Posted on 08/05/2014 11:51:26 AM PDT by Borges
News that jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) had declared the creation of a "caliphate" last month initially sent Lebanon's social media networks into a frenzy of puns and jokes depicting them as backward, bloodthirsty bearded men.
But soon, worry replaced laughter. After months of relative calm, Lebanon was hit again by a series of attacks accompanied by a slew of arrests of suspected suicide bombers.
A general belief is starting to grow that the IS, the precursor to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), stands behind the renewed instability in the country.
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They will send troops across the Iraqi border to fight them as soon as the main Iraqi defense runs away.
They are a threat to the Iranian version of Islam (at the moment I cannot keep them straight, who is Sunni and who is Shia.)
ISIS is Sunni and Iran is Shiite.
that will be the test Im sure...
Not to worry; Obola will flash a hashtag at them.
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