"We consider this recent terrorist act to be the result of the U.S. actions and this is a sign of their enmity," said parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

These guys are at the top of list of the biggest idiots on the entire planet !!!!

It's Muslims killing Muslims you friggin' idiot !!! Nothing more !!! No other reasons are needed !! No other reasons exist !!

Jundallah(Army of Allah),Baluchi Sunni Organisation,announced responsibility.
Islamic Republic Iran Army and Army of Allah are fighting with each other.

Yeah. Cause Christians and Jews NEVER kill Muslims. You sound like a real smart guy. You would probably beleive in Santa if the news told you to huh.

Dispite my disagreement with ranting, raving lunatics...I have to say, that it would be unlikeliy for Americans to attack Iran in any way, when we are currently amidst negotiating for the halt of uranium enrichment in Iran. This makes Ahmadinajad look even crazier than he has in the past. This makes me think that he may be trying some backdoor angle to partnering with another , so as to try and hit the U.S. or GB. I'm no military strategist, but it looks pretty obvious that he's sympathetic to militants in Pakistan/Afghanistan. He's a typical antisocial. He does not particularly care for any other nation (accept maybe big brother Russia), but seems to marvel at the idea of us all being at war. Just an opinion though. Good thing this is CNN, 'cause FOX and friends would take opinion as fact, so long as it was radical enough.

Obama and the UN. Does Obama have the balls to stand up for justice or will America block the International Criminal Court from prosecuting Israels obvious war crimes. CNN get real and discuss the most important issues!!

Judge Richard Goldstone's report on the war in Gaza threatens the Obama administration's global public diplomacy options and its scrupulously graduated approach to whatever passes for a Middle East Peace process. State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly complained that Goldstone opted for "cookie-cutter conclusions" about Israel's actions, while keeping "the deplorable actions of Hamas to generalized remarks." However, Kelly urged the Israeli government to investigate further.

And that is in essence what Goldstone's commission asked for: investigation with the proviso that the Hamas-controlled authorities in Gaza do the same.

Susan Rice, Obama's envoy to the UN, said in the immediate aftermath of the report's publication that the United States had "very serious concerns about many of the recommendations" and pointed out a "very serious concern with the mandate that was given by the Human Rights Council prior to our joining the Council, which we viewed as unbalanced, one-sided and basically unacceptable." In fact, Goldstone refused to accept the position until he was assured that its mandate included looking into possible crimes committed by all parties in the conflict.

It was the mandate, not Goldstone's report, that Rice said was unacceptable, however. The report was still under study. She added, doubtless crossing her fingers for luck, "We will expect and believe that the appropriate venue for this report to be considered is the Human Rights Council (in Geneva) and that's our strong view. And most importantly, our view is that we need to be focused on the future," she said. However, how the administration reacts to the report could well be crucial to the future of its global credibility.
The Report's Recommendations

Rice understandably does not want to stand up in the Security Council to defend the indefensible, not least on behalf of a government that has so doggedly pushed back against the White House on settlements in the occupied territories. Indeed just as the White House has scrupulously restrained itself to asking Israel to honor its previous commitments on settlements, many of the Goldstone Mission's recommendations only reiterate previous Israeli commitments from Oslo onwards.

The core of the recommendations is that Israel itself conduct an impartial inquiry into the allegations made against it, or face a Security Council referral to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Admittedly, given experience of the Israeli Defense Forces' strategic reserve supply of whitewash kept in hand for just such occasions, the mission recommends that the Council set up an international commission to monitor the Israeli inquiry. The same applies to Hamas.

The report presents both a crisis and an opportunity to Obama's Middle East peace strategy. Hitherto Israel has relied on an automatic U.S. veto on its behalf. The reflex action has been to defend Israel, but the optimistic could detect some signs of nuance in the administration's response.

A U.S. abstention in the Security Council, let alone a positive vote, for a referral to the ICC would send a seismic signal high up the Richter scale to Israelis about what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing to relations with their only ally in the world. His provocations on settlement activity are eroding the White House's credibility. Although it may be difficult to get, for example, a cut in aid money past a Congress still mesmerized by the Israel lobby, the administration could indeed abstain in the Council without reference to lobby-tied Capitol Hill.

A U.S. veto might indeed protect Israel from the ICC, but a report with the credibility of a revered and honored jurist like Goldstone will certainly help mount prosecutions across the globe in other countries, particularly Europe. Indeed, his report already contains that fallback position (once again for Hamas too), invoking the universal jurisdiction of the Geneva Conventions as well as referrals to the UN General Assembly and other avenues. Many Israeli military and civilian officials already have to check with government lawyers before setting off on international trips. There will be many more, whatever happens in the Security Council.
Targeting Goldstone

Almost as bad as a veto in the Security Council for Obama's reputation and his broader diplomacy would be any visible pressure at the Human Rights Council to thwart the recommendations. At the very least the administration could defend Goldstone against the fervent witch-hunt now being mounted by a government that refused to cooperate with the inquiry and yet assured him that this refusal should not "in anyway be taken as an aspersion on your integrity or commitment to impartiality."

While Goldstone is indeed a revered jurist, a human rights stalwart from South Africa, a staunchly independent member of Paul Volcker's Oil For Food Inquiry, and a longstanding prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, such a disclaimer from the Israeli government is unusual. But of course there are reasons. Goldstone is Jewish and Zionist. He is chair of Friends of the Hebrew University, president emeritus of the World ORT Jewish school system, and has a devoted Zionist Hebrew-speaking daughter who made aliyah to Israel.

Yet, critics have derided his report as "one-sided" and, even more hilariously, "anti-Semitic." Apparently, even if he came to the conclusion that Hamas' activities bore examination as well, he didn't give as many pages to the evidence against them as he did to allegations against Israel.

Anyone who has ever met Goldstone, or had dealings with him, knows him to be a person of deep integrity, as the Israeli government had previously affirmed, firmly committed to human rights and very sensitive to suggestions of bias. He must have really screwed his courage to the sticking place to take this position, and on all evidence of his past career, weighed every word very carefully.

He deserves support from anyone who has called for justice in Rwanda, in the Balkans, in Cambodia or in Darfur. He deserves support from all those who pursue universal jurisdiction against Nazi war criminals.
Obama's Call

The administration would do well to note what Goldstone said in his op-ed in The New York Times. "Pursuing justice in this case is essential because no state or armed group should be above the law. Western governments in particular face a challenge because they have pushed for accountability in places like Darfur, but now must do the same with Israel, an ally and a democratic state. Failing to pursue justice for serious violations during the fighting will have a deeply corrosive effect on international justice, and reveal an unacceptable hypocrisy."

It is up to Obama. Does he want to build on the good work he started in Turkey and Egypt and send a signal to Netanyahu and the Israeli electorate? Or is he prepared to let the ethical dimension of his entire foreign policy be hijacked by unprincipled but powerful lobbyists?
"So why did the Israeli government boycott the commission?" Israeli dissident Uri Avnery has asked. "The real answer is quite simple: they knew full well that the commission, any commission, would have to reach the conclusions it did reach." And any adamantine refusal by Israel to carry out the impartial investigation that Goldstone called for, and any administration support for that refusal, would carry the same implication across the world.

Finally someone is giving the iranian government a taste of their own medicine. How does it feel?
Wow mourning the death of a Militia , who are the same people who ordered ,killed , tortured, rapped thousands of Iranian people who were only asking for the right not to have a theocratic government.
The best part is that President Obama was very hesitant to say anything when so many Iranians were abused in the few month of summers. Yet someone kills the Militia who are nothing but murdurer and president Obama jumps in and within 24 says that this is a terrorist act and something should be done about it.

The ironic part is also the evil Iranian government first they blame US then UK the Pakistan then Isreal god know who is next.

Why is the world letting them get away with so much? are they actually scared of this government?

Anonymous Friend,

What do expect Ian Williams to write or the FPIF to publish!

Do we have an anonymous plagiarizing friend on the blog??

If you're going to Cut N Paste-- you could at least acknowledge the source of the rhetorical gibberish you claim as your own.

Your tactics are surprisingly similar to frequent blogger known for his relentless moronic Cut N Paste jobs-- pretending to take credit for someone else's ignorance.

Jasmine From Iran,

You've got it!

They're all scared of the bullies, but bully those who they know won't harm them.

It is sad that so many lives are lost through these situations. However, I would love to hear the reasons that Iranians have behind their statement that the attack was from the Americans. The group that attacked was clearly from Iran.

However, situations in Iran are not improving in my opinion. Instead, they are getting worse. Suicide bombings seem to happen everyday and I'm interested to know what exactly Obama plans to do. Will help or will he take Americans completely out of the picture?

This isn't a matter of religion. I think it is a matter of principle and Iran feels like the underdog that will never rise to the top. When the news comes on and criticism about the issues in Iran approach, I wish we, as in Americans, could be in their shoes and they in ours. I bet our "strong and unyielding" beliefs would be quite different if we could see through the eyes of others.

New Yorker comment:
"Yeah. Cause Christians and Jews NEVER kill Muslims"

Unfortunately people are killed in conflicts. Sadly but this is part of human nature.

However the conflicts number between Muslins and committed atrocities done by Muslims to Muslims are not considered in the media reports and international political debates.
It looks that the world is getting used that Muslims have a different moral value code.

Hate counting death -however the reality has to be proved
Number of Muslims killed by Muslims starting 1948 up 2006 is more than 14000000 people (14 millions)

This number is incomparable higher that the human losses combined of all the wars with France, USSR, USA,UK, and the defending Israel from Arab destruction attempts.

Conflict details, dates and casualties are available at:

Reference: http://imshin.net/?p=453

Yea the New Yorker is just a blithering idiot to even insinuate that the responsibility for this lies anywhere other than in the hands of radical Muslim ideologies-– the posted article even identifies the admitted source of the bombing as being a radical Muslim group !!!

Its unconscionable to defend Iran and their incitement of genocide and baseless hatred not only for Israel but for all Jews.

Ref. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Totx7J1nf8U

Let's get real!

First, it's obvious that the U.S. is not involved in some conspiracy theory against Iran, we have a difficult enough time getting strait forward things right. There is too much red sticky tape for us to pull this off.

Secondly, do you really think the Iranian government is truly "mourning" over the loss of Iranians killed in a militant attack? Let's not forget the press is state-run...let's think of what's to gain for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. We know these types of attacks are "how business gets done" in this part of the world. Khamenei himself was a victim of a terrorist attack in 1981. If you want your movement to be successful (namely the PRMI), you must separate the people from the government. Iranian political leaders are continually losing support of the people, so how do you keep this under wraps without the government using direct force...pretend to care about the people. Unfortunately for them, the people will see through this ploy. Unfortunately for us, conditions are being set for a failed state with nuclear capabilities. I'm no astrophysicist...but this is bad math.

You know as I think about this, we should ask Iran to join us in the fight against all terrorist groups, let's help them show their TRUE colors.

the most outragious scam of all time is on going ,it involves trillions of $$$$$ in american efforts to save and protect israel from so called terrorists soly at american expense and lives, few israelies die for the protection of israel, the only enemies of jews are muslims basiclly, the iran war was based on israel's safety ,as well as the afgan war, any deaths of muslims/arabs are considered a victory for israel, the power exerted over washington policies is under direct influence from american jewish lobbies, the christian issue favours jews and the holy land, the holocost effected a movement toward reward to jews in every way , bottom line is america is being taken to the cleaners for israel, lastly its ironic that american jews retire to settlements in israel with their plunder.

edward coment: "any deaths of muslims/arabs are considered a victory for israel"

edward: Israel culture is to price human being life.The pople worldwide regardles races and belives are equal and god childeren.
It is difficult to find examples of Isrelis individuals or media expressing happinace when Muslims are killed.

However the media is full with examples of Arabs dancing in the streets, singing, giving candies to childern after every single terrorist act against Isael and the killing of civilians

eduart:f"ew israelies die for the protection of israel/at american lives"

Eduart: Israel suffered of the death of aproximately 12000 soldgers in the defending wars starting 1948.(not counting civilinas killed on terror acts)
Proporsional to the population size of Arabs aginst Israel it would be
1000000 (1 million) Arab soldgers.
However only aproximately 60000 Arab soldgers and civilians have been killed on all the Arabs aatackes on Israel.

I dont know about Americam troops fighting on the wars with Israel
It is Israel day one policy to defend itself alone without the direct involvment of foreghn powers.

I can prove all the numbers.

Eduart: can you prove your propaganda statments?

It is sad to count de

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edward coment: "any deaths of muslims/arabs are considered a victory for israel"

edward: Israel culture is to price human being life.
The people worldwide regardless races and believes are equal and god children.
It is difficult to find examples of Israelis individuals or media expressing happiness when Muslims are killed.

However the media is full with examples of Arabs dancing in the streets, singing, giving candies to children after every single terrorist act against Israel and the killing of civilians

eduart: few Israelis die for the protection of Israel/at American lives"

It is sad to count the lose of human life's- however the truth have to be published
Eduart: Israel suffered of the death of approximately 12000 solders in the defending wars starting 1948.(not counting civilians killed on terror acts)
Proportional to the population size of Arabs against Israel it would be
1000000 (1 million) Arab solders.
However' only approximately 60000 Arab soldiers and civilians have been killed on all the Arabs attacks on Israel.

I don't know about American troops fighting on the wars with Israel
It is Israel day one policy to defend itself alone without the direct involvement of foreign powers.

I can prove all the numbers.

Eduart: can you prove your propaganda statements?