Iran's deputy industry minister shot dead

The Telegraph ^ | November 11, 2013 | Reuters

[Brad from Tennessee]

An unidentified attacker has shot dead an Iranian deputy minister of industry in Tehran, the state news agency IRNA reported, in what appeared the first reported killing of a senior central government official in years.

Safdar Rahmat Abadi was shot in the head and chest as he got into his car in the east of the capital, IRNA said, quoting witnesses as saying the attack occurred at about 7:50 p.m. (1620 GMT).

"Investigations show that two shots were fired from inside the vehicle," the agency quoted a police official as saying.

"That two shells were found inside the car shows a strong likelihood that the assailant was inside the car and in conversation with Mr Abadi. There was no sign of struggle at the scene of the killing."

[Jim Noble]

Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin

[cherokee1]

“-—no sign of a struggle” ?? I’m going with the two bullet holes just indicating a severe disagreement. Maybe the difference is the central gov’t official part but aren’t the Iranians also missing a few nuclear geniuses in recent times? Shot him right in the Shiite, you say?

[ken5050]

Deputy minister driving himself?

[Uncle Miltie]

Buh Bye!

[bunkerhill7]

a female Mossad agent with double-barreled bra

[servantboy777]

Prelude to something much larger.

[Mark17]

Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin

Roger that.

[MileHi]

There was no sign of struggle at the scene of the killing.

You mean, besides the dead body?

[556x45]

Im not seeing how that would work as the shots were vertically aligned rather than horizontally. Perhaps female Mossad agents are ‘configured’ differently?? Im not sure Id want to know if they were...

[bunkerhill7]

his head was on her lap

[lbryce]

Barry, Barry, Bo Barry, Fe Fi, Fo Larry, Barry.
What? Is this some kind of newfangled pig-latin?
If you mean we're up the creek without a paddle, okay, we can understand that sort of concept.

[Mark17]

What? Is this some kind of newfangled pig-latin?

LOL, no. It comes from the Bible, Daniel chapter 5. I think this is also where we get the term, the handwriting on the wall, as a hand wrote on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting. That night the Babylonian Empire fell, and the King was killed.

[lbryce]

LOL. ROTF! Come on. You've got to be kidding to think I wasn't aware of in what regard you were referring to. I would think you'd give me only a miniscule more credit than that. I was actually only being the slightest bit derisive by feigning ignorance. I was poking fun at the way you two were communicating with each other as if you were the only posters on the thread while us hicks scratching our collective heads wondering what the gooblygook was all about the way these two savants were speaking in a language only MENSA members could converse in, while I was trying very hard to avoid using the world pompous.

But seriously, it was all in tongue-in-cheek good humor.

The Writing on The Wall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_writing_on_the_wall

[dfwgator]

[Mark17]

But seriously, it was all in tongue-in-cheek good humor.

Yep, I should have been able to figure it out on my own.

Regards.

[lbryce]

Thanks very much.

[Mark17]

Thanks very much.

Roger that :-)

[lbryce]

I can't put my finger on it but something tells me you're involved in aviation in some form or another.

[Mark17]

I can't put my finger on it but something tells me you're involved in aviation in some form or another.

Affirmative sir. I was a USAF air traffic controller.