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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
I know that, but what does blowing up the SA embassy achieve?
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Saudi Arabia is an enemy, Israel is an enemy. Iran wants to lead the Islamic world, and they don't want Turkey or Saudi Arabia to do it. Iran seems eager (or at least, some elements of the government do) to flex their "muscles" and to try to instigate actions, like they've been doing in Iraq. If it was an attempt at terrorism (which it seems to be), it would also have the same purposes as any other terrorist attack. An exporter of terror exports terror, after all.
Perhaps whoever in the Iranian government that was behind this felt Iran was ready to instigate covert action on US soil? A rogue element of their Quds special forces?
An interesting quote:
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Originally Posted by Attorney General Eric Holder
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.
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