F-22Raptor
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The US may target Iranian naval assets in the Red Sea
Drone strike on US base kills 3 American soldiers, at least 40 injured - Iraqi Resistance claims responsibility
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The US may target Iranian naval assets in the Red Sea
LeGenD
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Shayrat Airbase evacuation rumors:
Imam Ali Military base in focus:
Imam Ali Military base in focus:
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925boy
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blindly but also responsibly. lol.
925boy
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But Gazans being majorly Sunni didnt even make any Sunni regional power take 1 useful step to protect Gazans from genocide. "Shia" is often an excuse for sectarian and hateful and small minded types.
well said.
LeGenD
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This is news to me.Did you know many mullahs in Pakistan motivated people to fly to Syria to join FSA/ISIS for jihad and many did end up going there
Iran recruits Pakistani Shias for combat in Syria | The Express Tribune
Recruited men are part of the Zeinabiyoun, a unit of Pakistani fighters stationed in Syria to protect the shrine
tribune.com.pk
Increasing Number Of Afghans, Pakistanis Killed In Syria Buried In Iran
An increasing number of Afghans and Pakistanis killed in the fighting in Syria have been buried in Iran in recent months, apparently while fighting with units organized by Iran.
www.rferl.org
UNHCR Web Archive
www.refworld.org
ANALYSIS - Iran-backed Zainabiyoun Brigade could become Pakistan’s new national security problem
Could it be a wake-up call for Pakistan that battle-hardened militants trained by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Quds force might be returning to Pakistan as Iran’s pawns? - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
Iran-backed Zainabiyoun Brigade ‘still a threat’ in Pakistan despite crackdown
MARDAN: The Zainabiyoun Brigade, an Iran-backed militant outfit that sent young Pakistanis to fight in Syria, remains a threat to the South Asian nation’s security, experts say, despite a recent crackdown on the group’s activity.
www.arabnews.com
Iranian Foreign Policy might not be sectarian though. Any takers will do.
ISIS was created by people in Iraq and Syria:
The True Origins of ISIS
A secret biography suggests that Abu Ali al-Anbari defined the group’s radical approach more than any other person.
www.theatlantic.com
The movement certainly drew people from different countries around the world. This is the age of internet and connectivity. No shortage of portals and influencers out there.
Iraq and Syria had plans to merge back in the days of the Cold War, but Saddam Hussein opposed this move.
SYRIANS IN CAIRO FOR UNITY TALKS; IRAQI GROUP DUE; Revolutionary Council in Damascus Says 3-Nation Merger Is the Goal PRESS STRESSES THEME But Syria Turns Back 12 High-Ranking Exiles Who Seek Repatriation Ground for Rejection Party Taken to Cairo Syr
12 exiles return to Egypt after being refused entry, Damascus
To Unite or Not to Unite: That Is Not the Question: The 1963 Tripartite Unity Talks Reassessed on JSTOR
Elie Podeh, To Unite or Not to Unite: That Is Not the Question: The 1963 Tripartite Unity Talks Reassessed, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan., 2003), pp. 150-185
www.jstor.org
Syria and Iraq Delay Merger (Published 1979)
Syria and Iraq end high-level meeting; say more time is needed to arrange merger (S)
Saddam's demise paved way for some elements in both countries to take the matter into their own hands. These issues have long background roots. Nothing is simple and straightforward there.
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Oscar
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Yes - I’ll reiterate - this is NOT isolated to Iran nor is it and why Im repeatedly pointing out that this proxy conflict and usage of proxies is less about sectarianism and more about national interests.
What you call brother is irrelevant - so where Khamenei is calling Sunnis brothers they are pushing the opposite ideology within countries that have Shia populations.
So either they’re brothers or not - but for Hamas’s case it is. The key aspect is that it ISNT about Shiaism(as the GCC arabs do it) nor Sunnism but whatever can work for Iran’s national interest. If its using Shiaism to push one agenda and brotherhood to push the other - that doesn’t seem to matter. At the end, its ordinary people and the religion that gets trampled in this case.
Just to reaffirm - Im not saying Iran is the only one that does this.
Oscar
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Abusing uniformed troops is not. Even for Israel and I say this knowing the atrocities they are coming. Otherwise, everyone flings abuses and might as well not discuss anythingTroops vs troops is fair game, civilians is definitely not, I am too sitting in US, how can I call for attack on americas
hasn2009
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I agree with most of what you said, for Iran its mostly protecting their national interests, though now things are moving in better direction since MBS era, hopefully we will see united ME soon.
Oscar
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That is being citied as one plausible(very small conspiracy idea) as to why Hamas chose to attack(were goaded to by Iran or it could even be Israelis themselves) due to the possibility that if KSA settled things with Israel and has already settled things with Iran - their current regime would be under pressure and then on the other side Nethenyahu would lose his government.
Whether its one or the other, or together or neither is all conjecture and 400 youtube videos can be found with all sorts of these theories.
LeGenD
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From one of the links I shared:
The group’s fighters — many of them minors — were recruited in Pakistan and among Pakistani refugees by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Basij militia, and trained for operations in the Syrian civil war, which broke out in 2011.
Some of the recruits have returned to Pakistan, especially during COVID-19 closures, prompting authorities to step up its crackdown on their activity.
Since last year, Pakistani counterterrorism police have arrested a number of Iran-trained militants connected to a series of assassinations, mainly in the seaside megapolis of Karachi in Sindh province. Police said they were Zainabiyoun Brigade members.
In late July, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told the Senate that the Zainabiyoun were among the militants “found actively involved in terrorist activities” in the country from 2019 to 2021.
You did not even bother to check the links in my post.
And who told you that those groups are my beloved? This is your idea of having a productive conversation? I am not discussing competition between who killed the most Pakistani here. You misunderstood my post and prematurely judged me with allegations. I shall not respond to you further.
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hasn2009
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That may very well be possible, arabs and Israel were getting very close and Iran felt little isolated and thought If KSA and Israel came close, it will become difficult for Iran to survive, so they pushed Hamas to start a new conflict.
Oscar
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That will be both impossible in many aspects and also subjective based upon the relative population strength.
F-22Raptor
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Biden Faces Pressure to Confront Iran After US Troops Killed
President Joe Biden faces intensifying pressure to confront Iran directly after the country’s proxies killed three American soldiers in a drone strike in Jordan, risking precisely the wider regional conflict that he’s said he wants to avoid.
www.bloomberg.com
The US is seriously considering striking Iran and it’s government officials
RescueRanger
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RescueRanger
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This!
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