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I've posted on suicide attacks (martyrdom operations) inside Iran before by Jundallah - including a double suicide bombing attack against a Shia Mosque.

But it looks like there's a concerted effort by Sunni Islamist to attack Shia on their holiday month this year - with a number of suicide operations carried out in Iraq and Pakistan already.

This would be the largest martyrdom operation, in terms of casualties, if Jundallah is indeed responsible for this attack. Other culprits, of course, would be: America, Israel. That would be all.

But as Bob Dylan once said "the times, they are a changin'".

One can only imagine if the Sunni/Shia Jihad is only heating up, not cooling down.

A Sunni Muslim group, Jundallah has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed at least 41 people and wounded more than 90 others near a mosque in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar.

The group, also known as Soldiers of God, claimed Wednesday's attack, saying it was to avenge the hanging of their leader Abdulmalek Rigi.

Now, I don't condone terrorists, but if their leader wasn't execute, then this operation never would have happened.

I think it's capital punishment, stupid.

The attack came as as Shia Muslims marked the climax of Ashoura, a ritual that commemorates the seventh century death of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Hussein.

Seyyed Ali Baateni, the governor of Chabahar, said that there had been "two suicide bombers, one of whom has been arrested. The other detonated his explosive vest before being arrested".

"Baateni says there has been only one explosion, two bombers and anything other than this is denied,"
Alireza Ronaghi, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Tehran, said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middl ... 10680.html

Very sad,

39 dead, more than 90 injured...

Yes, very sad.

The anti-Shia violence is indeed resurging - from Pakistan to Iraq and now Iran. This internal fighting has been going on since the split between Shia and Sunni - and it does illustrate that when Mullahs (this time on the Sunni side) justify violence against one/few minorities the logical conclusion is that violence is used against any 'other' group.

There are extremist groups in Pakistan (eg Sepahi Sahaba) who are calling for Shia to be classified as non-Muslim by the state - so in their eyes, and in their distorted interpretation of faith, killing Shia is an act of piety, not the murder of a fellow Muslim. This shocks the majority of Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

Needless to say, but always worth repeating to dispel slurs to the contrary, all acts of terrorism are forbidden in Islam and I unreservedly condemn this latest heinous terrorist act.

Cheers,
Shafique

*sigh*, indeed human ignorance knows no bounds, and the casualties of such stupidity always end up to be those who are far far removed from ever justifying such idiotic acts !

thats majorly pathetic and disturbing... but has anybody noticed that the suicide bombings are happening in all those countries where america is involved :S

^In general, yes - an academic study shows the difference between reality and what many choose to believe:

dubai-politics-talk/what-really-drives-suicide-terrorists-t44539.html

However, the sunni-shia violence can't all be blamed on the US occupation - though arguably the violence in Iraq has taken place during the occupation there.

Cheers,
Shafique

Sabeen wrote:thats majorly pathetic and disturbing... but has anybody noticed that the suicide bombings are happening in all those countries where america is involved :S

That's an interesting belief - but what the proponents of this belief can never explain is why 90% of suicide bombings in Iraq are carried out by foreigners and why most of these bombings target Iraqi Shia.

Of course, the numerous suicide bombings in unoccupied Muslim countries are a bit difficult to explain too.