Israel blames Iran for bombing

Tensions rise in the Middle East after Israel accused Iran of orchestrating the bombing of a bus with Israeli tourists in a Bulgarian resort town Wednesday.  It killed at least seven people and injured 30 others.  “All signs point to Iran,” says Israeli Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying Israel will retaliate.  This “is an Iranian terror attack that is spreading across the world.  Israel will react strongly to Iran’s terror.”  US President Barack Obama said the attack was “completely outrageous” and said the US would “stand with our allies and provide whatever assistance is necessary to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators.”  Iran blames Israel for the assassination of 5 Iranian nuclear scientists over the past three years.  Now the US and Israel say Iran is retaliating, pointing to numerous plots and attacks on Israeli diplomatic missions and tourists since the start of 2012 in countries stretching from Thailand to Georgia. The US and Israel have linked these incidents to Iran and the Iranian-backed militia, Hezbollah. The unravelling of Syria adds a new twist: Israel fears Hezbollah and Iran will take advantage of the chaos in Syria to launch cross border attacks into Israel.

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