By Reuters
Iranian authorities (click here) have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week’s attacks in the capital Tehran, according to a judiciary official.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings and gun attacks on parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that killed 17 people on Wednesday....
Daba Rohrabacher applauds Daesh on Iranian deaths. Amazing. Republicans are about the most ignorant people on planet Earth. They don't even know who the enemy is, no wonder the USA has a "broken morality rudder." It is hard to believe he is from California.
June 11, 2017
By Salvador Hernandez
One day after 17 people died (click here) in an apparent ISIS attack in Iran, a California congressman questioned whether such an event might be a "good thing," and appeared to suggest that the United States might be able to collaborate with the terrorist group.
"Isn't it a good thing for us to have the United States finally backing up Sunnis who will attack Hezbollah and the Shia threat to us? Isn't that a good thing?" Rohrabacher asked a panel of terrorism experts assembled for a House hearing on Hezbollah financing Thursday.
"Maybe this is a Trump — maybe it's a Trump strategy of actually supporting one group against another considering that you have two terrorist organizations," he added.
The remarks were a reference to a pair of deadly rampages in Tehran Wednesday, in which attackers laid siege inside Iran's parliament building and outside the tomb of the Islamic Republic founder's Ayatollah Khomeini. The attacks — the first claimed by ISIS in Iran — left 17 people dead and dozens more injured.
A representative for Rohrabacher did not immediately respond to requests for comment, or to explain the congressman's comments....
Daba Rohrabacher applauds Daesh on Iranian deaths. Amazing. Republicans are about the most ignorant people on planet Earth. They don't even know who the enemy is, no wonder the USA has a "broken morality rudder." It is hard to believe he is from California.
June 11, 2017
By Salvador Hernandez
One day after 17 people died (click here) in an apparent ISIS attack in Iran, a California congressman questioned whether such an event might be a "good thing," and appeared to suggest that the United States might be able to collaborate with the terrorist group.
"Isn't it a good thing for us to have the United States finally backing up Sunnis who will attack Hezbollah and the Shia threat to us? Isn't that a good thing?" Rohrabacher asked a panel of terrorism experts assembled for a House hearing on Hezbollah financing Thursday.
"Maybe this is a Trump — maybe it's a Trump strategy of actually supporting one group against another considering that you have two terrorist organizations," he added.
The remarks were a reference to a pair of deadly rampages in Tehran Wednesday, in which attackers laid siege inside Iran's parliament building and outside the tomb of the Islamic Republic founder's Ayatollah Khomeini. The attacks — the first claimed by ISIS in Iran — left 17 people dead and dozens more injured.
A representative for Rohrabacher did not immediately respond to requests for comment, or to explain the congressman's comments....
