Qatar Bringing Syrian War to Iran? - 14 Iranian soldiers killed in clash on Pakistan border; Iran hangs 16 Sunni prisoners in response

It's not an area where there has been much trouble this last ten years or so, least ways as far as I can tell.

this could be big, first test for new leader of iran

Weird,they're actually pretty tight with each other.There's a lot of drug-trade on the border,could be that or something new.

Nice AVI - Bright...

Actual IRNA Statement - In armed clashes that occurred overnight between border agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and armed bandits on the borders of the city of Saravan, Balochistan, 14 border guards were martyred.

[link to tribune.com.pk]

Roiters -

The area has history of unrest, with the mainly Sunni Muslim population complaining of discrimination at the hands of Iran's Shi'ite Muslim authorities.

just the Free Balochistan crowd making some noise....

Maybe with all the talk of Y'srael looking to pre-emptively strike, the Iranians are getting a little antsy and tried to insert a team to see how vulnerable Pakistans' nukes were?

Yep - these guys being set up by Western intel to carve up Iran - all under cover of the nuclear negotiations.


Ansar Iran
[link to ansariran-en.blogspot.com]


...well be hearing more about these guys in the months to come. A new 'Al Qaeda' affiliate in the making.

Expect many from Syria to be transferred to the area, too.

Sound like they are trying to cut down on the drugs trade, I had heard that they have (like Russia) a nasty problem with drugs, with a little more than suspicion that the West is to blame..

Could be more than that, but going on the type of sentences given to drug traffickers a shoot out would be expected, death or death.. But still could be more than that..

HMM - Interesting how Al Qaeda seems to show up when a pipeline is being built... Iran & Pakistan were working together on pipeline project -

Pakistan looks to Iran to help keep the lights on

Pakistan may be caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Iran and Washington, Graeber writes. But given the bilateral interests on the Asian side, it's Washington that may be the odd man out.

[link to www.csmonitor.com]

Experts at a prestigious think tank in Pakistan recommended late Wednesday the government renegotiate the natural gas import price with Iran under a Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project due for commissioning by the end of next year

[link to www.globalpost.com]

Last Edited by JustDarby on 10/26/2013 03:19 AM

looks like death toll is rising -

...The group was trying to enter the country from Pakistan. 17 Iranian border guards were killed at shooting range, Iranian news agency Fars reported on Saturday with the reference to an anonymous source.

[link to en.trend.az]

Another link w/ updated toll

[link to ca.news.yahoo.com]

Last Edited by JustDarby on 10/26/2013 03:26 AM

Don't forget this little development right in Pakistan's Balochistan province bordering Iran:



Pakistan's Gwadar port may get special 'China' status

In a move that could put a dent in an already fragile relationship between Pakistan and the United States, the Nawaz Sharif government is likely to give a special status to its strategically important Gwadar port similar to that of Hong Kong.

Pakistan has already given operational control and management of Gwadar, a deep-sea port on the Arabian Sea, to a Chinese company.


But a special status to Gwadar
may empower China to control the entire location.

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[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]


Gwadar Port is located at the apex of the Arabian Sea and at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, approximately 460 km (290 mi) west of Karachi, 75 km (47 mi) east of Pakistan's border with Iran and 380 km (240 mi) km northeast of the nearest point in Oman across the Arabian Sea. It is situated on the eastern bay of a natural hammerhead-shaped Peninsula protruding into the Arabian Sea from the coastline.

Gwadar Port is situated near the strategic Strait of Hormuz and its busy trading and oil shipping lanes. The surrounding region is home to around two-thirds of the world's oil reserves. It is also the nearest warm-water seaport to the landlocked, but energy rich, Central Asian Republics and landlocked Afghanistan.[1


[link to en.wikipedia.org]

[link to www.youtube.com]

Holy Shiite - that was quick

Iran hangs 16 after deadly Pakistan border clash

Sixteen rebels linked to groups hostile to the regime were hanged this morning in the prison of Zahedan in response to the death of border guards in Saravan," according to Mohammad Marzieh, the attorney general of Sistan-Baluchestan province

[link to au.news.yahoo.com]

Okay - Iran was attacked by an unknown group...It could be anyone
In response, Iran hung the only people who clearly were not involved in the attack (because they were already in prison)

I guess the whole alibi thing isn't big in Iran

Last Edited by JustDarby on 10/26/2013 05:19 AM

NUKE SYRIA

Are you Iranian? Your line of reasoning seems consistent with the prisoner hanging mentality...just sayin'

Death Toll Update -

Roiters - About 20 Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with "bandits" on the southeastern frontier with Pakistan overnight and several others were seized, Iranian media said on Saturday...

AFP - Still reporting 14 killed

SORRY I FORGOT TO READ GLP FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. ARE WE NOT BLAMMING SYRIA FOR EVERY PROBLEM ANY MORE>??

SO HARD TO KEEP UP!!!!1

The experts seem to agree.

Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister)
10/26/13, 5:24 AM
@BowenBBC That likely confirms Harakat Ansar Iran's responsibility. Note Jundallah hasn't been active since its leader was executed in 2010.

Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister)
10/26/13, 5:32 AM
Here's a pic released several hrs ago by Harakat Ansar Iran showing senior leader Abu Zubayr "before the operation": [link to twitter.com]

This is a good video about Iran. [link to youtu.be]

A new al Qaeda group has claimed responsibility

Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister)
10/26/13, 5:41 AM
Another group, Jaish al-Adl, appears to have claimed the attack in Saravan, #Iran. [link to twitter.com]

Prince Bandar at work? AND damn, blame Syria was right...

Here's article from June, Jaish al Adl was fundraising...

Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice)...operates primarily in the eastern regions of Iran in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The group describes...Iranian involvement in Arab countries, primarily Syria, (as) an attempt to impose Twelver Shiism (Ithna Ashariya) in Arab states

[link to www.irandailybrief.com]

Last Edited by JustDarby on 10/26/2013 05:50 AM

From Roiters 5:46 update

"The attackers, who saw that conditions were unsafe for their actions, retreated to (Pakistan) after the clash," Sheikhzadeh said, according to ISNA.

A deputy governor of Saravan, the town near where the clashes occurred, told state television that six border guards were captured by the attackers.

Execution videos to follow?

Al Nusra leader in Syria killed according to Press TV


Interesting the Paki nuke and the Chinese port comments

CNN -
Authorities in Iran hanged 16 "anti-Iran" rebels Saturday in response to deadly overnight clashes between bandits and border guards in southeast Iran, state media reported.

Local attorney-general Mohammad Marzieh said the 16 were hanged Saturday morning in the city of Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, according to Iran's state-run Fars news agency.

[link to www.cnn.com]

Conflicting reports. I have a post on the subject

Thread: Syria - The Super Secretive Leader of Jabhat al Nusra may be dead...or maybe not...

Darby..

Please comment on your thoughts as to the 'Chinese port' comment

I think this is more about destabilizing Iran than Pakistan. Looks like the Gulf States are trying to open another front in the Shia-Sunni war...

That said, it certainly won't increase foreign investment in the area.

Taking on Shia in their home area and discouraging Chinese investment? To some, that's a win-win scenario

But the port is in pakistan and iran and china are buddies