Lebanon blasts hit Iran's embassy in Beirut

[Scott]

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

There are conflicting reports as to whether the Iranian cultural attache survived the attack or was killed.

Iran is a major backer of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to Syria to back the government of Bashar al-Assad.

A jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda said it carried out the attack.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24997876

[Steely Dan]

I know this is speculation and a conspiracy theory to boot, but in the middle east everything is possible. False flag anyone?

http://www.debka.com/article/23455/Incredible-Beirut-bombings-killing-25-people-were-self-inflicted-by-Iran-and-Hizballah-as-a-diversionary-tactic

A highly sensitive Saudi tip-off reaching Western intelligence agencies, including Israel, on Nov. 14, gave advance warning that Iran and Hizballah were plotting a major terrorist operation in Beirut as a diversionary stunt, DEBKAfile’s exclusive intelligences sources report.

[simple1]

I know this is speculation and a conspiracy theory to boot, but in the middle east everything is possible. False flag anyone?

http://www.debka.com/article/23455/Incredible-Beirut-bombings-killing-25-people-were-self-inflicted-by-Iran-and-Hizballah-as-a-diversionary-tactic

A highly sensitive Saudi tip-off reaching Western intelligence agencies, including Israel, on Nov. 14, gave advance warning that Iran and Hizballah were plotting a major terrorist operation in Beirut as a diversionary stunt, DEBKAfile’s exclusive intelligences sources report.

Within your link it states the organisation claiming responsibility, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, does not exist. There are a number of Google hits for the Abdullah Azzam Brigades who apparently operate under a number of different names.

The organisation is alleged to have been established by a guy called Qarawi who is a Saudi citizen and is on the list of 85 most-wanted terrorists that was issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry in 2009. The Saudis have been busy trying to eliminate Al Qaeda & affiliated organisations from their territory as they are a declared enemy of the Saudi government

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Azzam_Shaheed_Brigade

[Chicog]

AAB doesn't exist because you can't find it on Google?

Added: From a briefing I receive:

Siraj al-Din Zurayqat, a cleric who is close to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades (AAB), has

already attributed the attack to Saraya al-Hussein bin Ali – AAB often attributes its attacks

to a sub-group and the name of this entity is consistent with a sectarian agenda. Zurayqat

was a member of Lebanon’s mainstream Sunni hierarchy prior to the outbreak of the Syrian

conflict but has since made statements on behalf of AAB, including threatening Hizballah

and warning Sunnis to prepare for conflict in Lebanon

And this is from a year ago:

Sheikh Siraj Al-Din Zurayqat, a Lebanese preacher and fervent supporter of the revolution in Syria, renews his call to Lebanon’s Sunnis to take up arms to balance the scales against Hezbollah, which is striving for dominion over Lebanon.

This is definitely a Sunni operation though, not sure where the false flag <deleted> comes from.

Edited November 20, 2013 by Chicog

[NxaiPan]

AAB doesn't exist because you can't find it on Google?

Added: From a briefing I receive:

Siraj al-Din Zurayqat, a cleric who is close to the Abdullah Azzam Brigades (AAB), has

already attributed the attack to Saraya al-Hussein bin Ali – AAB often attributes its attacks

to a sub-group and the name of this entity is consistent with a sectarian agenda. Zurayqat

was a member of Lebanon’s mainstream Sunni hierarchy prior to the outbreak of the Syrian

conflict but has since made statements on behalf of AAB, including threatening Hizballah

and warning Sunnis to prepare for conflict in Lebanon

And this is from a year ago:

Sheikh Siraj Al-Din Zurayqat, a Lebanese preacher and fervent supporter of the revolution in Syria, renews his call to Lebanon’s Sunnis to take up arms to balance the scales against Hezbollah, which is striving for dominion over Lebanon.

This is definitely a Sunni operation though, not sure where the false flag <deleted> comes from.

What's the briefing you get?

[NxaiPan]

I know this is speculation and a conspiracy theory to boot, but in the middle east everything is possible. False flag anyone?

http://www.debka.com/article/23455/Incredible-Beirut-bombings-killing-25-people-were-self-inflicted-by-Iran-and-Hizballah-as-a-diversionary-tactic

A highly sensitive Saudi tip-off reaching Western intelligence agencies, including Israel, on Nov. 14, gave advance warning that Iran and Hizballah were plotting a major terrorist operation in Beirut as a diversionary stunt, DEBKAfile’s exclusive intelligences sources report.

When did Debka last get one of their conspiracy theories right? Weren't they the mob that breathlessly told us the "WMD" in Iraq were about to be found throughout 2003?

If they really are ex-Mossad types they are giving that organization a bad name, or perhaps their inaccuracies are why they are ex-Mossad...