Which came first? The chicken or the bomb?

The city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan, Iran.


From our comrades over at the Moscow Times:

Bombs Rip through Iran oil town

TEHRAN, Iran -- Bombs ripped through a bank and government
building in the southern Iranian oil city of Ahvaz on Tuesday, killing eight
people in a region that has seen intermittent bombings and rioting since April.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been due to visit the city on Tuesday,
but his office said he canceled the trip on Monday night because of sandstorms
that would have wrecked his hallmark walks through the streets.

I'm no logistical genius or anything but I think a couple of bombs would have wrecked his hallmark walks through the streets more than the sandstorm. But I 'm telling you readers, I read this though and had to admit a stirring of excitement - what you would call a frisson - have the Iranians finally gotten their Minute Man on and said enough with the official uniform, segregated sidewalks and no child left behind love fund?

OR has the evil empire finally gotten it's intelligence act together?

Like always, it depends on who you talk to.

This from Iran Focus:

Iran accused foreigners on Tuesday of masterminding dual
bombings in the southern oil-rich city of Ahwaz that left at least eight people
dead and dozens injured. Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said that the
explosions were part of a pattern of “blind moves” orchestrated from beyond the
borders.

I'm sorry Mostafa. It still sounds like a local job to me. The Brits and the CIA would have known about the sandstorm. Or at least I hope they would have known about it. Heck, with the Internet and the Weather Channel, I would have known about the sandstorm.

What? You're thinking Canada? Yes. He's thinking Canada. (I swear you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

Iran has also blamed Canada for another spate of bombings in
Ahwaz earlier last year. Tehran has not produced any documents yet to
substantiate its charges against London and Ottawa.

Who you gonna believe?

On Tuesday, Al-Manar television, run by Lebanese Hezbollah,
reported that the attacks were targeting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The report said that after learning of possible attacks, Ahmadinejad had
cancelled his trip.

Ongoing...