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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is why Putin wants Trump to be his tool
Its still too soon to say who is responsible for the bombing on Monday of the subway in St. Petersburg, Russiabut it wouldnt be surprising if international terrorists were responsible. Russia is fast replacing the United States as the No. 1 enemy of Al Qaeda, the Islamic State and other Sunni jihadist groups motivated by violent and puritanical Salafist ideology.
This shift is rooted in recent Russian actions in the Middle Eastincluding its escalating intervention in Syria and its moves toward intervention in Libya with the recent deployment of special forces to an air base in Egyptthat have drawn the ire of militant Sunnis worldwide and elevated Russia as the jihadists top target. And if the Islamic States caliphate in Syria collapses and foreign fighters, an estimated 2,400 of whom are from Russia, attempt to return home and fix their sights on the Kremlin, the situation could dramatically worsen for Moscow.
Terrorist groups have made their changing priorities clear. In an ISIS video titled Soon Very Soon Blood Will Spill Like an Ocean, an ISIS fighter threatens Russian leader Vladimir Putin directly, citing the countrys intervention in Syria and its growing alliance with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, Iran and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah as proof that Moscow is the chief proponent of a growing Shiite axis throughout the Middle East. Forty other Syrian rebel groups have concurred, pointedly saying that any occupation force to our beloved country is a legitimate target.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/russia-jihadists-number-one-target-214977
This shift is rooted in recent Russian actions in the Middle Eastincluding its escalating intervention in Syria and its moves toward intervention in Libya with the recent deployment of special forces to an air base in Egyptthat have drawn the ire of militant Sunnis worldwide and elevated Russia as the jihadists top target. And if the Islamic States caliphate in Syria collapses and foreign fighters, an estimated 2,400 of whom are from Russia, attempt to return home and fix their sights on the Kremlin, the situation could dramatically worsen for Moscow.
Terrorist groups have made their changing priorities clear. In an ISIS video titled Soon Very Soon Blood Will Spill Like an Ocean, an ISIS fighter threatens Russian leader Vladimir Putin directly, citing the countrys intervention in Syria and its growing alliance with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, Iran and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah as proof that Moscow is the chief proponent of a growing Shiite axis throughout the Middle East. Forty other Syrian rebel groups have concurred, pointedly saying that any occupation force to our beloved country is a legitimate target.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/russia-jihadists-number-one-target-214977
Putin wants America to be hated as much as Russia among Muslims. If Putin wants a war with Islam he can count me out.
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This is why Putin wants Trump to be his tool (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2017
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world wide wally
(21,744 posts)1. That explains a lot
I wonder when Putin will order American troops back into some ME country
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)2. We've already escalated by several hundred troops already...
not getting a lot of press, though. That's just from actual media reports. I suspect there are more.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)3. Putin wants America to be hated as much as Russia in the M E