..."We will not let (click title to entry - thank you) other countries use our soil as their battleground," Preet Bharara, the US attorney in Manhattan, said at a news conference in Washington with Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old US citizen who also holds an Iranian passport, was charged along with Gholam Shakuri, whom authorities said was a Quds Force member.
Mueller said many lives could have been lost in the plot to kill the ambassador with bombs in the US.
Holder said the US government would be taking unspecified action against the Iranian government as early as Tuesday. Asked whether the plot was blessed by the top echelons of the Iranian government, Holder said the Justice Department was not making that accusation.
Meanwhile, an aide to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday denied US allegations that the Islamic republic was involved in a plot to kill the Saudi envoy to Washington in a major terror attack. "This is a prefabricated scenario to turn public attention away from domestic problems within the United States," Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the president's press adviser, said....
The "Arab News" is interested in the Israel-Palestine Prisoner swap, the death of Steve Jobs, opinions in their editorial section, but, not an overwhelming concern about Iran's priorities in DC. Their news sources are also standard to what the USA readers have as information. This article is from the Associated Press.
The Middle East nations have joint interest in each other now with the Arab League. They showed that strength and resolve with Libya. They aren't going to put up with much and they don't have to and Iran knows it.
The operations in DC are mostly to embarrass and alienate other nations from the USA. No doubt if it was carried out, Iran would hope it would drive nations such as Saudi Arabia closer to them in their ideology believing The West is not interested in their safety, the West hate Muslims to the extent they would turn their backs on a plot or even be a party to it by ignoring the threat and it would seek to win over 'the street' as well and even unseat the King as a sovereign interested in the well being of his country and its people if the King were to defend the USA against such accusations from Iran.
There were very real reasons why the Iranians would attempt such an assault.
The "Arab News" is interested in the Israel-Palestine Prisoner swap, the death of Steve Jobs, opinions in their editorial section, but, not an overwhelming concern about Iran's priorities in DC. Their news sources are also standard to what the USA readers have as information. This article is from the Associated Press.
The Middle East nations have joint interest in each other now with the Arab League. They showed that strength and resolve with Libya. They aren't going to put up with much and they don't have to and Iran knows it.
The operations in DC are mostly to embarrass and alienate other nations from the USA. No doubt if it was carried out, Iran would hope it would drive nations such as Saudi Arabia closer to them in their ideology believing The West is not interested in their safety, the West hate Muslims to the extent they would turn their backs on a plot or even be a party to it by ignoring the threat and it would seek to win over 'the street' as well and even unseat the King as a sovereign interested in the well being of his country and its people if the King were to defend the USA against such accusations from Iran.
There were very real reasons why the Iranians would attempt such an assault.
Iran rejects US allegations of Saudi envoy plot (click here)
Published: Oct 12, 2011 00:56 Updated: Oct 12, 2011 01:13
TEHRAN: Iran rejected US allegations that two Iranians planned to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington, calling it a “untrue and baseless,” the country’s English language Press TV reported on Tuesday.
“Iran strongly denies the untrue and baseless allegations over a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington,” Press TV quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying.
“It is a comedy show fabricated by America.”
Mehmanparast also said the relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia could not be harmed by “fabricating such baseless claims.”
“Our relationship with Riyadh is based on mutual respect and such baseless claims will not succeed.”
US authorities broke up an alleged plot to bomb the Israeli and Saudi Arabian embassies in Washington and assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, court documents and a US official said on Tuesday....
