A roadside bomb exploded last week in Jordan targeting Israeli diplomats in Amman. Jordanians are now saying that the attack came from Iran.
This is essentially an act of war and terrorism. Both are unacceptable and deserve a response, though one will not likely come due to the sensitivity of the Iran situation. A portion of the Jerusalem Post report is below.
The sources said the GID was investigating the possibility that the explosives used in the attack had been smuggled into the kingdom by Iranian diplomats.
The attack itself was apparently carried out by local al-Qaida supporters who received money and explosives from Iran, the sources said.
On Monday, Al-Arabiya reported that an Amman taxi driver was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the bombing.
According to the sources, the GID believes that the attack came in response to the killing of Iranian scientist Prof. Massoud Ali Muhammadi in Teheran last week. Ali Muhammadi was killed by a remote-controlled bomb on a motorcycle.
On Monday, Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Muhammad Najjar vowed to take revenge on Israelover Ali-Muhammadi’s assassination.
Israel’s ambassador in Jordan, Yaakov Rosen (standing), shakes hands with Omar Nadif, Jordan’s deputy ambassador in Israel.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of being behind the assassination, which he said had been carried out in “Zionist style.”
The sources in Amman pointed out that the attack on the Israeli diplomatic convoy had been carried out in a way similar to the assault on the slain Iranian professor.
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