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At least eight killed in Iran explosion
Reuters ^

Posted on 04/12/2008 12:03:51 PM PDT by maquiladora

TEHRAN --A bomb blast in a mosque in southern Iran on Saturday killed at least eight Iranians in southern Fars province and injured more than 50 people, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

"The death toll is expected to rise above eight because some of the injured people are in a critical condition," Fars said, without giving a source.

"During the speech of a cleric in the Shohada mosque in Shiraz city, a bomb blast killed several people," Fars quoted an unnamed source as saying.

Earlier, state television said the blast happened in central Iran, without giving details.

Reuters © 2008


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bahai; explosion; iran; islam; mosque; shiraz; wahhabi; workaccident
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To: G8 Diplomat

a shahada class gone awry, no doubt!


61 posted on 04/13/2008 2:56:12 PM PDT by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: CRBDeuce

Have you seen The Kingdom? One of the characters (an ex-terrorist) says “Every bomb-maker at some point gets bitten by his own work.” LOL


62 posted on 04/13/2008 5:01:09 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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To: G8 Diplomat; All; 1035rep; 1curiousmind; 4woodenboats; 2ndDivisionVet; 5Madman2; 68skylark; ...

UPDATED FACTS on Shiraz explosion

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/04/explosion-in-shiraz-iran-mosque.html


63 posted on 04/14/2008 8:27:16 PM PDT by FARS
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To: FARS

It’s just hard to know what actually happened,


64 posted on 04/14/2008 8:30:42 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person)
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To: FARS; devolve

[OVER 50 DEAD and OVER 200 wounded.] !

Thanks FARS! Interesting to see what more we learn.


65 posted on 04/14/2008 8:47:50 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: FARS

I’m not criticizing Bahai at all. I just noted the the earliest (within hours) reports mentioned Bahai, and I hadn’t heard of it.

Thank you for the background. Bump.


66 posted on 04/14/2008 8:58:10 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Uriah_lost
I don’t think he got the joke.

It's an oldie.....;))

67 posted on 04/14/2008 9:02:14 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: FARS

Thanks for the ping!


68 posted on 04/14/2008 9:02:35 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: FARS

Thanks for the ping


69 posted on 04/14/2008 9:46:46 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: maquiladora

Those damn Israelis again LOL!


70 posted on 04/14/2008 10:10:43 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; All

“The mosque is the site of a weekly speech about extremist Wahabi beliefs and the outlawed Bahai faith.”

Was Bahai outlawed by the Wahabis? One interesting thing that became evident in the recent Petreous report is that both Shia and Sunni of moderate, secular oriented political views, are getting very tired of extremists, even of their own group. If this continues to develop it could be the salvation of the Iraq situation. Looks like it may be happening in Iran too.


71 posted on 04/14/2008 10:37:59 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; All

This linked article seems to indicate that officials are downplaying the idea of sabotage, indicating that the blast might have been caused by left over munitions poorly stored. On the other hand it states that the weekly meetings were to discuss “misguided groups” like the Wahabis and Bahais. My guess, some misguided extremist Wahabis don’t like being the object of such attentions.


72 posted on 04/14/2008 10:42:10 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: UCANSEE2

Make your time..


73 posted on 04/14/2008 10:44:53 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: D-fendr

.. Or premature jihadulation, secondary to their electile dysfunction..


74 posted on 04/14/2008 10:46:23 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Marine_Uncle

They might’ve lit a fatwa..


75 posted on 04/14/2008 10:46:55 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: aft_lizard; All

The problem with the Bahai is they are just too darn moderate for a place like Iran.


76 posted on 04/14/2008 10:48:30 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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Thanks FARS.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2000623/posts?page=63#63


77 posted on 04/14/2008 11:13:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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To: Bahbah; Quix
It’s just hard to know what actually happened,

We could speculate that what happened here is the same thing that happened to Imad Mugniyah, senior terrorist of Hezbollah, in the supposed car bombing in Damascus.

An orbiting laser-weapons system, courtesy of the USA and/or Israel...no muss no fuss.

It's the ONLY kind of power that will contain the current situation with Iran.

78 posted on 04/15/2008 4:03:46 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: gleeaikin

> the blast might have been caused by left over munitions
> poorly stored.

Confimring our suspicions, by the way, that “Mosque” is Moslem-speak for “Arsenal”.


79 posted on 04/15/2008 5:19:50 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: FARS

"Suspect everyone. Trust no one. Big Mullah is watching you! Grrrrrrrr."

80 posted on 04/15/2008 6:37:04 AM PDT by Enterprise ((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
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