After years of waiting and wanting to strike Iran, the Islamic State claims to have finally done so. According to recent news reports, four militants went on a shooting spree in Iran’s parliament, while other operatives detonated a bomb inside the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, killing 12 people. If the Islamic State indeed ordered the attacks, it has struck at the temporal and spiritual heart of the Iranian revolutionary government.
The Islamic State has aimed to strike Iran since at least 2007, when it openly threatened to attack the country for supporting the Shiite-dominated government in Iraq. It regards Persian Shiites as apostate traitors who have sold out the Sunni Arabs to Israel and the United States. This determination to strike Iran marked a key difference with al Qaeda, which long held off attacking the Islamic Republic in order to use it as a rear base and financial hub.
In 2007, Osama bin Laden wrote a private letter to the leaders of the Islamic State urging them to cease and desist. “You did not consult with us on that serious issue that affects the general welfare of all of us,” the al Qaeda chief wrote. “Iran is our main artery for funds, personnel, and communication, as well as the matter of hostages,” bin Laden went on to explain. “There is no need to fight with Iran, unless you are forced to.”
Bin Laden’s concerns were well placed. After 9/11, a contingent of al Qaeda operatives and members of bin Laden’s family fled to Iran, where they were kept under house arrest or close surveillance. Among them was Bin Laden’s son Hamza, now promoted by al Qaeda as its heir apparent. The Iranian government loosened or tightened its leash on the operatives and family for strategic reasons, and al Qaeda refrained from attacking the government to protect its people and to preserve its corridor to Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Islamic State did not like the directive but bent the knee to its emir, bin Laden. But when al Qaeda and the Islamic State split in 2014, an Islamic State spokesman used this disagreement to paint his organization as the more committed jihadi group. He revealed that its rank and file had long pressed for an attack, but al Qaeda forbade it because the organization wanted to “protect its interests and its supply lines.”
A new chapter in Islamic Terrorism is now here. If ISIS starts launching terrorist attacks in Iran then we are about to see Iran being pushed to be even more involved around the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria. Even more worrying could be even more fuel being dumped on the fire that is the broader Sunni-Shiite conflict. I find it funny this happens days after the new Trump-Saudi Alliance declares a active cold war against Qatar, which Qatar maintaining amiable relations with Iran is one of the major sticking points that Saudi Arabia and other GCC states have been threatening Qatar over, in addition to their relations and support for various populist, extremist, or underground movements, like the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and Jabhat al-Nusra.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/07/middleeast/iran-parliament-shooting/index.html
I've been watching the news all afternoon and the most I saw about this was a 30 second blurb on CNN. Charming that our nation truly only cares about Terrorism when it is focused on people we like. Even ISIS is allowed to attack Iran and we won't say a word!
"Who cares, they're just Iranians" = US media take on ISIS attacking Iran
I've been watching the news all afternoon and the most I saw about this was a 30 second blurb on CNN. Charming that our nation truly only cares about Terrorism when it is focused on people we like. Even ISIS is allowed to attack Iran and we won't say a word!
"Who cares, they're just Iranians" = US media take on ISIS attacking Iran
Dude watch better news. It's been on Fox news.
Remember you are watching CNN their sole goal in life is to attack Trump.
When terrorists set off the bomb at the Ariana Grande concert every news network jumped on EXCEPT CNN. They ignored it and continued with their Trump stories.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/20...ed-over-manchester-bombing-coverage/22105439/
If CNN can ignore an attack in England why would you expect them to cover an attack in Iran.
I'm pretty sure if war had started between Iran and Saudi Arabia, our previous presidents would have all sided with Saudi Arabia since they are considered an ally and we would be obligated to assist them.
We can not blame one country, for creating this mess. Every one is equally responsible for this. But for now we have to stop it because in a war no matter which side win, the innocent people always lose. The Us will be siding with UAE and KSA while Russia will be with Iran and Qatar.
Lets see what happen and pray for peace.
I've been watching the news all afternoon and the most I saw about this was a 30 second blurb on CNN. Charming that our nation truly only cares about Terrorism when it is focused on people we like. Even ISIS is allowed to attack Iran and we won't say a word!
"Who cares, they're just Iranians" = US media take on ISIS attacking Iran
Iranians aren't white enough for trump to tweet about this, or trumpsters to care.