According to the Washington Post, the plot was uncharacteristically bold for Iran, and uncharacteristically sloppy. And this was an interesting tidbit at the end of the story:
The most spectacular blows in the covert war in recent years have fallen on Iran. In the past four years, four Iranian scientists with links to the country’s nuclear program have been slain, by gunshot, bomb or poisoning, by unknown assailants. A fifth scientist barely escaped death in a car-bombing. Iran has accused the United States and Israel of killing the scientists as part of a larger program of sabotage and intimidation aimed at crippling the nuclear program. Neither the U.S. nor Israeli government has commented publicly on the slayings.So does anyone else think this is just the White House's attempt to divert attention from plan 999? (Kidding.) What a bozo that guy is (Cain, not Obama). Totally off topic now, but I'm impressed that Bachmann pulled out her little 666 joke last night during the GOP presidential debate (if you turn 999 upside down it's 666). Don't think for a minute that she was really joking. I know it sounds nuts, but I'll bet you some evangelicals are not going to like the fact that Herman Cain's economics plan has a hidden sign of the devil built into it (hell, my grandmother made us change her phone number after someone told her that her new number, 725-1666, ended with the sign of the devil - and we're not even evangelical or born again). I'm serious - don't forget who we're dealing with. These are folks who think the earth is only 6,000 years old, and the President is a socialist and possibly the anti-Christ. Don't put it past them to be unnerved by something like this.)
Iran’s nuclear program also was damaged by a computer worm that targeted enrichment operations. Some computer experts believe the worm, Stuxnet, was created by the Israelis, perhaps with U.S. help.
It's only a matter of time before the religious right realizes that Cain is also the name of the first murderer in the world.
PS As a fun aside, I seem to recall that back when we were fighting the gay military ban in 1993, the lead group fighting against the ban, the Campaign for Military Service, intentionally picked a phone number that included 666 just to scare away any religious right troublemakers from calling them. Never underestimate the power of that number with those folks.
