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| Iran commander Suleimani says Islamic State on the wane |
| 2015-02-13 |
| [IsraelTimes] In rare public remarks, Quds Force head says terror group on the way out, touts Tehran's rising influence in region An influential Iranian general who has reportedly been near the front line against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group was quoted Thursday saying the jihadists are "nearing the end of their lives". General Qassem Suleimani, the once rarely seen commander of the powerful Quds Force, has become the public face of Iran's support for the Iraqi and Syrian governments against jihadists. He has frequently been pictured on social media in Iraq with pro-government forces, including Kurdish fighters and Shiite militia units in battle areas. "Considering the heavy defeats suffered by Daesh and other terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria, we are certain these groups are nearing the end of their lives," Suleimani was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency, using an Arabic acronym for IS. His rare published remarks came in a speech made Wednesday in his home province Kerman to mark the 36th anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution. Suleimani also said Tehran's regional influence was growing. "Today we see signs of the Islamic revolution being exported throughout the region, from Bahrain to Iraq and from Syria to Yemen and North Africa," he said. "The arrogants and Zionists have admitted, more than before, to their own weakness and to the Islamic Theocratic Republic's power, following their successive defeats," he said. Iranian officials often use the term "arrogants" to refer to the United States and other Western powers, while Zionists is used in Tehran to refer to Israel without acknowledging its existence as a state. IS has seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq, declaring an Islamic "caliphate" and committing widespread atrocities. Suleimani reportedly landed in Baghdad hours after IS overran djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... in June and led the anti-jihadist counter-attack at the head of Iran's deep military involvement in Iraq. He is also helping set up a joint Iranian Hezbollah unit to launch attacks on Israel from the Syrian Golan Heights, according to Israel's Channel 2 news. His remarks came as Hezbollah, Iran's Lebanese proxy, launched a major offensive in the Syrian Golan to retake key areas from rebel forces. The Quds Force -- the foreign wing of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards -- conducts sensitive security functions abroad, including intelligence, special operations and political action deemed necessary to protect the Islamic republic. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 I'm still waiting for Iran to make more of an effort. Onward, Christian Soldiers isn't just a Saudi hymn... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-02-13 16:08 |
| #3 Better get that Kurdistan finalized. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-02-13 11:37 |
| #2 "Today we see signs of the Islamic revolution being exported throughout the region, from Bahrain to Iraq and from Syria to Yemen and North Africa," he said. Well, the good General's assessment certainly appears to be correct regarding the expansion aspect. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-02-13 05:49 |
| #1 How can the ISIS/ISIL be on the wane off the US says over 20,000 fighters from 90 countries include the US-West are coming to join it + Global Jihad - CAN THE US + IRAN COLLUDE ON COMMITTING SUBSTANTIAL FORCES OR MILASSETS TO THE ANTI-ISIS FIGHT??? Iff IRAN hopes to be the Leader of future Persian Gulf + ME Unions, etc. IT HAS TO DE FACTO JUMP INTO THE BREACH WID EVERYTHING IT HAS. I'm still waiting for Iran to make more of an effort. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-02-13 00:24 |