BETTER AIM NEXT TIME – AT 8:28 A.M. ET:  The president of Iran had a less than perfect day:

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an attack with a homemade explosive device on his motorcade during a visit to the western city of Hamadan on Wednesday, a source in his office said.

The source said Ahmadinejad's convoy was targeted as he was traveling from Hamadan's airport to give a speech in a local sports arena and the president was unhurt but others had been injured in the blast.

One person had been arrested, the presidency source said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

I do hope President Obama has the sense not to send the dear leader a note of congratulations over having survived the attack.

And get this:

The populist, hard-line Ahmadinejad has accumulated enemies in conservative and reformist circles in the Islamic Republic as well as abroad.

Conservative and reformist circles.  What does that mean?  Some analysis please.  Wait, it's a Reuters story.  No, please don't analyze.  Reuters would

August 4, 2010 Permalinkwind up blaming BUSH (!!).

Dear leader had his own take on the assassination attempt:

During a speech to a conference of expatriate Iranians in Tehran on Monday, Ahmadinejad said he believed he was the target of an assassination plot by Israel. "The stupid Zionists have hired mercenaries to assassinate me," he said.

Standard line. 

August 4, 2010