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| | <blockquote>When Iran became an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini in the late 1970s, Israel was called the "little Satan," the United States the "big Satan." At the time, the United States was not hated because of Israel. If anything, the reverse was true. Israel was seen as an outpost of "Ameri-can imperialism." Of course , radical Islamist groups such as Iran - backed Hizbollah did not need to attack the United States because of Israel. Hizbollah killed 241 Marines in the Beirut barracks bombing of 1983 and was responsible for the hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985. | | <blockquote>When Iran became an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini in the late 1970s, Israel was called the "little Satan," the United States the "big Satan." At the time, the United States was not hated because of Israel. If anything, the reverse was true. Israel was seen as an outpost of "Ameri-can imperialism." Of course , radical Islamist groups such as Iran - backed Hizbollah did not need to attack the United States because of Israel. Hizbollah killed 241 Marines in the Beirut barracks bombing of 1983 and was responsible for the hijacking of TWA flight 847 in 1985. |
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| − | Al-Qaeda also opposed the United States initially because of the large U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia. It only later came to oppose Israel, sometimes claiming the issue was the "Palestinians", other times claiming opposition to any non-Muslim presence in the Mide East...</blockquote> | + | Al-Qaeda also opposed the United States initially because of the large U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia. It only later came to oppose Israel, sometimes claiming the issue was the "Palestinians", other times claiming opposition to any non-Muslim presence in the Mid East...</blockquote> |
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| | Iran, in its aim of globalizing the Islamic revolution, had founded Hezbollah in 1981. Before Israel responded to PLO attacks from there. | | Iran, in its aim of globalizing the Islamic revolution, had founded Hezbollah in 1981. Before Israel responded to PLO attacks from there. |
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| | Arriving in Damascus in 1981, barely a year before Israel invaded Lebanon, Mohtashami began forming the new Shi’ite movement, Hezbollah. Working from the Iranian embassy he established and operated Hezbollah, set up its Shura Council, which was called the Council of Lebanon and whose members were essentially the Hezbollah leadership, and chaired it until his ambassadorship ended in 1986.</small></blockquote></ref> | | Arriving in Damascus in 1981, barely a year before Israel invaded Lebanon, Mohtashami began forming the new Shi’ite movement, Hezbollah. Working from the Iranian embassy he established and operated Hezbollah, set up its Shura Council, which was called the Council of Lebanon and whose members were essentially the Hezbollah leadership, and chaired it until his ambassadorship ended in 1986.</small></blockquote></ref> |
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| | + | It's ironic and cynical use of [[Arabs]] is, as, not only that it doesn't cares about any Arabs, but its racist regime has been persecuting its Arabs relentlessly. |
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| | In recent years it developed proxies in Iraq and in Syria (Alawite-Shiite alliance) and in the Yemen - the [[Houthis]] (acting first, in war with Saudis (Sunnis)) and among "Palestinian" Arabs - called [[PIJ]] (Palestinian Islamic Jihad), [[Hamas]] is also backed by the Islamic Republic. | | In recent years it developed proxies in Iraq and in Syria (Alawite-Shiite alliance) and in the Yemen - the [[Houthis]] (acting first, in war with Saudis (Sunnis)) and among "Palestinian" Arabs - called [[PIJ]] (Palestinian Islamic Jihad), [[Hamas]] is also backed by the Islamic Republic. |