Iran blames US, Israel for shrine blast

[IndianaGreen]

Yesterday it was the top religious leader in Iran that blamed the US for the bombing, today is Iran's President that joins him:

Iran blames US, Israel for shrine blast

Thursday 23 February 2006, 12:26 Makka Time, 9:26 GMT

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, says the US and Israel blew up the Shia shrine in Iraq.

In a speech in front of a crowd of thousands in southwestern Iran, the president referred to the destruction of the Askariya mosque's golden dome in Samarra on Wednesday.

Of the US-led forces in Iraq, Ahmadinejad said: "They invade the shrine and bomb there because they oppose God and justice. These passive activities are the acts of a group of defeated Zionists and occupiers who intended to hit our emotions."

Addressing the US, he said: "You have to know that such an act will not save you from the anger of Muslim nations."

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CD1FC321-C15C-4F92-BA21-8D11A120E5BC.htm

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