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Iran Was Behind Bomb Plot against Israeli Diplomats, Investigators Find

(Guardian - UK) - Jason Burke - A multinational investigation into bomb plots targeting Israeli diplomats earlier this year has produced the clearest evidence yet that Iran was involved. In India, local agencies told ministers a bomb attack which badly injured the wife of the Israeli military attache in New Delhi in February was the work of an Iranian "security entity." European intelligence officials said they now found it difficult to judge Tehran's "risk calculus." "Until recently it was possible to see why they were doing what they have been doing," one intelligence official said. "Now it has become very unpredictable." The attempted triple-bombing on 13 and 14 February was conducted by a well co-ordinated network of Iranians and prepared over at least 10 months. The evidence includes the identification of at least 10 Iranians allegedly involved in the plots, money transfers to key individuals from Iran, the use of Iranian phone connections and the flight following the attacks of conspirators to Iran. "The question is not was this Iran-backed or Iran-organized but who in Iran was running all this," said one western security official.
2012-06-19 00:00:00
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