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Binyamin Netanyahu accuses Iran over bombs targeting Israeli diplomats
Tehran's ambassador to India denounces Israeli claim as 'sheer lies' after blast in New Delhi and discovery of device in Tbilisi
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Monday 13 February 2012
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of being behind twin attacks on Israeli targets in India and Georgia on Monday in a move likely to further escalate tensions between the two countries and increase international pressure on the Iranian regime.
The attacks, in which four people were injured, followed a warning from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, earlier this month that the Islamic Republic would retaliate against international sanctions and would back "any nation or group" that sought to "confront and fight" Israel.
In Delhi, witnesses said they saw assailants on motorcycles attaching a device to a car when it stopped at a traffic light. In the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, an Israeli embassy driver discovered a device planted on the undercarriage of his car. The modus operandi in both incidents mirrored the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran last month, which Iran claimed was carried out by agents for Israeli intelligence.
The Iranian regime also blamed Israel for a string of earlier assassinations and covert operations. Many in the international community have voiced alarm at the prospect of a low-intensity war between the two states conducted by intelligence operatives and their proxies. ...................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/13/binyamin-netanyahu-accuses-iran-bombs
malaise
(269,157 posts)These people are all fugging crazy.
teddy51
(3,491 posts)they keep it up.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)After all, we have to make sure Jesus appears at the plain of Armageddon.
earthside
(6,960 posts)Let's see ... Israel can have a nuclear weapons arsenal, keep it "secret" and be in violation of all kinds of international laws and treaties in doing so. But Iran shouldn't even be thinking about developing atomic power for electricity generation (which is all we know for certain).
And ... Israel and the U.S. and Europe can threaten Iran constantly and impose economic sanctions, but if Iran threatens back then they are 'out of line'.
And ... Israel can practice all kinds of espionage and assassinations against its perceived enemies, but if anyone ever reciprocates, then it is an outrage.
Excuse me if I'm not all that sympathetic to Binyamin Netanyahu and the 'Israel First' crowd when considering the big picture.
truth2power
(8,219 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Exactly why people who claim to be "Pro-Israeli" - including Israel's own politicians - seem to determined to ensure the deaths of lots of Jews. One has to ask... How many young men and women of his nation, faith, and people does Mr. Bibbles want to throw into the proverbial ovens here, just to make a hollow point of who has the bigger cock in the region?
well stated!!
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Did you really think that your killing of Iranian nuclear scientists would go unanswered? C'mon...
I know I am getting tired of both of these countries trying to prove which one has the bigger penis.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)generally diplomats have always been considered off limits, even during wartime.
I saw a comment elsewhere that essentially stated that the Iranians probably made a mistake targeting Israeli diplomats, since the Mossad is going to be much more successful then the Iranians will at killing each others diplomats.
This is going to be considered an escalation.