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stuart williamson
2012-01-18 01:25:46

I am puzzled at your take that people outside of Iran are “blaming” the Jews for assassinations for which no verifiable details are provided. Any friend of Israel is feeling that it may be behind the killing, otherwise why would the Iranian government release any notification? We are sincerely hoping that the Israelis do, indeed, have amazingly capable intelligence and operative capabilities.

Why in God’s name would the Iranian government assassinate totally insignificant individuals and then release news of their death to the world? They offer no proof of the killing or of the circumstances. What would killing, or falsely claiming to do so, accomplish for them, internally of externally? We are told that they regularly arrest , torture, and cause the “disappearance” of many opponents, and, in view of their well-reported response to street demonstrations, are inclined to believe it to be true. Why deliberately rid yourselves of minor individuals and then call world attention to It? To prove that you are susceptible to Israeli infiltration? To seek sympathy when every day you are shouting from every minaret that you want to exterminate every living Jew? To create the impression that there is an underground rebel organization fighting them?

I find no logic in your postulation. And if the Israelis did it, you can be very sure they did not waste their efforts and risk identification if their victims were not a lot more important to their ambitions thanTeheran stated. Most, outside the Arab world, would applaud, not blame.