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Iran 'Directed' Washington, D.C., Terror Plot, U.S. Says

FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a "significant terrorist act in the United States" tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today.

The officials said the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb attacks on the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, D.C. Bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were also discussed, according to the U.S. officials.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in an announcement today that the plan was "conceived, sponsored and was directed from Iran" by a faction of the government and called it a "flagrant" violation of U.S. and international law.

"The U.S. is committed to holding Iran accountable for its actions," Holder said. ....

The new case, called Operation Red Coalition, began in May when an Iranian-American from Corpus Christi, Texas, approached a DEA informant seeking the help of a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, according to counter-terrorism officials.

The Iranian-American thought he was dealing with a member of the feared Zetas Mexican drug organization, according to agents.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-t ... d=14711933

rubato wrote:Countries who can be shown to support terrorism should be treated as being in a state of war against the countries who they support terrorism against.

All ships and cargos on the seas should be seized. All assets in foreign countries should be seized. All military assets should be reduced to rubble and glass.

yrs,
rubato

Sue U wrote:

rubato wrote:Countries who can be shown to support terrorism should be treated as being in a state of war against the countries who they support terrorism against.

All ships and cargos on the seas should be seized. All assets in foreign countries should be seized. All military assets should be reduced to rubble and glass.

yrs,
rubato

So you think Saudi Arabia should go to war against Iran?

Sue U wrote:So what do you think this war and its end result would look like? Neither Saudi Arabia nor the US is in any position to invade Iran. I'm sure there is precious little the Saudis would love more than for the U.S. to nuke the shit out of Iran, but then you'd still be left with 70-some million pissed off Shiites. Not to mention the complete disruption of oil traffic from the Persian (Arabian?) Gulf. I can't see how this would be anything other than a complete disaster militarily, economically and diplomatically.