Surely you didn't think the war would be confined to an oversized sand pit with oil wells.
From the Bangkok Post:
The bombs that exploded in a busy Bangkok street yesterday were intended for "foreign nationals" in Thailand, national police chief Priewpan Damapong said.
He did not give further details but said only that the targets were not Thais.
The blasts injured five people including a bomb suspect carrying an Iranian passport who blew off his own legs.
Another Iranian suspect was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport hours after the incident as he was about to leave for Malaysia. He is one of three suspects thought to be involved.
The United States and the United Kingdom yesterday reissued their travel warning for their nationals in response to the blasts.
Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak blamed the series of explosions on Iran.
Mr Barak was quoted in The Jerusalem Post as saying the bomb blasts were part of an attempted terrorist attack perpetrated by Iran.
"The attempted terror attack in Thailand proves once again that Iran and its proxies continue to operate in the ways of terror and the latest attacks are an example of that," Mr Barak said while on a state visit to Singapore.
The incident came one day after near simultaneous attacks on Israeli diplomats in Georgia and India. Israel pointed the finger at Iran for the attacks but Teheran denied responsibility.
Despite Mr Barak's accusations against Teheran, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said yesterday Israel was in contact with the authorities in Bangkok and was still awaiting confirmation that the man involved in the blasts was indeed Iranian.
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