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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Shiite Organizations Cancel Daily Iftars over Security Fears
2014-06-29
Once again, terrorism works to alter behaviour, even on the great terrorizers themselves, as the Great Muslim Schism Wars continue.
[AnNahar] Shiite organizations and charities have taken the decision to cancel over security fears the daily iftars that they used to hold throughout the holy month of Ramadan, reported al-Liwaa newspaper on Saturday.

The decision was also part of judicial rulings that call for canceling gatherings, regardless of the occasion, it added.

There are fears that turbans may infiltrate such events and blow themselves up.

Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
has also taken such measures, but no official statement has been issued by the party yet to confirm it, said al-Liwaa.

The cancellations only include iftars held in Beirut, but it will go ahead in the South and eastern Bekaa region.

Al-Liwaa noted that this is the first time in several years that these organizations have canceled the iftars, adding that they were held even during the worst years of the civil war.

A previously unknown jihadist group linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
(ISIL) has grabbed credit for Wednesday's Duroy Hotel suicide kaboom in Beirut.

The group calling itself the state of Damascus-Qalamoun said on Thursday that two ISIL members targeted General Security agents at the hotel in Raouche.

It also vowed to carry out more attacks against Hizbullah and its agents, saying Wednesday's bombing was just the start.

Syria's civil war has spilled into Leb on numerous occasions and inflamed sectarian tensions. A series of boom-mobiles have struck Shiite areas across Leb, killing dozens of people.

Sunni Death Eaters have grabbed credit for the attacks to avenge Hizbullah, which has sent its fighters to Syria to help Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
's troops in their fight against the rebels seeking to topple him.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Goats with ties? Why couldn't they just stick to wedding dresses?
Posted by: Charles   2014-06-29 19:16  

#8  Good idea, Pappy,

Pre-tied into a noose.
Posted by: Barbara   2014-06-29 18:53  

#7  Perhaps a nice tie?
Posted by: Pappy   2014-06-29 17:41  

#6  The sheep are peckish and untrusting, the cards all have dawgs as the punch line. Perhaps a last minute brain-storm.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-29 14:32  

#5  Yes.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-06-29 13:34  

#4  Do I need to buy cards or sheep?
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-29 10:45  

#3  that's Ashura. Iftar is when they swap underwear, I think
Posted by: Frank G   2014-06-29 09:55  

#2  Is this the head-cutting celebration or some other weird sub-fest?
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-29 07:41  

#1  I wish I could be around in 50 years to see how this plays out, and how history reports it.

9-11 attacks leads to two wars, Iraqi and Afghani voters with purple fingers inspire the Arab Spring, which is taken over by the fundamentalists, leading to civil war, which then turns sectarian.

I wonder how long it'll take to burn out the sectarian tensions? Maybe Yugoslavia is the model?
Posted by: Bobby   2014-06-29 07:39  

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