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Tehran immediately blamed outsiders - the U.S., Great Britain and Pakistan - for Sunday's suicide bombing because it cannot admit that it has its own homegrown Taliban. Whatever Iran says about Jundallah, the ethnic Baluch group that claimed responsibility for the attack, it's an indigenous movement. The body of its financing comes from Baluch expatriates, many in the Gulf, and Islamic charities. Its weapons and explosives are readily available in the mountains that span the border between Iran and Pakistan. (Read "Pakistan: Behind the Waziristan Offensive...
Tehran is obviously worried that it has a problem with or without a failure in Pakistan or Afghanistan. The five senior Revolutionary Guards officers killed on Sunday were on their way to a meeting with local tribal chiefs to talk about containing Shi'ite-Sunni violence in their province, and the agenda no doubt included what to do about Jundallah...
Chijoff-Evans’ fatigue could be attributed to the four singles matches he faced over the weekend. After beating Brosens, Chijoff-Evans faced stiff competition from Penn’s Adam Schwartz on Sunday morning, but ended up victorious after three sets...
...other four Crimson competitors had great starts but ended up bowing out early. Nguyen, Schultz, and Felton failed to make it past the round of 32, but freshman Joshua Tchan provided another highlight for Harvard as he reached the round of 16. On Sunday, Tchan lost to Marist’s Loic Sessagesimi, 6-3, 6-0. It was a short tournament for Felton, who was ranked 13, and for Nguyen, who fared well at last week’s tournament...
...don’t think anyone was playing a better set and half in the quarterfinals today than Alexei,” Fish said. “He got a little distracted however and showed signs of two grueling matches from [Sunday] that left him arms sore and felt that the tank was on empty. It’s a grueling tournament to win if you’re playing both singles and doubles...