Hezbollah Is Blamed in Attack on Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria
Source: NY TIMES
BURGAS, Bulgaria — A senior American official confirmed Israel’s assertions on Thursday that the suicide bomber who killed five Israelis in an attack here on Wednesday was a member of a Hezbollah cell operating in Bulgaria.
The official said the current American intelligence assessment is that the bomber was “acting under broad guidance” to hit Israeli targets when the opportunity presented itself. That guidance was given to Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group, by its primary sponsor, Iran, he said.
The attacks, the official said, were in retaliation for the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists by Israeli agents, something that Israel has neither confirmed nor denied. “This was tit for tat,” said the American official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the investigation was still underway.
The bombing comes at a time of heightened tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes but Israel and the West say is a cover for developing weapons. The United States and Europe imposed sanctions this month aimed at crippling Iran’s vital oil industry, while Iran has sworn to exact revenge for the assassinations, as well as for cyber attacks on its nuclear industry.
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It is still early, so there are all kinds of conflicting reports on where the explosion took place exactly. Was it under the bus? In the luggage compartment? Or was it at the front of the bus?
I can't speak to your opinion other than you really don't seem to know much about Hizb'allah. It is far from "rag-tag." Al-Quaida would be more of a rag-tag group, at this point. As for "make it all the way to Bulgaria" and the rest that follows seems to me to be nothing but naivete.
Is it another distraction? Possibly. Ever consider it was at the behest of Iran as part of the distraction?
Of course the fingers immediately pointed toward Iran. It is no different than when something happens in an Arab/Muslim country and the finger automatically points at Israel or the US, or both. So using that as some sort of proof is absurd. I find it amusing, in the "sad" way, not the "ha-ha" way, you made such a comment like: "Iran would hardly benefit from committing random acts of terrorism around the word." They would not benefit from them if they were caught! As for generating sympathy for Israel....
Yeah, I see it oozing all over this site, the liberal newspapers and media. 
While it may generate some, it won't last long.
There is another possibility that another party is involved, but because everyone is so mired in pointing fingers instead of gathering (or waiting for) facts, it gets overlooked. I have seen many situations between two warring parties who are so busy blaming each other, they don't see when they are manipulated by a third individual (or group). I say "individual" because I am talking about interpersonal "wars" and not full-scale (or even cold or luke-warm ones) wars between nation-states.
