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Terrorists have attacked the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum and Iranian parliament in two nearly simultaneous incidents:
There have been multiple attacks in the Iranian capital of Tehran, according to state media. A woman was arrested after a bomb attack and shooting spree wounded two people at the Ayatollah Khomeini mausoleum south of the city Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reports. The news agency reported that a second attacker is currently surrounded by security officers.
That attack occurred at the same time as a shooting in the Iranian parliament, in which at least three people were injured after an attacker stormed the building in central Tehran, according to state-run Press TV.
Also at Washington Post, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, and Tehran Times.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday June 07 2017, @08:03PM (5 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_against_peace
It's possible to be murdered even when one is not socializing during peace time, btw.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 07 2017, @08:21PM (2 children)
Not a chance with the resolution! [wikipedia.org] Unfortunately.
Yes, thank you for pointing that out ;)
(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday June 07 2017, @08:35PM (1 child)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1441#Security_Council_vote
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 07 2017, @09:18PM
We all know the story, that resolution was never anything but a pretext and veil of legitimacy. The US and UK lied to get it passed, were never sanctioned and likely never will be.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @01:07AM (1 child)
Nope wasn't a war. We called it one, but for various reasons didn't make it official.
Besides that, how does that make it any better? Was a war built on lies, and the casualties were way higher than every terrorist attack combined from the last 100 years.
I'm sure the civilians that got bombed by aircraft felt so much better about it. "Well what can we do? Its war! We can't be angry at the Americans, its just war after all. Gotta break a few eggs for the omelette of democracy!"
It is fundamental disconnects and bad rationale that cause these massive divisions in these discussions. Sometimes there is room for different opinions but not in this case. The US perpetrated a massive campaign of terror against Iraq using massive deception and you can't wave it off just because it was backed by the most powerful government. That is tribal thinking, "well we're the good guys sooooo yeah, suck it!"
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 08 2017, @01:44AM
If I had my way, it wouldn't have happened. Even then all the PNAC, zionist nut jobs involved should be in prison. It's not happening is it? They got their resolution, they used it to go war and the UN is so toothless as to be a complete joke.