Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullahin Riyadh during happier times. Photo AP
Saudi-Iranian Hostility Hits Boiling Point -- Asia Times
Conventional wisdom suggests that the terrorist strike by Jundallah in southeastern Iran on Sunday might have had the backing of the United States or Britain. But Jundallah today holds "fatal" attraction for a number of foreign powers that are interested in disorienting Iran's policies.
Both Washington and London scrambled with unusual speed to not only disclaim any hand in the strike that killed seven senior commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as well as 42 other people, but to condemn it in strong terms.
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My Comment: The above article from the Asia Times sums up beautifully the growing tensions between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran, and the unfortunate role of the U.S. in the middle of this historical (and religious conflict). Read it all .... there is a lot of good information and analysis for the reader to digest.
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