Monday, February 27, 2006
Iranian blogger Kamangir points out:
...On June, 1994, a massive blast destroyed portions [Imam Reza's] shrine, killing twenty six people (unfortunately, I can't find any picture of the event)...People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI), a terrorist Iranian organization based in Iraq at the time, accepted the responsibility. The guy assumed to be responsible for the blast was killed in a shooting. However, after Saeed Emmami, a high ranking official in Iranian Intelligence, was arrested and charged with assassinating opposition figures, he also confessed that his group had links to the the bombers. This event, like many others in recent Iran's history, was never fully investigated and clarified...
It doesn't mean they did this more recent one, but anyone finding it too far-fetched isn't nearly cyncal enough when it comes to Middle Eastern, and particularly Iranian, politics.
(via Judth Klinghoffer)
The Iranian connection, if any, would more likely be Ahamdinejad's minions, or possibly their Shia representatives in Iraq (Sadr & Co.). Why Ahadinejad?
1. To draw global attention away from or rationalize his nuclear project;
2. To create a distraction at home from the activities of the Basij who are his own Religious Police;
3. To help hasten the appearance of the hidden Imam and make sure that such appearance happens in Iran, not Iraq.
Why would Sadr help out? Because most Iraqi Shias cleave to the Sistani line and he has his own ambitions, and in return for the shelter Iran gave to Sadr's dear old dad during the Shah's time. Remember, Sadr was quite happy to use his own mosque as a torture chamber for any Shias who didn't care for Sadr's brand of Shi'ism, so would he shrink from blowing up a shrine if it suited his greater purposes?