Iranian Group Seeks British Suicide Bombers

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-19-2006 | Robert Tait - Ewen MacAskill

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Iranian group seeks British suicide bombers

Robert Tait in Tehran and Ewen MacAskill
Wednesday April 19, 2006
The Guardian (UK)

Relations between the west and the hardline Iranian regime are set to worsen after a Tehran-based group claimed yesterday it was trying to recruit Iranians and other Muslims in Britain to carry out suicide bombings against Israel. The Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign, which claims to be independent but has the backing of the regime, said it is targeting potential recruits in Britain because of the relative ease with which UK passport-holders can enter Israel.

The claim came hours after nine people were killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv, and days after a prediction by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that Israel would be blown away in a "storm". President George Bush refused to rule out a limited nuclear strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Mohammad Samadi, a spokesman for the group, told the Guardian that striking at Israel was the priority of his recruitment drive. "The first target is Israel. For us, that is the battlefield," he said. "All the Jews are targets, whether military or civilian. It's our land and they are in the wrong place. It's their duty to pay attention to safety of their own families and move them away from the battlefield," he said.

Mr Samadi's group was participating in a recruitment fair for "martyrdom seekers" being held in the grounds of the former US embassy in Tehran. Several hundred volunteers have signed up for missions in the past few days.

[AntiGovernment]

Relations between the west and the hardline Iranian regime are set to worsen

The Unwashed One is really shaking in his boots, I daresay.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

B. O. Plenty speaks.

[FDNYRHEROES]

Iranian group seeks British suicide bombers

I guess they can't wait to go nuclear...

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Iranian group recruiting UK terrorists against Israel-every Muslim potential bomb against west

"Britain and other European countries have a lot of disaffected Muslims who are ready. We understand the suspicion with which Britain, America and other western countries regard their Muslim populations. We don't condemn them for this because we believe every Muslim has the potential to turn into a bomb against the west."