Thursday, August 19, 2010

Who Is Blowing Up Iran's Gas Pipelines?

Who's Blowing Up Iran's Gas Pipelines? -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

In the past few weeks Iran’s gas infrastructure, which is central to the country’s energy requirements, has been hit by a series of unexplained explosions.

The series of mysterious explosions began at the end of July when the state-owned Tehran Times reported that a pipeline carrying gas from Iran to Turkey had exploded near the eastern Turkish town of Dogubayazit. Iranian officials blamed the blast on Kurdish rebels.

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My Comment: Besides the usual suspects .... i.e. the U.S., Israel, Sunni Arabs, etc. ... Iran is also fighting against a number of separatist movements that have become violent in the past year.

My take .... I would say that most non-Shiite Persians want this regime to fall .... attacking the infrastructure is certainly one way to help accomplish this.

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