US officials announced today that they have foiled an Iranian-backed terrorist plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington DC.

At a news conference, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said two Iranians have been charged with conspiracy to murder a foreign official and conspiracy to commit an act of international terrorism, among other charges. One of the suspects, an Iranian with U.S. citizenship, was arrested in New York last month; the other, an Iranian, remains at large.

“The United States is committed to holding Iran accountable for its actions” and would take “further action” against Iran later Tuesday, Holder said.

The suspects were identified as Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old from Texas, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of Iran’s Quds Force, an elite division of that country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for foreign operations.

In addition to killing the Saudi ambassador, Adel al-Jubeir, officials said, the plot envisioned later striking other targets. The officials said that the plan to kill the ambassador was directed by Tehran, and that Arbabsiar has acknowledged that he was recruited and funded by men he understood to be senior officers in the Quds Force.

When terrorist plots are announced, the discerning wingnut turns to hate group leader Pamela Geller for incisive, well-reasoned commentary like this: ACT OF WAR: MUSLIM AMERICAN ET AL ARRESTED IN IRANIAN PLOT TO COMMIT A “SIGNIFICANT TERRORIST ACT IN THE UNITED STATES”!!!!!1

Why is that criminal gun runner Holder handling this? This is the Pengaon’s jurisdiction.

Has Hamas-tied CAIR filed a lawsuit against the FBI or DEA yet for Islamophobia?