Israel isn't dumb. It knows Saudi Arabia is an awful ally which thinks it can buy its way around international diplomacy and abandon allies at the drop of a hat. They also know Hezbollah is stronger than ever. Not going to be a war.
edit: unless hezbollah does something dumb which I don't...
any links? Haven't seen any recently.
I remember at the time there were big fears of a second bomb so after the first wave of paramedics had arrived they decided not to let anyone through the police cordon.
Little doubt now as to who will be in control of Syria post war. Hopefully we can put pressure on Syria through targeted sanctions for Assad to release political prisoners.
I wrote an article on Kurdish independence, basic overview with a bit of the controversy covered. http://www.concrete-online.co.uk/examined-kurdish-independence-iraq/
You're talking shite Aber. It really isn't some inexplicable phenomenon. ISIS isn't fiction. It exists. It is traceable. Global Islamist movements are traceable. Afghanistan, the Balkans and now Syria. Our bad foreign policy. An Islamic resurgence in the 1950s-now as a result of the end of...
We currently have the same lonewolf attacks like these, plus a whole new wave of Islamist attacks. You're being blind if you can't recognise that. They are two distinct things. A young man walking into a school, shooting loads of kids and killing themselves is different from an attack with a...
Not in the same vein as the current ones in Europe. What is the other cause then? Al-Qaeda has existed for decades. How many lone-wolf Islamist attacks were there between 2001 and 2011 or 2012? How many since 2012?
Don't kid yourself into thinking ISIS hasn't changed the game and rallied far...
I don't think it's as tenuous as you think though. Since ISIS came about there has been a huge increase in "lonewolf" terror attacks. They aren't unrelated, ISIS is a direct cause of these, with their calls for followers to carry out these attacks.
This is a myth and it's frustrating that people keep repeating it. It's baseless. The only other incident they've claimed wrongly is the Filipino casino attack. Normally, if they claim a link, there is a link, either inspired or directly involved. This is the first major mass casualty event in...