs stopped next to a bus taking the soldiers to work.

Militant group Jundallah claimed the bombing. Crowds chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as they watched the hanging. It took place in the same location as the crime, something which correspondents say is common in Iran.

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." Albert Einstein

Iran invites international envoys to witness evidence that the US & Britain backed the terrorist bus bombing in Iran

Fars News Agency

 

Iran on Saturday invited international bodies to send envoys to Tehran to witness documents and other corroborative evidence showing involvement of foreign countries in recent terrorist blasts in the country's southeastern provincial capital city of Zahedan.

Director General for the political affairs of Sistan and Balouchestan governorate Soltan-Ali Mir told FNA that the US and Britain are behind the recent terrorist attacks in the city of Zahedan, adding, "Washington and London are facing serious challenges as their interests in the Middle-East region have been endangered. Since the Islamic Republic is the main center of anti-US struggles, they are seeking to trouble Iran through a series of challenges, including terrorist attacks and unrests."

Asked to elaborate on the documents proving involvement of the US and Britain in recent incidents in Iran's Sistan and Balouchestan province, he said, "The weapons that the terrorists have used are US and British made. Moreover, the arrested terrorist agents have confessed that they have been trained by English-speaking people."

The official invited representatives of the United Nations, Human Rights watch and other international bodies to dispatch envoys to Iran to observe the available documents and proofs substantiating involvement of the Untied States and Britain in the recent terrorist attacks, including the blast and shootout on Wednesday.

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." Albert Einstein

will we still see the sun come up tomorrow or will it be the radiation fall out??

US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran

By William Lowther in Washington DC and Colin Freeman, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 12:30am GMT 25/02/2007

America is secretly funding militant ethnic separatist groups in Iran in an attempt to pile pressure on the Islamic regime to give up its nuclear programme.
  
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime is accused of repressing minority rights and culture
In a move that reflects Washington's growing concern with the failure of diplomatic initiatives, CIA officials are understood to be helping opposition militias among the numerous ethnic minority groups clustered in Iran's border regions.

The operations are controversial because they involve dealing with movements that resort to terrorist methods in pursuit of their grievances against the Iranian regime.

In the past year there has been a wave of unrest in ethnic minority border areas of Iran, with bombing and assassination campaigns against soldiers and government officials.

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"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." Albert Einstein