Posted on 03/23/2024 7:29:01 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
ISIL’s Afghan branch – also known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, ISKP (ISIS-K) – has claimed responsibility for the attack...
“Russian foreign policy has been one big red flag for ISIS [ISIL],” Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Washington-based Wilson Center told Al Jazeera. “The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Russian actions in Chechnya, Moscow’s close relationships with the Syrian and Iranian governments, and especially the military campaigns that Russia has waged against ISIS fighters in Syria and — through Wagner Group mercenaries – in parts of Africa.”
“ISK [ISKP] has consistently demonstrated its ambition to evolve into a formidable regional entity … By directing its aggression towards nations such as Iran and Russia, ISK not only confronts regional heavyweights but also underscores its political relevance and operational reach on the global stage,” Jadoon said.
Kabir Taneja, a fellow at the Strategic Studies Programme of the Observer Research Foundation – a think tank based in New Delhi, India – told Al Jazeera that Russia is seen by ISIL and its affiliates as “a crusading power against Muslims”...
“The most compelling current motivation for ISIS-K to attack Russia is the Taliban factor. The Taliban is a bitter rival of ISIS, and ISIS views Russia as a friend of the Taliban,” said Kugelman...
More attacks are possible in Russia and elsewhere, he added, given the key role that ISIL recruits of Central Asian origin – particularly Tajiks – played when the group held territory in Syria. They have now returned to the Central Asia region and their intent to carry out attacks has now materialised in capability, Basit said...
(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...
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Yep ... they’re so obvious.
Nonsense.
Ahhh, from the Mideast Muslim view, yeah they are. The west for them means Christendom.
Living up to your screen name again, I see.
They made the mistake of being caught and now the truth will come out because they’ve all confessed (probably under threat of torture). They are Ukrainian nationals. The ISIS thing was total propaganda.
Because the CIA and Victoria Nuland hired them to!!!
Yeah, my first thought as well, in conjunction with wondering who paid them (US or uke).
Says a snake Lying in the dirt.
Says a snake Lying in the dirt.
The putinistas have a hard time believing Isis could pissibly target their beloved Russia. What possible motive could the jihadi nutcases have. Russia is a friend of muslims etc etc. Well Isis is at it in Niger, and the junta there has enlisted the Russian mongoloids to help out against the jihadis. Poor old Russkies can’t win. Thought every raghead on the planet would love them after mooching Hamas. https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-793377
I see.
The Russians were influenced by the Mongols. And they are Orthodox Christians. Plus they were never influenced by the Enlightenment.
So that's why I don't view them as part of the West.
That's a lie.
Moscow terror attack: Putin says all four gunmen held as death toll reaches 133
They're Tajik and Chechen.
The group that claimed credit for the deadly terrorist attack was an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan called Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISKP.
(snip)
ISKP seeks to create a caliphate across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
>Putin could end it right now by stopping his attacks against Ukraine and pulling all his troops back to Russia.
So Ukraine can shell civilians again?
Putin is gonna put a whoopin’ on Ukraine now. I hope he knows of Zelensky’s location so he can take that little punk out.
Never happened.
Russia's Igor Strelkov: I Am Responsible for War in Eastern Ukraine
Russian national Igor Strelkov, a former commander of pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, has claimed personal responsibility for unleashing the conflict in which 4,300 people have been killed since April.
"I was the one who pulled the trigger of this war," Strelkov said in an interview published Thursday with Russia's Zavtra newspaper, which espouses imperialist views.
"If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out — like in [the Ukrainian city of] Kharkiv, like in Odessa," Strelkov, who uses that nom-de-guerre meaning "Shooter" to replace his last name Girkin, was quoted as saying.
"There would have been several dozen killed, burned, detained. And that would have been the end of it. But the flywheel of the war, which is continuing to this day, was spun by our unit. We mixed up all the cards on the table," he said.
Following Russia's annexation of Crimea this spring, clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Moscow activists broke out in the cities of Kharkiv and Odessa, with more than 40 people killed in a fire in Odessa in early May.
Since then, the two cities have remained largely peaceful, and most of the fighting between rebels and government forces has been limited to the eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Australia is Western Civ. and “Western”.
I realize that there is still tons of fun in/on/near the Indian Subcontinent and in Africa.
It just never stops and hasn’t for ~1400 years.
Nothing is more colonalist and genocidal than Islam AFAIK.
Yes, focus only on Ukraine and leave the Russian homeland undefended and vulnerable to more ISIS attacks
Sounds like an intelligent plan
/sarc
Ask the people of Belogrod.
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