Don't look now but things are heating up even more in the Middle East as Iran and Pakistan are firing shots at each other. The Wall Street Journal reported:
Iran-backed militant groups such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Houthis of Yemen have been attacking Israel and U.S. interests in the Middle East since the war began. But in recent days, after a U.S.-led force struck the Houthis, Iran stepped out from behind its militant allies and attacked what Tehran said were Israeli spies in Iraq and terrorists in Pakistan and Syria. The strikes served as a show of force to Iran’s foreign foes and to an Iranian public that has been demanding revenge for a Jan. 3 terrorist attack that killed dozens of people in the Iranian city of Kerman. For Tehran, where leaders often lump together the country’s enemies—claiming for example that the U.S. and Israel support Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the Kerman bombings—Iran’s strikes this week showed how it might target anyone if it chose to do so. Pakistan, which isn’t in the Middle East, got sucked into that demonstration of Iran’s resolve on Tuesday. Iran said it used missiles and drones to target an Iranian insurgent group in Pakistan, Jaish al-Adl. The group had previously claimed responsibility for the killing of 11 police officers in a December attack in eastern Iran. Pakistan retaliated on Thursday with airstrikes against what it said were Pakistani separatists in an Iranian border village. Ten Pakistani people were killed, local Deputy Gov. Alireza Marhamati told state media. Article
Wonderful. Just wonderful.
1 comment:
Most people act like America is not at war.... wake up people. The shit is going to hit the fan soon. We will wake up one day and our debit cards won't work. All hell is gonna break loose.
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