AP Photo of Deputy Commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Noor Ali Shooshtari.
From Fox News:
The chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Monday accused the United States, Britain and Pakistan of having links with the Sunni militants responsible for a homicide bombing that killed five senior Guard commanders and 37 others.
“Behind this scene are the American and British intelligence apparatus and there will have to be retaliatory measures to punish them,” Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said, vowing a “crushing” response.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said those behind Sunday’s bombing are hiding across the border in Pakistan, and in a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart on Monday he demanded their arrest.
“The presence of terrorist elements in Pakistan is not justifiable and the Pakistani government needs to help arrest and punish the criminals as soon as possible,” state TV quoted Ahmadinejad as telling Asif Ali Zardari.
Earlier Monday, an Iranian military official went as far as to raise the prospect of a possible military offensive into Pakistan against the group blamed for the attack.
“There is even unanimity that these operations (could) take place in Pakistan territory,” the ISNA news agency quoted MP Payman Forouzesh as saying.
Sabre-rattling, or should we be concerned?
This is Iran we’re talking about, after all.
It’s times like this that I really do miss President Reagan.