Iran leader blames U.S. for Iraqi bombings - radio
25 Apr 2009 08:01:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader accused U.S. forces of involvement in bombings in Iraq that have killed dozens of Iranian pilgrims, state radio reported on Saturday.
"The main suspects in this crime and crimes similar to that are American security and military forces," Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement.
"The growth of the poisonous grass of terrorism in Iraq will definitely be written in America's criminal record and American and Israeli intelligence bodies are the first suspects of that," Khamenei said.
Khamenei said the U.S. forces, on the pretext of confronting terrorism, had occupied an Islamic country and "killed tens of thousands of people there and increased insecurity there day after day."
He said Iran expected the Iraqi government to "seriously confront" crimes like the bombings on Thursday and Friday and provide safety for Iranian pilgrims.
(Reporting by Zahra Hosseinian; writing by Fredrik Dahl; Editing by Jon Boyle)
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Leader: US liable for Iranian deaths
Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:26:24 GMT
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei has held the US liable for the latest deadly attack on Iranian pilgrims in Iraq.
On Friday, back to back deadly bombings rocked Kazimiyyah, a small town in Baghdad, where two Shia Imam's lie at rest, killing 60 people, 10 of them Iranians.
The double bombing followed a Thursday blast at a restaurant in the vicinity of Muqdadiya in the restive province of Diyala where another 53 Iranians lost their lives.
“The main suspects in this crime and crimes similar to that are American security and military forces who ruthlessly occupied the Muslim country under the umbrella of 'war on terrorism',” Ayatollah Khamenei said on Saturday.
In a statement, the Leader said the US forces “have massacred tens of thousands of people and made the country more insecure on a daily basis.”
“The growth of the poisonous grass of terrorism in Iraq will definitely be written in America's criminal record and American and Israeli intelligence bodies are the first suspects of that,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.
Bomb attacks and fighting continue to take a heavy toll on Iraq five years after the US-led invasion of the oil-rich country.
A study conducted by ORB -- a well-known British polling agency which has been tracking public opinion in Iraq since 2005 -- estimated in September 2007 that 1.2 million Iraqis had been killed in violence-related incidents following the March 2003 invasion of the country.
This is while Human Rights Watch estimates put the number of those killed during a period of twenty years of the reign of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein at 250,000 to 290,000.
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US Dirty-work units continue to operate!
Bush has asked the CIA to carry out dirty works in Iraq. Obama didn't prohibit such criminal activities. It was usual for the US-associated groups to place car bombs in different districts of Baghdad with the aim of to inciting sectrartian violence. In some cases, sedated prisoners were placed in cars with explossives that were detonated by remote control and to be reported as suicidal attacks. In others, bombs were placed at US-manned checkpoints in trucks carrying vegtables to the market only to explode shortly afterwards. There are scores units made up of mercenaries the likes of British Col.Tim Spicer working in collaboration with Negroponte killing squads, Israeli MOSSAD and CIA agents on the ground. Although Ayatollah Khameini is justified in pointing the finger at the Americans, but one should not rule out the role Al-Qaeda in such attacks.
Adnan Darwash, Iraq Occupation Times
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