Terrorist attack in Iran, not a single bleep from anyone.

[Stoic1]

They are blaming us. Considering all the shit we stir it is entirely possible.

 

[SBJJ]

Looks like a moderate rebel attack.

Oh man. True

Freedom fighters!!

McCain would be proud

 

[SBJJ]

Damn, I hope all of our Iranian friends are OK.

The thing is, Iranian people as a whole are MUCH more accepting of Americans and people of other faiths. You can’t even remotely compare Iran to a SA or Pakistan

Hell, you’d possibly be treated better in Iran than you would be in some parts of Europe

 

[abiG]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian Armed Forces spokesman, Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, told IRNA that the militants who had committed a terrorist attack on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday were linked to the United States and Israel.

"These terrorists are not members of the Daesh* [terrorist group, banned in Russia] and do not belong to groups fighting the Islamic system. These people are linked to the United States and [Israeli intelligence service] Mossad. These militants were organized and trained by two countries of the Persian Gulf," Shekarchi said in an interview with a local agency.


The spokesman added that the servicemen had killed all four militants who committed the attack.

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201809221068251890-ahvaz-attackers-us-israel/

 

[SBJJ]

I know Iran is a favorite in the WR. And I will defend them in many areas. But this does have a bit of a false flag smell to it.

 

[Islam Imamate]

It's pretty hard for people to keep up with every single thing that goes on in every single country. I think most of us focus on our own country, and still can't keep up with every story.

On one hand, Iran fomented its own share of Shia insurrection in Saudi Arabia following the revolution. On the other hand, they've scaled down these efforts in the past decades, and even if Saudi Arabia wasn't officially involved in this planning, it's hard to deny the ideological underpinning of such violence in the country's political and religious exports.

But lets not restrict the critique of Western hypocrisy and inhumanity towards the Middle East and Africa to just Iran: no matter where this had happened, there would be little in the way of sympathy. Hell, even if such events take place in Latin America, with whom the US shares a great deal of cultural similarity, there probably wouldn't be much care.

The difference is this attack wasn't just at a random movie theater or school in Iran, it was at a military parade and was claimed by terrorists. So it has some geopolitical relevance and perhaps we might see some retaliation from Iran.

 

[Trotsky]

The difference is this attack wasn't just at a random movie theater or school in Iran, it was at a military parade and was claimed by terrorists. So it has some geopolitical relevance and perhaps we might see some retaliation from Iran.

For what it's worth, PADMAZ (the Arab separatist group that the Iranian government has said is claiming responsibility) has denied that they were responsible. We'll see.

 

[Ruprecht]

For what it's worth, PADMAZ (the Arab separatist group that the Iranian government has said is claiming responsibility) has denied that they were responsible. We'll see.

The list of potential culprits isn't short.
They hit Kurdish forces a couple of weeks ago, there's the exiled groups like the MEK and of course ISIS claimed responsibility..

 

[cincymma79]

On one hand, Iran fomented its own share of Shia insurrection in Saudi Arabia following the revolution. On the other hand, they've scaled down these efforts in the past decades, and even if Saudi Arabia wasn't officially involved in this planning, it's hard to deny the ideological underpinning of such violence in the country's political and religious exports.

But lets not restrict the critique of Western hypocrisy and inhumanity towards the Middle East and Africa to just Iran: no matter where this had happened, there would be little in the way of sympathy. Hell, even if such events take place in Latin America, with whom the US shares a great deal of cultural similarity, there probably wouldn't be much care.

That’s because that shit is a daily occurrence there

 

[Rod1]

Lol wut? That is a war zone with several international players. Doesn't really compare. Especially when ISIS is all but defeated, and this is just one isolated incident.

Plus you are saying it has been on major media since yesterday. That seems like quite the bleep. As I said earlier, people on sherdog don't make threads for the majority of violent attacks in the world.

It all comes down to ratings, and I would also argue that a full blown war doesn't get much coverage compared to a dirty pornstar like Stormy Daniels, or bat shit crazy, washed up celebrities.

It is what it is.

Exactly, one would assume a terrorist attack would garner more attention than military actions.

 

[MicroBrew]

It's pretty hard for people to keep up with every single thing that goes on in every single country. I think most of us focus on our own country, and still can't keep up with every story.

But if this had happened in Israel, UAE or Saudi, there would be a heckva lot more coverage and lots of denunciations from the US government, especially if it was Israel. It was the same thing with the Beslan massacre, the US was guarded in expressing sympathy for Russia. Because the US didn't want Russia to receive a lot of support from the masses, fearing that would tilt opinion in Russia's favor.

 

[MicroBrew]

RIP.

Sadly, I knew nothing about this.

The media often decides what they want the public to know

And this is another example of why the media is not really liberal like the rightwing always insists it is. The media is liberal on some domestic issues, but supportive of American hawkish attitudes on foreign affairs.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Clearly the work of the NRA in an effort to increase gun sales.

 

[ultramanhyata]

Damn, I hope all of our Iranian friends are OK.

This all comes back to Obama going easy on them with that treasonous nuke deal.

 

[HomerThompson]

Tragic, and unsurprising. It's really obvious that the U.S., Israel, and SA are trying to goad Iran into a conflict.

They're going to get it one way or another.

In fact, Donny Moscow is at the UN next week to speak about Iran.

 

[Islam Imamate]

For what it's worth, PADMAZ (the Arab separatist group that the Iranian government has said is claiming responsibility) has denied that they were responsible. We'll see.

Apparently ISIS claimed it but they always claim these sorts of attacks.

 

[deadshot138]

Condolences

 

[Ruprecht]

But if this had happened in Israel, UAE or Saudi, there would be a heckva lot more coverage and lots of denunciations from the US government, especially if it was Israel. It was the same thing with the Beslan massacre, the US was guarded in expressing sympathy for Russia. Because the US didn't want Russia to receive a lot of support from the masses, fearing that would tilt opinion in Russia's favor.

Russia kicked out the ABC for broadcasting Babitsky's interview with Basayev in 2005.

 

[SBJJ]

And this is another example of why the media is not really liberal like the rightwing always insists it is. The media is liberal on some domestic issues, but supportive of American hawkish attitudes on foreign affairs.

The Liberals are hawkish on foreign affairs. Just look at the WR even. The liberals are usually more hawkish. There has been unholy alliance of Liberals(actually leftists) and the MIC that ramped up after 9-11

Actually Liberal is not fair. True Liberals would be demanding transparency and non intervention overseas.

The Media is not Liberal at all. They are just a mouthpiece for the establishment and DNC

 

[luckyshot]

RIP.

Sadly, I knew nothing about this.

The media often decides what they want the public to know

Our news media is mostly garbage.

The OP had a post from CNN...

Here’s a llink from NPR.
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/22/6507...-wounded-after-military-parade-attack-in-iran

It’s currently the second story on Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...o-avenge-military-parade-attack-idUSKCN1M304Q

Know where there is nothing about it on the home page? Fox.

Shitting on the media is SO easy to do in the age of Drmpf... but come on folks, if you’re not looking at decent sources to start with, what are you complaining about?