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Iran Bomber Kills 26, 5 Elite Guards

Ahmadinejad accuses US of involvement

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 18, 2009 10:26 AM CDT

(AP) – A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others in a southeastern area that has been at the center of a simmering Sunni insurgency, the official IRNA news agency reports. The commanders were on their way to a meeting with local tribal leaders to promote Sunni-Shiite unity near Iran's border with Pakistan when an attacker with explosives around his waist blew himself up, IRNA said.

A top provincial prosecutor said a Sunni militant group called Jundallah, or Soldiers of God, claimed responsibility for the attack on the 120,000-strong Revolutionary Guard, which controls Iran's missile program. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed to strike back at those behind today's attack, and accused unspecified foreigners of involvement. A State Department spokesman condemned what he called an "act of terrorism," and said reports of US involvement are "completely false."

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The Revolutionary Guard, which lost five key commanders in a suicide bombing today, controls Iran's missile program. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Shaigan)

In this Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade marking the 28th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Deputy commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's ground force, Gen. Noor Ali Shooshtari, was killed today in a suicide bombing. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hasan Ghaedi)

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Spudsy

Oct 19, 2009 1:20 AM CDT

This is just one group of religious nuts pissed off at another group of religious nuts. Do not be fooled into thinking that these sunni's would like us anymore than the current government. Remember how the mujahedeen loved us in Afghanistan when the Russians were there?

Spudsy

Oct 19, 2009 1:18 AM CDT

Yes. Why must we always be the worlds policeman? We destroy our economy in Iraq and China sits back and reaps the profit.

Cat-Lover

Oct 18, 2009 10:14 AM CDT

A "ground-swell movement" remarkably like that here in America in the 60's you say. Well, what happened to it? Rush Limbaugh and his faggoty GOP followers have destroyed any hope we had back then. The Islamic Republic and its God will not be swayed by infidels -- like we let ourselves with the current crop of right-wing religious zealots. If these right-wingers have God on their side, I'd prefer not having God on mine!

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Iran Bomber Kills 26, 5 Elite Guards