Iranian police foil 'counter-revolutionaries' By Agence France Presse (AFP) http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10 <http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id =87479> &categ_id=2&article_id=87479
Friday, December 14, 2007 TEHRAN: Iranian police on Thursday killed several members of an armed Sunni militant group said to have been planning foreign-backed attacks in the restive southeast of Iran, state television said. "The police have succeeded in killing or arresting 18 rebels linked to the counter-revolutionary Jundallah group in the south of the Sistan-Baluchistan Province," General Ghafari, the provincial police commander, told the broadcaster. "They were seeking to carry out terrorist acts in the region," added Ghadari, whose first name was not given. There was confusion over the number of rebels killed. The state television rolling news channel announcer said 12 rebels had been killed while the main Channel One station said four had been killed and 10 arrested. A local military official cited by the Fars news agency said five rebels had been killed and 15 arrested. Ghafari said arms, explosives, communication equipment and documents were seized, showing that the rebels were planning attacks with the backing of Iran's enemies. "According to the documents seized and the confessions of those arrested, the members of the group were planning to carry out terror attacks in the next few days in coordination with foreigners to create ethnic and religious divisions," he said. Channel One said the members of a group were hiding in a house in the city of Iranshahr and that they also planned to assassinate provincial officials. Sistan-Baluchestan province, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, is a known conduit for illegal drug smugglers. Iranian police have frequently engaged in deadly shootouts with traffickers. But the province is also home to a substantial population of the Baluch community who are Sunni Muslims unlike the overwhelmingly majority of Iranians who are Shiite. The Jundallah group has been behind a string of attacks in the province in recent years and is led by Abdolmalek Rigi, a shadowy young Sunni militant. Iran accuses its arch-enemy the US of backing the group. The region has also seen abductions of both Iranians and foreigners by bandits and militants linked to Jundallah. A Japanese student has been held hostage for more than two months in the border areas of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is said to be in good health but there has been no news of progress in freeing him. Bandits also abducted two Belgian tourists in August. 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