Drone strike on US base kills 3 American soldiers, at least 40 injured - Iraqi Resistance claims responsibility

[F-22Raptor]

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The US may target Iranian naval assets in the Red Sea

 

[LeGenD]

Shayrat Airbase evacuation rumors:

https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1751738162932543790?s=20

Imam Ali Military base in focus:

https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1751742337464611045?s=20

 

[925boy]

Looks like we’re blindly walking into a war.

blindly but also responsibly. lol.

 

[925boy]

Apparently Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Ansarallah, Syrian Arab Army ... are all Shia

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.

Some people only see what they want to see

well said.

 

[LeGenD]

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

This is news to me.

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

www.nytimes.com

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)

www.nytimes.com

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.

 

[Oscar]

I don't know where are you getting this from but in reality, Arab countries have much more sectarian divide than Iran, shia muslims getting beheaded in Saudia, not allowed to call for prayers, and in UAE they still deport shia if they find out you are performing shia rituals etc, irony is hindu can celebrate holi, but shia can't commemorate their rituals etc, their ID cards are scanned even when going for Friday prayers.

They still term shia as kafir, on the other hand you can see Iran's khamienie calling sunnis as more than brothers.

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]

Troops vs troops is fair game, civilians is definitely not, I am too sitting in US, how can I call for attack on americas

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 anything

 

[hasn2009]

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.

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]

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.

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]

lol, may be some pro-iran shia from Paksitan went there too, but they were only a few, i am against it, TBH I actually havent even heard of this zainabiyun brigade, but question is what was the ideology? zainabiyun went there to protect the shrines family of Prophet Mohammad SAWW which ISIS was bombing, but what was the cause for pro-ISIS forces from paksitan? It was just to kill shias, jihad against shias since they are worse than Zionists.

You linked like dozens of articles about a militia which probably didn't even kill a single person in Pakistan, but at same time you managed to keep blind eye towards your beloved ISIS fellows in Pakistan like TTP, lashkar e jahangvi etc who have killed tens of thousands.

Justice will be if you share 1 link each for every pakistani killed by pro-iran militia and 1 article each for a pakistani killed by TTP and the likes.

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.

 

[hasn2009]

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.

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]

Justice will be if you share 1 link each for every pakistani killed by pro-iran militia and 1 article each for a pakistani killed by TTP and the likes.

That will be both impossible in many aspects and also subjective based upon the relative population strength.

 

[F-22Raptor]

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]

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2024/01/28/iran-jordan-drone-attack-us-army-soldiers-killed-clark-nr-vpx.cnn

 

[RescueRanger]

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 anything

This!