Posted on 02/16/2007 4:26:29 PM PST by blam
Bomb Explodes in Southeastern Iran
Saturday February 17, 2007 12:01 AM
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Police and insurgents clashed after a bombing in southeastern Iran late Friday near the site where an explosion killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards this week, Iranian news agencies reported.
``Minutes ago, the sound of a bomb explosion was heard in one of Zahedan's streets,'' the state-run news agency IRNA said, without giving more details.
The semiofficial Fars news agency said clashes broke out between Iranian police and armed insurgents after the explosion.
Fars quoted the governor of Zahedan, Hasan Ali Nouri, as saying the blast was a ``sound bomb explosion''- a device that creates a loud boom but that usually does not cause casualties.
Nouri said there was gunfire heard but that it was late at night and that police had cordoned off the area.
On Wednesday, a car bomb blew up a bus carrying Revolutionary Guards, killing 11, in Zahedan, capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province, which sits on the border with Pakistan.
A Sunni Muslim militant group called Jundallah, or God's Brigade, which has been blamed for past attacks on Iranian troops, has claimed responsibility for the Wednesday bombing.
Iran has accused the United States of backing militants to destabilize the country. Tensions between Tehran and Washington are growing over allegations of Iranian involvement in attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, and over Iran's nuclear activities.
Fars said the Friday explosion was at a school in Zahedan.
``The insurgents began shooting at people after the explosion. Clashes are continuing between police and the armed insurgents. Police have cordoned off the area,'' the Fars agency said.
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Hmmmmmm. Might be the start of some internal implosion.
Getting pretty messy there.
"Elite" my ass. First thing these middle-easterners do is run for the mosque or the women and children when faced with a real threat like the U.S. Military.
Thanks, I saw that one as well.
Are they anything like the Elite Republican Guards?
I guess two can play the insurgency game.
Frankly, we have better toys.
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