THAI-BLASTS 2LAST
PTI | 11:02 AM,Feb 15,2012The Deputy Prime Minister's Secretary-General Thitima The Deputy Prime Minister's Secretary-General Thitima Chaisaeng said the Foreign Ministry has asked the Iranian government to checked the three Iranian men's backgrounds to see whether they belonged to a terrorist group and why they entered Thailand. The explosions came a day after bombers targeted Israeli embassy staff in New Delhi and Tblisi. Israel immediately blamed Iran for the attacks but Tehran denied any links to the attacks, and in turn accused "elements linked with the Zionist regime" of trying to harm the friendly and historic relations between Iran and Thailand. The US Embassy in Thailand has issued a statement, alerting its citizens to maintain a heightened awareness when in public following the series of explosions in Bangkok. Bangkok has been on the watch for a terror attack since police last month charged a Lebanese man with a Swedish passport, suspected of planning a strike following a US warning that tourist areas might be targeted. The British Foreign Office has also issued a travel advisory for Thailand, especially in six provinces including Bangkok, following the three explosions. Meanwhile, reports from the beach resort town of Pattaya said that the Iranian bomb suspect Moradi, 28, had checked-in to Top Thai hotel in Pattaya on Feb 8 late at night with a backpack. Shortly afterwards, he called a friend who arrived at the hotel with a large piece of luggage. "We usually have no idea what the guests bring in," one hotel employee was quoted in the media as saying, adding that since both men were well presented and polite, hotel employees did not pay them much attention. "Mr Moradi was good-looking and dressed neatly, as if he was a young entrepreneur," said the worker. "He was also polite and I can't believe that he would be a bomber," he said.
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