Friday, March 17, 2006
Iranian RhetIraq: US & UK Tied to Bandits
Source: The Daily Star
Quotes: From article titled, "Iran: Bandits who killed 22 people tied to U.S., U.K."
Afghan bandits with links to U.S. and British security services have killed 22 people in Iran and seized an unknown number of others in an ambush that also left a senior official critically wounded, officials said Friday.
Police said "a group of armed bandits who crossed the Afghanistan border killed 21 people and injured another seven innocent people driving in their vehicles" between the border city of Zabol and Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan-Baluchistan.
"A number of victims' families have told us their relatives have been taken hostage, but we cannot confirm it yet," he added.
Iran's police commander, Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam, told state television "we have information that the bandits in Sistan-Baluchistan area had some meetings with the British and the American security services.
"These services have dictated plans to the bandits on how to destabilize the area. They are trying to spread disputes between Shiites and Sunnis. This is a terrorist action against innocent civilians," he said. Ahmadi-Moqaddam said the bandits had killed Shiites, who were stopped at a fake checkpoint. "There is the possibility that the bandits have escaped to Afghanistan since the area is close to the border."
Quotes: From article titled, "Iran: Bandits who killed 22 people tied to U.S., U.K."
Afghan bandits with links to U.S. and British security services have killed 22 people in Iran and seized an unknown number of others in an ambush that also left a senior official critically wounded, officials said Friday.
Police said "a group of armed bandits who crossed the Afghanistan border killed 21 people and injured another seven innocent people driving in their vehicles" between the border city of Zabol and Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan-Baluchistan.
"A number of victims' families have told us their relatives have been taken hostage, but we cannot confirm it yet," he added.
Iran's police commander, Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam, told state television "we have information that the bandits in Sistan-Baluchistan area had some meetings with the British and the American security services.
"These services have dictated plans to the bandits on how to destabilize the area. They are trying to spread disputes between Shiites and Sunnis. This is a terrorist action against innocent civilians," he said. Ahmadi-Moqaddam said the bandits had killed Shiites, who were stopped at a fake checkpoint. "There is the possibility that the bandits have escaped to Afghanistan since the area is close to the border."
