Bomb kills Iran nuclear scientist

[Skippy00004]

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE8090ZL20120111

You know those movies that portray gubbernments running covert ops to try and settle a dispute behind the curtain?  I'm pretty sure that's what this is.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian nuclear scientist was blown up in his car by a motorbike hitman on Wednesday, prompting Tehran to blame Israeli and U.S. agents but insist the killing would not derail a nuclear program that has raised fears of war and threatened world oil supplies.

The fifth daylight attack on technical experts in two years, the magnetic bomb delivered a targeted blast to the door of 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan's silver sedan as he was driven down a busy street near a Tehran university during the morning rush hour. The chemical engineer's driver also died, Iranian media said, and a passer-by was slightly hurt.

Israel, whose military chief said on Tuesday that Iran could expect to suffer more mysterious mishaps, declined comment. The White House, struggling for Chinese and Russian help on economic sanctions, denied any U.S. role and condemned the attack.

While Israeli or Western involvement seemed eminently plausible to independent analysts, a role for local Iranian factions or other regional interests engaged in a deadly shadow war of bluff and sabotage could not be ruled out.

The killing, which left debris hanging in trees and body parts on the road, came in a week of heightened tension:

Iran has started an underground uranium enrichment plant and sentenced an American to death for spying; Washington and Europe have stepped up efforts to cripple Iran's oil exports for its refusal to halt work that the West says betrays an ambition to build nuclear weapons. Iran says its aims are entirely peaceful.

Tehran has threatened to choke the West's supply of Gulf oil if its exports are hit by sanctions, drawing a U.S. warning that its navy was ready to open fire to prevent any blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which 35 percent of the world's seaborne traded oil passes.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran's threats to close the strait were "provocative and dangerous" and repeated the White House denial of any U.S. involvement in the killing of Ahmadi-Roshan. 

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[goodnightChesty1775]

i was just reading this from another site, i chuckled as i clicked on it, waaaayyy more going on then your run-of-the-mill car bombing.

[Kentactic]

clearly its our doing...

[Skippy00004]

clearly its our doing...

Idk if this is what you were getting at or not, but contrary to popular belief, it's not always us doing the shooting.

[APX808]

clearly its our doing...

I'm sure Mossad is working like crazy in Iran, and they never had problems about doing selective killings

[Reaver]

Who cares.

Fuck um.

[Outonowhere]

Who cares.

Fuck um.

When it draws us into yet another bullshit worthless conflict that will ultimately lead to WWIII... you might wanna care a bit more...

[sledge]

Who cares.

Fuck um.

When it draws us into yet another bullshit worthless conflict that will ultimately lead to WWIII... you might wanna care a bit more...

If you study the Iranian leadership and the information they put out.  You come to realize that whether we attack their nuke sites or not there will be a war either way.  There is no good time or really great outcome from having that war.  I think it's more of a matter of picking the time to have it that will be more advantageous to us.

[Outonowhere]

Agreed, however we have to keep in mind that its not only Iran that has chips in the pot on this hand.  China and Russia have been drooling over the prospect of sticking it to the Imperialists...

[Reaver]

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Man I tell you what. I am a grumpy mother fucker as of late.

[Outonowhere]

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Man I tell you what. I am a grumpy mother fucker as of late.

lol damn I missed it!  Sorry man, I understand and Im not trying to get ya riled up.  Just we got bigger fish to fry here at home.