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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums****Breaking**** ISIS claims responsibility for terror attack in Iran
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****Breaking**** ISIS claims responsibility for terror attack in Iran (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2024
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DURHAM D
(33,054 posts)1. What decade is this? nt
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)2. sheesh.... do they have any allies?
Even the taliban had backed off supporting them, but if not, an iran afghan conflict could get ugly.
I guess freedm is having nothing left to lose.
maxsolomon
(38,728 posts)4. The Afghani ISIS & the Taliban have never been allied.
The Taliban consider them unreasonable fanatics. They attacked each other regularly prior to the US departure.
That Sunni ISIS could carry out this bombing deep inside Shiite Iran is amazing. It beggars belief.
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,852 posts)5. The Sunnis
The Sunnis believe the Shias are polytheist apostates.
maxsolomon
(38,728 posts)7. I'm well aware of that.
It's a pretty daring attack at this particular time.
Johnny2X2X
(24,207 posts)3. Wait
So they weren't defeated in 1 month?
dalton99a
(94,119 posts)6. Iran should retaliate with suicide bombers.
And then ISIS should repeat the process.