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Mosque Blast Kills 9, Injures Scores in Iran

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Posted on Apr 12, 2008
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Iranians gather near the Shiraz mosque ripped by an explosion Saturday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

A homemade bomb was reportedly the cause of a deadly explosion Saturday at a mosque in Shiraz, about 560 miles south of Iran’s capital city, Tehran.  According to Iran’s Fars news agency, nine people were killed and 105 wounded by the blast.


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The agency said the explosion occurred at around 2100 (1630 GMT) and could be heard a mile (1.5km) away. The Irna news agency said it broke the windows of many nearby houses.

Most of those inside the Hoseyniyeh Shohada mosque were young boys and girls affiliated to the Rahpoyan-e Vesal Association, which “holds weekly meetings every Saturday regarding misguided groups, including Wahhabis and Bahais”, Fars added.

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By jatihoon, April 13, 2008 at 9:57 am Link to this comment

YOU CAN RUN,YOU CAN HIDE IN MOSQUES, WE WILL FIND YOU,DESTROY YOU AND THEN BLME OTHERS.” BUSH DOCTRINE.” This oil is our, from Iraq, Iran or others, these bombs are made for you by me.

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By Purple Girl, April 13, 2008 at 2:45 am Link to this comment

considering th eRhetoric coming from this admin- I wanted to know who will claim this attack.
Or will it merely be who will be blamed.
I have moved beyond seeing our ‘Wars’ as conquest for Oil’- I see it now tht our “govt” has accepted a Contract fromt he Saudi’s (UAE) To Seize as many oil rich countries lands in the ME as possible for their control. Who Rolled out th eRed Carpet for the Inc’s in the Region, the Inc’s that hide behind OUR flag, use our people as Human Sheilds as camoflague to push forward their global Business Stratedgy/doctrine.The Saudi’s are one of the richest in the region- but where is their Military?Where is their Assistance to broker cease fires? They too work in the ‘Shadows’, much like their operative DICK. We told Our ‘leaders’ to get off ME Oil in the ‘70s- why are we still ‘addicted’ because Oil men like W & Dick work for THEM. lest we forget wht country the majority of ‘hi jackers’ hailed from SA.

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