Blast kills Iranian nuclear expert -- "covert war?"
BlueMax372
2012/01/12 22:56:29
TEHRAN -- Motorcycle riders flashed by and attached a magnetic bomb to a car carrying a nuclear scientist working at Iran's main uranium enrichment facility. By the time the blast tore apart the silver Peugeot, the bike was blocks away, weaving through Tehran traffic after what Iran calls the latest strike in an escalating covert war.
The attack -- which instantly killed the scientist and fatally wounded his driver on Wednesday -- was at least the fourth targeted hit against a member of Iran's nuclear brain trust in two years. Tehran quickly blamed Israeli-linked agents backed by the U.S. and Britain.
Provocative hints from Jerusalem reinforced the perception of an organized and clandestine campaign to set back Iran's nuclear ambitions.
--From wire reports; The St. Augustine Record, January 12, 2012, p. 5A.
The attack -- which instantly killed the scientist and fatally wounded his driver on Wednesday -- was at least the fourth targeted hit against a member of Iran's nuclear brain trust in two years. Tehran quickly blamed Israeli-linked agents backed by the U.S. and Britain.
Provocative hints from Jerusalem reinforced the perception of an organized and clandestine campaign to set back Iran's nuclear ambitions.
--From wire reports; The St. Augustine Record, January 12, 2012, p. 5A.
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Kimmel 2012/01/12 23:05:42
This has been going on for years.
But the attack could also have been planned and carried out by Iranians.
Both possibilites.
Of course if the U.S. and Israel are smart, they attack was carried out by Iranians, with the help of U.S. and Israeli intelligence.
Iran, and its leadership pose a one big ass problem for the U.S., in that they are North Korea of the Persian East, and plan to disrupt shipping, plan to build a nuke, and God knows what else. We could flatten them (the current leadership, and its stuff) certainly, but the consequences might be WW III ish. So we have a huge vested interest, very close to what Israel's is.
Since we have been holding Israel back from bombing the nuclear sites in Iran, I would have to say our CIA is certainly involved, as well as probably our Special Ops, even if it is just for information and logistics.
I would say the magnetic car bomb that was attached by Iranian motorcycle riders, and not Israeli, or U.S. people. Where the planning, and the bomb came from, that is an entirely a different matter.
According to that author, a group named MEK(mujahadeen) working with Mossad is responsible for this. This is the fourth or fifth time they've hit a scientist.