Foreign-guided bandits? I wonder... 
who they could be?
Posted on 07/20/2007 5:37:08 PM PDT by nuconvert
Revolutionary Guard Clashes with Bandits in Southeastern Iran
July 20, 2007
The Associated Press
IHT.com
TEHRAN, Iran -- Members of the elite Revolutionary Guard have clashed with "foreign-guided" bandits in southeastern Iran, killing four of them and suffering several casualties, state-run television reported Friday.
The report did not provide details on the foreign power reportedly backing the bandits or specify the number of Guardsmen killed in the clashes, which started Thursday morning in a mountainous area near Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province near the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The television also said several Guardsmen and bandits were wounded and were taken to local hospitals for treatment.
A Sunni Muslim militant group called Jundallah, or God's Brigade, which has been blamed for past attacks on Iranian troops, has been active in the area. Iran hanged a member of the group in February convicted of a bombing that killed 11 Guardsmen in Zahedan.
Iran has also accused the United States of backing militants to destabilize the country. Tensions
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Did you notice that, according to AP,they’re ‘bandits’ in Iran. In Iraq, they’re ‘freedom fighters and insurgents’.
Foreign-guided bandits? I wonder... who they could be?
I'm sure that's what Iwannajihad wants everyone to think.
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