Bombing kills at least 29, Iranian media report

Catherine Maynard

27 October 2009

.:Summary:.

Jundallah, the People's Resistance Movement of Iran, claims responsibility for a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran last Sunday. The Iranian media reported at least 29 people dead, and another 28 wounded. Among the dead were 5 senior officers in the Revolutionary Guard. This was one of the largest against the Guard. The group claiming responsibility says its fighting for the rights of the Sunni Muslims in Iran. The region is pointing their fingers toward the U.S. saying that they fund the group and that these terrorist acts are “A result of the U.S. actions and this is a sign of their enmity.” Of course the United States denies these claims saying that they do not condone any terrorist activity. There are other accusations saying that there are agents in the Pakistan government that make allowances for and assist the terrorists and their attacks.

.:Reaction:.

As in many of my other current event reports I am appalled by the way this situation is being handled. Instead of pointing fingers and assigning blame to whomever governments should be working towards finding the actual culprit and punishing them. Given it was a suicide bombing they must go at the source, which could be more then the Iranian government may be willing to sign up for, but in my opinion it is the only way to defeat terrorism. I believe the fighting between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims is the true source to blame. If they would compromise then there wouldn’t, as many issues between these groups of people and the numbers of attacks would go down. This is the way it has been and probably always will be, as with many issues in the world.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/18/iran.suicide.attack/index.html