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| New IS Branch Claims Saudi Shooting That Killed 5 |
| 2015-10-18 |
| [NYTIMES] A previously unheard of 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 branch with links to Bahrain has purportedly grabbed credit for a deadly shooting Friday targeting Shiite worshippers in eastern Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said in a statement five citizens were killed in the shooting, among them a woman, and nine more people were maimed. The ministry did not immediately confirm the shooter's identity or offer details about the motives. State television in Saudi Arabia reported that a gunman wearing an explosives' belt opened fire on Shiites at a prayer hall as they took part in evening worship. State TV reported the gunman was rubbed out before he could detonate the explosives. In a statement posted online, the purportedly new IS branch calling itself "Bahrain Province" claimed its gunman, named Shuja al-Dosari, used a Kalashnikov rifle to attack Shiites in their place of worship. The statement said the gunman killed Shiites as "they finished their polytheist rituals" and described them using the derogatory term "rafida", meaning those who reject the Sunni path. This is the third IS branch to appear in the Arabian Peninsula this year. Two other branches in Saudi Arabia have grabbed credit for previous attacks on Shiites and security forces that killed nearly 70 people. The last attack before Friday's was on Aug. 6, when a jacket wallah hit a mosque inside a police compound in western Saudi Arabia and killed 15 people. The name of the so-called Bahrain Province branch of the IS appears to be in reference to the historic area of Bahrain, which once encompassed the current island-state and parts of what is now the oil-rich eastern region of Saudi Arabia. The kingdom's eastern region and Bahrain are predominantly Shiite, though Saudi Arabia is majority Sunni and Bahrain's rulers are Sunni. |
| Posted by:Fred |