Iran & Terrorism

A terrorist from Palestinian Islamic Jihad blew himself up in a suicide attack in Tel Aviv yesterday, wounding 31 people.  Islamic Jihad, a Shia terror group supported by Iran and Syria, has steadfastly refused to honor any truce with Israel, and has claimed responsibility for all six terror attacks that have taken place in Israel since last February.

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz announced that Israel has "decisive proof" proof, which it has passed along to the U.S., E.U., and Europe, that the Iran-Syria terror axis was behind the latest attack.  "Iran supplied the money, and [Islamic] Jihad's headquarters in Damascus directed the organization's operatives in Nablus, giving operational orders and instructions," noted Mofaz.

As the noose around the Iranian and Syrian regimes has tightened, their support for Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah terrorists has also increased, a key reason why the international community must take the threat from these two rogue regimes seriously.

More on Islamic Jihad's terror activities can be found in this eerily timed Boston Globe article from yesterday morning.

Comments

[Jeff]

The fact this attack by a member of Islamic Jihad, a client of Syria and Iran, occurred on the very day that Ahmadinejad and Assad were meeting in Syria seems to be a very deliberate message as to what Syria and Iran might foment down the road.

The fact heads of state would send such a message is rather troubling.

[The Troll]

have you looked who the Irainians have been meeting with? Besides all the heads of the ME countries they have also had meetings with Venezuela and Cuba. They're sending signals all over the place that the press certainly isn't paying attention to. I only hope the government is.