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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Iran says Tehran terror attack was by Iranian nationals in ISIS
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Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's mausoleum was one of the targets of Wednesday's terror attack
Iran is vowing quick revenge for a pair of terror attacks that
struck Tehran on Wednesday morning.
First, four gunmen, some dressed as women, burst into Iran's
parliament on Wednesday morning, armed with grenades and explosive
vests. 12 people were killed after two vests had been detonated.
After a five hour standoff, the four attackers were killed by police.
A second, almost simultaneous and highly symbolic attack occurred a
few miles away, when a suicide bomber exploded his vest near the
mausoleum of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who was the founder of
Iran's Islamic Republic after leading the 1979 revolution. One person
was killed, another wounded.
Five people believed to be planning a third attack were arrested.
The so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) claimed
credit for the terror acts, and backed up their claim during the
attack by posting video from inside the parliament building. Iran
later confirmed the claim, by saying that all the attackers were
Iranian nationals who had joined ISIS.
This attack will act as a huge shock to Iranians, who imagined that
they were somehow immune from the jihadist attacks that affect other
countries in the region. ISIS and al-Qaeda had not been very
successful in Iran because it's a mostly Shia Muslim country, making
it difficult for the Sunni jihadist groups to recruit suicide bombers.
However, there is a small community of Sunni Muslims in Iran, and it
appears that ISIS has been able to infiltrate that group.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) blamed the
attack on Saudi Arabia and America:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"World public opinion, especially in Iran, sees the
> fact that this terrorist act was perpetrated soon after the
> meeting of the US president with the heads of one of the
> reactionary regional states that has always supported
> ... terrorists as to be very meaningful."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Iranian officials point out that hours before the attack, Saudi
Arabia's foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said that Iran must be
punished for alleged interference in the region and support for
terrorist organizations.
The Saudis are likely to be infuriated by the implication that they
were involved, and the terror attack is likely to worsen the already
high tensions in the Gulf region, as well as the vitriolic statements
that Iran and Saudi Arabia make about each other.
A statement by US president Donald Trump carried a mixed message,
expressing sympathy for the victims but suggesting that Iran
itself was to blame:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"We grieve and pray for the innocent victims of the
> terrorist attacks in Iran, and for the Iranian people, who are
> going through such challenging times. We underscore that states
> that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they
> promote."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
BBC
and CNN and Fars News (Tehran) and AP
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**** Turkey approves troop deployment to Qatar after split with Saudi Arabia
****
Qatar continues to suffer economic isolation since Monday,
when Saudi Arabia broke diplomatic relations with Qatar,
closed Qatar's only land border, and closed Saudi airspace
to planes from Qatar. Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE),
Egypt and other Arab countries followed Saudi Arabia's lead.
However, Turkey is strongly supporting Qatar, and criticizing the
Saudi-led effort to isolate Qatar. Turkey's president Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said that Turkey will do everything in its power to help end
the crisis.
On Wednesday, Turkey's parliament fast-tracked a bill to deploy up to
3,000 troops to Qatar. The troops will be stationed at a Turkish
military base in Qatar that was originally set up in 2014, during the
last period of time when Saudi Arabia had broken diplomatic relations
with Qatar.
Although Turkey denies that the plans for a troop deployment are
related to Qatar's split with Saudi Arabia, some analysts suggest that
the purpose of the planned troop deployment was to help forestall a
possible coup attempt in Qatar provoked by the Saudi government.
Daily Sabah (Turkey) and Al Jazeera (Qatar)
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, Adel al-Jubeir,
Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, UAE,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egypt
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Iran says Tehran terror attack was by Iranian nationals in ISIS
- Turkey approves troop deployment to Qatar after split with Saudi Arabia
****
**** Iran says Tehran terror attack was by Iranian nationals in ISIS
****
Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's mausoleum was one of the targets of Wednesday's terror attack
Iran is vowing quick revenge for a pair of terror attacks that
struck Tehran on Wednesday morning.
First, four gunmen, some dressed as women, burst into Iran's
parliament on Wednesday morning, armed with grenades and explosive
vests. 12 people were killed after two vests had been detonated.
After a five hour standoff, the four attackers were killed by police.
A second, almost simultaneous and highly symbolic attack occurred a
few miles away, when a suicide bomber exploded his vest near the
mausoleum of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who was the founder of
Iran's Islamic Republic after leading the 1979 revolution. One person
was killed, another wounded.
Five people believed to be planning a third attack were arrested.
The so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) claimed
credit for the terror acts, and backed up their claim during the
attack by posting video from inside the parliament building. Iran
later confirmed the claim, by saying that all the attackers were
Iranian nationals who had joined ISIS.
This attack will act as a huge shock to Iranians, who imagined that
they were somehow immune from the jihadist attacks that affect other
countries in the region. ISIS and al-Qaeda had not been very
successful in Iran because it's a mostly Shia Muslim country, making
it difficult for the Sunni jihadist groups to recruit suicide bombers.
However, there is a small community of Sunni Muslims in Iran, and it
appears that ISIS has been able to infiltrate that group.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) blamed the
attack on Saudi Arabia and America:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"World public opinion, especially in Iran, sees the
> fact that this terrorist act was perpetrated soon after the
> meeting of the US president with the heads of one of the
> reactionary regional states that has always supported
> ... terrorists as to be very meaningful."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
Iranian officials point out that hours before the attack, Saudi
Arabia's foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said that Iran must be
punished for alleged interference in the region and support for
terrorist organizations.
The Saudis are likely to be infuriated by the implication that they
were involved, and the terror attack is likely to worsen the already
high tensions in the Gulf region, as well as the vitriolic statements
that Iran and Saudi Arabia make about each other.
A statement by US president Donald Trump carried a mixed message,
expressing sympathy for the victims but suggesting that Iran
itself was to blame:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"We grieve and pray for the innocent victims of the
> terrorist attacks in Iran, and for the Iranian people, who are
> going through such challenging times. We underscore that states
> that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they
> promote."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
BBC
and CNN and Fars News (Tehran) and AP
****
**** Turkey approves troop deployment to Qatar after split with Saudi Arabia
****
Qatar continues to suffer economic isolation since Monday,
when Saudi Arabia broke diplomatic relations with Qatar,
closed Qatar's only land border, and closed Saudi airspace
to planes from Qatar. Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE),
Egypt and other Arab countries followed Saudi Arabia's lead.
However, Turkey is strongly supporting Qatar, and criticizing the
Saudi-led effort to isolate Qatar. Turkey's president Recep Tayyip
Erdogan said that Turkey will do everything in its power to help end
the crisis.
On Wednesday, Turkey's parliament fast-tracked a bill to deploy up to
3,000 troops to Qatar. The troops will be stationed at a Turkish
military base in Qatar that was originally set up in 2014, during the
last period of time when Saudi Arabia had broken diplomatic relations
with Qatar.
Although Turkey denies that the plans for a troop deployment are
related to Qatar's split with Saudi Arabia, some analysts suggest that
the purpose of the planned troop deployment was to help forestall a
possible coup attempt in Qatar provoked by the Saudi government.
Daily Sabah (Turkey) and Al Jazeera (Qatar)
Related Articles
- Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations cut ties with Qatar in new Mideast crisis (06-Jun-2017)
- Turkey's Erdogan gives four-finger 'R4BIA' salute, in signal to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (18-Jul-2016)
- Gulf Arab states have major split over Egypt and Iran (06-Mar-2014)
- Arab League holds annual meeting among bitter splits (26-Mar-2014)
- Gulf nations paper over their differences for GCC Summit in December (21-Nov-2014)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, Adel al-Jubeir,
Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, UAE,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egypt
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John J. Xenakis
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Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
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