Mideast News Spotlight For 10-26-9
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The Alpha-Omega Report's
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Mideast News Spotlight
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For 10-26-9
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Riots Again on Temple Mount
Israeli Police Storm Temple Mount
12 Arrested So Far on Sunday
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Hamas Accused of Incitement
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Late Update - Calm Returns
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Police Remain on High Alert
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Turkey Warns of Attacks
Against Israel & US
By Hezbollah
Turkish intelligence issued a warning Monday that Hizbullah was planning to commit an attack against Israeli and American targets, according to the Haber Turk news website. The warning said, "The actions may be aimed against Israeli tourists, ships, and vessels, as well as synagogues in Turkey."
The warning is in line with threats by the Lebanese terror group that it is seeking revenge for the assassination of arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus in 2008.
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IRGC Vows Revenge on UK & US
For Terror Bombing in Baluchistan
The commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Monday warned that Iran would take revenge on those who were involved in the suicide terror bombing in Baluchistan that killed 7 IRGC officers and dozens of civilians.
An insurgent group named "Soldiers of God" (Jundallah) claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 42 people. The group reportedly has close ties to Pakistan's secret spy agency, Pakistani-InterServices.
The top leader of the IRGC, Jafari, vowed revenge against both the United States and Britain as well as Pakistan for their support of the Jundallah group. Jafari stated:
“Behind this scene are the American and British intelligence apparatus and there will have to be retaliatory measures to punish them."
"(Jundollah leader Abdolmalek Rigi) himself and his plans are undoubtedly under the umbrella and the protection of these organisations... He is supported by them and without doubt he is acting under their orders and plans."
While the bombing was condemned by both the US and Britain, such statements served of no consequence to the Iranian leadership. The commander of the IRGC's ground forces charged that the Jundallah was trained by Western governments to provoke Iran.
“The base of the terrorists and rebels has not been in Iran. They are trained by America and Britain in some of the neighbouring countries,”
Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad telephoned Pakistan's President Zardari asking the Pakistani government to assist in finding the perpetrators of the attack whom the Iranian leader alleged were hiding in Pakistan and needed to be "quickly confronted." Zaradari promised full cooperation with the Iranian leader.
The Iranian government announced that a delegation would be sent from Tehran to Pakistan to present proof that Pakistan was supporting the Jundallah terror group and its leader. The Iranians want the leader handed over immediately to the Iranian delegation. There was no immediate public response by the Pak government to the idea of handing over anyone to the Iranians.
Meanwhile, the bombing incident seems to have cast a cloud over continued nuclear talks between Iran and the P-5+1 that has been underway in Europe since October 1. The initial meeting suggested the possibility of some compromise arrangements though nothing was formally agreed upon, pending further UN inspections of a new Iranian nuclear facility at Qom on October 25.
In light of the terror strike, Iran's leaders appear to have seized upon the development as a legitimate reason to cancel further negotiations concerning its nuclear weapons program, which Iranian officials claim does not exist. More details - LINK 1 and more at LINK 2.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Vows Revenge
On Perpetrators of Terror Bombing
Iran's Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement on Monday (10/19) vowing revenge against those responsible for a suicide terror bombing in the Iranian province of Baluchistan which killed 42 including 7 senior IRGC officers.
More details, LINK HERE.
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Iran To Give Crushing Response
To Those Responsible For Terror Strike
Some Arrests Already Made
A senior Iranian military official announced that Iran would soon launch a crushing response to last week's terror attack in Baluchistan which killed senior military officials. Officials have indicated that Iran was prepared to conduct a military incursion across its border with Pakistan to seek out terrorist base camps located inside the Pakistani-Iranian border. The announcement comes as Pakistan vows to assist in bringing to justice any of the terrorists seeking refuge in Pakistan. More details, LINK HERE. Additional coverage - LINK HERE.
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Russia Vows To Help Iran
Fight Terrorism & Extremism
After Jundallah terrorist ring carried out a bloody attack in southeastern Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed readiness to help Iran fight ""terrorism"".
""The fight against the threat of terrorism and the extremism wherever it comes from requires all countries to join their forces,"" Medvedev said in a letter of condolence to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday.
""We are ready to cooperate with the Islamic Republic of Iran to counter these threats,"" he added.
Medvedev said the attack quivered him with ""indignation"" and condemned ""this new evildoing by extremists"".
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Iranian Lawmaker Warns Of
Cross-Border OPs Into Pakistan
According to Iranian state media's news agency ISNA, an Iranian Member of Parliament, Payman Forouzesh revealed that Iranian lawmakers are unanimously in favor of Iranian forces crossing the Pakistani border to conduct military operations against terrorist forces responsible for the suicide bombing attack in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan.
The Iranian lawmaker was quoted as saying:
"There is unanimity about the Revolutionary Guards and the security forces engaging in operations in any place they would deem necessary. There is even unanimity that these operations (could) take place in Pakistan territory."
Corroborating LINK HERE from Reuters.
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U.S. Afghan Policy Rift
Pentagon At Odds With WH
Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates spoke out last week against President Obama's decision to not decide on the request for additional troop deployments to Afghanistan.
President Obama has steadfastly refused to give a speedy decision to the troop request, preferring to wait and debate the merits of current Afghan strategies. There is some speculation that the President is weighing the possibility of a US pullout from Afghanistan versus an increased war escalation. The debate is primarily due to political concerns and appeasing the liberal, anti-war base of his political support.
In response to this seeming ambivalence, Defense Secretary Gates took the unusual step of publicly stating that the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan requires an immediate decision from the President. For more on this story, LINK HERE.
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Australia Seeks To Withdraw
Troops from Afghanistan
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Aghan Prez Questions
Reliability of the USA
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Pakistan Army Takes Taliban Base
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US To Withdraw All Combat Troops
From Iraq by Next August
President Obama announced last week that he still intends to have all US combat troops withdrawn from Iraq by next August. This will leave only a defense garrison of US forces designed to protect the nation against foreign attack from such potential adversaries as Iran or Syria. For more details, LINK HERE.
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US Troops in Iraq Are Bored
Taking Dance Classes
Forming Book Clubs
Trying to Keep Busy
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2 Massive Suicide Bombings in Iraq
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