Breaking news: Jundallah ringleader Rigi arrested in Iran
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22-Feb-2010 (one comment)

Abdolmalek Rigi, ringleader of the
Pakistan-based terrorist group of Jundallah has been captured in eastern
Iran.

The public relations department of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry
said on Tuesday that Rigi was arrested in an operation in eastern Iran.

The Jundallah group has claimed responsibility for numerous
terrorist attacks in Iran.

The government of Iran has accused the group of committing mass
murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, carrying out bombings, targeting
civilians and government officials and acts of sabotage.

In their latest attack, which occurred on October 18, more than 40
Iranians, among them 15 members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps
(IRGC) in addition to several tribal elders, lost their lives when
Jundallah terrorists carried out an operation in the border region of
Pishin, which is located in Iran's southeastern province of
Sistan-Baluchestan.

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by IranMilitaryForum.net on Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:10 PM PST

Radio: Iran arrests Sunni militant
group leader

Monday, February 22, 2010

(02-22) 21:25
PST TEHRAN, Iran (AP) --

Iran's state radio says its security
forces have arrested a leader of an armed Sunni opposition group waging a
low-level insurgency in southeastern Iran.

The broadcast says
Iranian security forces have arrested Abdulmalik Rigi, leader of the
Jundallah terrorist group which has claimed responsibility for several
bombing attacks inside Iran that left dozens dead in recent years. The
radio report Tuesday did not provide any further details.

Jundallah,
which Iran suspects of having links with the al-Qaida terror group,
gained notice six years ago with sporadic attacks and kidnappings,
claiming that the minority Sunni tribes in southeastern Iran suffer at
the hands of Iran's Shiite leadership.

Rigi had claimed in
interviews in the past that the group does not seek to break away from
Iran but that violence is necessary to draw attention to discrimination.

Iran
has accused the U.S. and Britain of aiding the Sunni militant group
with the aim of weakening the Iranian government. Both Washington and
London have denied the charges.

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