While I don't agree with the "Fake propaganda" conspiracy response
there is something very fishy about this, if only because the Iranian government isn't that stupid. I mean: plotting to kill a Saudi Ambassador on US soil? That's just asking for an almighty fist-fucking.
I suppose it might, at a push, have been a scheme cooked up by some part of the Iranian establishment; or it might be someone else trying to cook up trouble.
But while both Ahmedinijad and some of the Ayatollahs are pretty unpleasant, I'm not sure that they're this dumb.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:27,
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You're right, the Iranian government are not that stupid.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard, however, are. And they have a history of doing crazy stuff, like when they kidnapped those British sailors.
They are a state within a state, essentially, with access to large amounts of money.
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Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 13:43,
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