Terror's Full Circle

IBD Editorials ^ | October 21, 2009 | INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Staff

[Kaslin]

Axis Of Evil: So who mourns when a terrorist dies by his own bomb? Apparently the U.S. and the U.N. do, given their condolences to Iran after Sunday's attack on its Revolutionary Guard. Iran is the father of this terrorism.

Over the weekend, Iran was shocked by a massive suicide bomb that killed 49 people, including five top commanders of its Revolutionary Guard and several tribal leaders in Iran's eastern Sistan-Baluchistan province.

The attack was a first for Iran and a big blow to the mullahs, whose Revolutionary Guard acts as their military arm. A Pakistan-based terror group called Jundallah claimed credit, seeking to stir up ethnic separatism.

But that didn't stop Iran from assigning the blame to the U.S. and Britain, whipping out cries of "Great Satan" as if it were the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

But as days go by and arrests are made and the investigation unravels, the reality is sinking in that the terror originated in Pakistan with the very kinds of terror groups Iran has fostered for decades. It has made the Pakistani badlands a rat's nest of terror groups, which are now under an intense Pakistani military offensive.

Inexplicably, the U.S. offered condolences, possibly in a bid to win sympathy for its nuclear talks. "We condemn this act of terrorism and mourn the loss of innocent lives," said State Department spokesman Ian C. Kelly. "Reports of alleged U.S. involvement are completely false."

[Kaslin]