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Re:Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch... by WinstonSmith84 on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:25AM (#38909440)
If you're a random terrorist/military group and opposes the west, you will get automatically sponsorship from Iran. It's quite concerning what Iran would do if they had nukes
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Re:Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch... by dragonwriter on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:00AM (#38909637)
> If you're a random terrorist/military group and opposes the west, you will get automatically sponsorship from Iran.

No, you won't.

Now. If you are either an Islamist group opposing Israel specifically, and/or a specifically Shi’a Islamist group opposing Israel or any Sunni-dominated Arab government, then, yes, your odds of getting Iranian support arr pretty good.

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Re:Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch... by cm2187 on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:54AM (#38909603)
No they mostly back Shia groups. You won't see then supporting ISIS.
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Re:Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch... by fmajid on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:21AM (#38909772)
Hamas is Sunni
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Re:Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch... by WinstonSmith84 on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:05AM (#38910057)
They are not supporting ISIS because it's a Sunni group, it's because ISIS is very much anti Shiites, that Iran doesn't have a choice but to fight them, too. Hamas is Sunni and Iran is perfectly fine with that.. Al Qaeda is Sunni too, and while they are not best buddies, it's enough for Al Qaeda to be anti west for Iran to support them through hidden channels.
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