Exclusive: Photos Show Alleged Iran Bombs Hidden in $27 Radio. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy An alleged Iranian hit squad used $27 portable radios to hide at least five bombs that Israeli and American authorities say they intended to use against Israeli targets in Bangkok, Thailand. Exclusive photos of one undetonated bomb, obtained by ABC News, show the inside of the radio packed with tiny ball bearings and six magnets. Bomb experts say the magnets indicate the bomb was designed to be stuck to the side of a vehicle. EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Bangkok Bombs A surveillance photo of one of the alleged hit squad members, identified as an Iranian national named Saeid Moradi, shows him holding a radio in each hand.
According to authorities, a bomb exploded in the Bangkok house where Moradi and two other Iranians had been staying. PHOTOS: Covert War? Iran has denied any connection with the arrests in Bangkok or to the other attacks. Click Here for the Blotter Homepage. Iranian bombs in diplomatic mail? Officials suspect that bombs used in recent spate of global terror attacks produced in same Tehran lab, smuggled out of Iran via unscreened diplomatic mail Security officials are looking into the possibility that bombs used in the recent spate of terror attacks against Israeli targets worldwide were produced in the same Tehran lab and smuggled out of Iran via diplomatic mail.
Notably, diplomatic mail items are exempt from security screening and x-raying, thereby making it easier for Iranian terror masters to provide perpetrators with explosive devices. Related stories: Iran's elite al-Quds force, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, is believed to be behind the recent bombings in New Delhi and Bangkok, as well as the foiled attack in Tbilisi, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday.
Israeli officials say the global terror offensive in fact started several months ago and includes numerous terror operations, most of them foiled by security forces worldwide before materializing. Netanyahu: Iran sanctions not working. During historic visit to Cyprus, PM says Iran 'most irresponsible force in the world'; signs search and rescue deal with President Christofias Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias signed a search and rescue agreement on Thursday. Related articles: According to the agreement, in the event of a disaster Israeli aircraft will be authorized to enter Cyprus' airspace, and vice versa.
A similar agreement between the Jewish state and Turkey was revoked recently in light of heightened tensions between the countries. Search and rescue deal. While in Nicosia, Netanyahu also addressed the Iranian nuclear threat, saying the sanctions imposed by the international community on the Islamic Republic "are not working. " Iran is the most irresponsible force in the world, he said, claiming the sactions imposed on the Islamic Republic have not had an effect so far.
He added that Iran's race towards nuclear weapons should concern the US and every other country. ARAB SPRING / "AFTER" THE REVOLUTION SURVEY. Thai Police Say Israeli Diplomats in Bangkok Targeted by Iranian Bombers - Bloomberg. Iranians arrested after blasts on a Bangkok street aimed to attack Israeli diplomats, and the devices used were similar to bombs targeting Israelis in India and Georgia this week, according to Thailand ’s police chief.
“The suspects targeted Israeli diplomats in Thailand,” Priewphan Damaphong said in Bangkok yesterday, hours after he confirmed that the bombs contained magnets designed to attach to vehicles. India’s initial investigations suggest that a magnetic device was attached to an Israeli diplomat’s car on Feb. 13 in New Delhi seconds before it exploded injuring the woman, the city’s police commissioner, B.K. Gupta, has said. “The type of explosive device is similar to the incident in India,” Priewphan told reporters. The men “were not targeting a place.” The incidents in India, Georgia and Thailand increase tensions as Israeli leaders, who haven’t ruled out a military strike, say time is running out for sanctions to deter Iran from building nuclear weapons. Iranian Threat. U.S. prepares for cyber war. The U.S. Military want to reserve the right to respond with military action against possible attacks on the country’s cyberspace.
This was suggested by the Pentagon. Its latest report to the Congress says that the U.S. should use all necessary means from diplomatic to military operations in case of a serious conflict on the web, and even if the attacks were carried out not against America but against its allies. This means virtual wars, which are being waged and will be planned in cyberspace, could turn into a real military conflict. “The U.S. perceives hacker attacks seriously. At least for now, the Pentagon report is nothing more than a proposal. It’s inevitable that all countries will review their military strategies.
The U.S. special services have often been subjected to hacker attacks in the past few years, which either blocked the servers of American ministries and departments or jeopardized the work of key equipment.