Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan have agreed to form “a joint force to eliminate terrorists along their mutual border, state-owned media from both countries report.”
Both Iran and Pakistan are well known as state sponsors of jihad terror, so clearly their alliance is not about “combating terrorism” in the sense that Westerners would view it. Although their collaboration is spun as if both countries were interested in curbing the problem of “terrorists operating in Iran and Pakistan…attacking members of their respective militaries,” there is much more to this alliance. Iran has never altered its stance concerning “the little Satan” Israel and “the Great Satan” America, and seeks regional hegemony. Pakistan and China are longtime allies and have tightened their economic partnership, while Iran “believes that it can become part of a regional alliance including Pakistan, Russia and China to shape up regional issues and counter American influence in the region.”
The growing partnership between the hostile jihadi regime of Iran and Pakistan — infamous for its blasphemy laws — spells double trouble for Western interests. That trouble is not just military, either. Many users of Twitter in the West have been sent warnings that their tweets “violate” Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, while Imran Khan has vowed to take the fight to criminalize insulting Muhammad and Islam to the United Nations.
“Terror-Linked Pakistan, Iran to Form Joint Force to Combat Terrorism,” by Edwin Mora, Breitbart, April 22, 2019:
The president of Iran and the prime minister of Pakistan agreed on Monday to form a joint force to eliminate terrorists along their mutual border, state-owned media from both countries report.
The United States has designated Iran a state sponsor of terrorism and labeled a branch of its military, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a foreign terrorist organization. Washington has repeatedly accused Pakistan of harboring jihadis.
President Hassan Rouhani announced the agreement to form a Joint Rapid Reaction Force to guard their mutual border after meeting Prime Minister Imran Khan during his two-day visit to Tehran, during which the Pakistani leader allegedly pledged not to join any coalition against the Islamic Republic, Iran’s state-controlled Press TV notes.
“We agreed to step up security cooperation between the two countries and their respective border security and intelligence forces while also forming a joint rapid reaction force on the shared borders to fight terrorism,” Rouhani declared.
“Both sides agree that no third country whatsoever can affect the friendly and brotherly ties that exist between Iran and Pakistan,” he also said, likely referring to the United States and Tehran’s regional foe and Islamabad’s close ally Saudi Arabia.
Terrorism and border security dominated the talks between the leaders of neighboring Iran and Pakistan. The joint anti-terror force announcement came soon after both countries accused terrorists operating in Iran and Pakistan of attacking members of their respective militaries.
Iran has accused the Pakistan-based Sunni extremist group Jaish al-Adl of killing at least 27 IRGC troops by ramming an explosive-laden vehicle into their bus near the Iran-Pakistan border, marking one of the deadliest assaults on the Iranian force, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).
“Unfortunately we witnessed some tensions in border areas in the recent past, where terrorists perpetrated their nefarious acts,” Rouhani proclaimed on Monday.
Over the weekend, Islamabad accused Iran-based terrorists of killing 14 Pakistani troops in volatile Balochistan, RFE/RL notes.
During his visit to Tehran, Khan proclaimed that terrorism incidents plague the relationship between the two countries.
Khan told reporters he fears terrorism could become “a divisive part of the two countries’ bilateral relations and increase differences between the countries,” Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reports.
The most important agenda item for his visit to Iran was “the issue of terrorism,” PM Khan declared.
Khan suggested that the Pakistani “security chief” will meet with his Iranian counterpart and discuss ways to cooperate so that both countries “reach a level of trust such that both countries will not allow any terrorist activity from their soil.”
“We hope that this will build confidence between us; it will help build a future relationship where we have complete confidence in each other,” the prime minister added.
Pakistan maintains a close relationship with Iran’s regional rival Saudi Arabia and to a lesser extent with the United States.
In retaliation, Iran has deemed U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) — charged with overseeing American military activities in the Middle East — a terrorist group.
It is unclear whether the Iran-Pakistan joint task force will target U.S. troops considered terrorists by Tehran.
Press TV acknowledges that the two leaders discussed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to label the IRGC a terrorist group, without elaborating further.
PM Khan repeated his assertion that no terrorist group would be allowed to operate in Pakistan.
christianblood says
What about highly democratic and liberal Saudi Arabia that the US is now transferring its nukes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ_3VhASrms
Michael Garant says
Nuclear energy is one thing, the A bomb another long step……and do you really think the democrats would not do the same……frankly….those who have two vocal islamists and many others not so vocal in their party? Does who praised islam under Obama? Does that still do?
I, for one, believe that any dealings with either Saudi Arabia or Iran, or any other islamic country is nothing short of treason, whoever does the trading. When you deal with the devil, you deal against your people.
Michael Garant says
Those not does…..oups not enough coffee I guess.
mortimer says
This is a discussion of PAKISTAN and IRAN, but the Bloodthirstypseudochristianfascist cannot stay on topic like a small child focused only on himself.
He interrupts almost EVERY DISCUSSION by changing to HIS FAVORITE TOPIC … Imperial-Russian fascism. This obsessive-compulsion is understandable in a child, but it is a personality disorder in an adult.
gravenimage says
As I have noted here umpteen times, helping Saudi Arabia develop nuclear power is foolish–but it is *not* “transferring its nukes” to Saudi Arabia as christianblood continues to pretend.
christianblood says
Michael Garant
You think Saudi Arabia with the second largest oil-reserves is really interested in nuclear energy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2FKn4aMOoQ
Michael Garant says
Well they have a lot of ”green” in their flag. ;0)
Canada, as many other countries, uses nuclear for energy and we have more than enough oil.
Have a great day.
James Lincoln says
christianblood,
Saudi Arabia believes that it is economically useful to sell its oil and gas on the international market rather than use it to generate electricity.
At least that is one logical reason for their interest in nuclear energy.
And yes, they may have other interests…
mortimer says
Imran Khan … ” allegedly pledged not to join any coalition against the Islamic Republic.” Too late, Pakistan is already in the British Commonwealth and it is no friend of Iran.
Khan is breaking ranks with the Commonwealth.
mortimer says
QUOTE: “PM Khan repeated his assertion that no terrorist group would be allowed to operate in Pakistan.”
What a joker … what a comedian. Why not? They have up until now?
LET’S HAVE A NICE CHAT ABOUT LASHKAR E TAIBA … a terrorist group in PAKISTAN !
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), meaning “Army of the Pure,” is a violent Islamist group based in Pakistan.
Since its formation in the 1990s, LeT has carried out numerous attacks against military and civilian targets in India, particularly within the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The group received significant international attention for its alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which claimed the lives of 166 individuals and injured more than 300 others.
LeT finds its roots in the Pakistani Islamist group Markaz-ad-Dawa-wal-Irshad (MDI), which was founded in 1989 by Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden’s religious mentor.
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In the early 1990s, MDI militants—who had fought alongside the Taliban at the end of the Soviet-Afghan War—shifted the focus of their operations to Jammu and Kashmir and established LeT.
According to a LeT pamphlet, the group’s activities in Jammu and Kashmir are part of a broader goal to re-establish Islamic rule in India and other historically “Muslim lands”: “all of India […] were part of the Muslim empire that was lost because Muslims gave up jihad…. it is our duty to get these back from the unbelievers.”
LeT has targeted Indian security forces, political leaders, and other state symbols in fidayeen attacks, direct assaults carried out by two-to-four well-armed militants. The group has also carried out a number of massacres targeting Hindus, Sikhs, and other ethnic and religious minorities in Jammu and Kashmir.
LeT adheres to the Ahl-e-Hadith faith, a South Asian version of Salafism.
Like al-Qaeda and other Salafist groups, LeT seeks to re-claim what it considers to be “Muslim lands.” According to the LeT publication Why Are We Waging Jihad?, “Muslims ruled Andalusia (Spain) for 800 years but they were finished to the last man. Christians now rule (Spain) and we must wrest it back from them. All of India […] were part of the Muslim empire that was lost because Muslims gave up jihad. Palestine is occupied by the Jews. The Holy Qibla-e-Awwal (First Center of Prayer) in Jerusalem is under Jewish control. Several countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Cyprus, Sicily, Ethiopia, Russian Turkistan and Chinese Turkistan… were Muslim lands and it is our duty to get these back from unbelievers.
Have a nice day, you all.
CRUSADER says
So….
What to do with LeT?
Do we write them LeTters and ask them to enter De-Programming sessions?
Or …are there other means of dealing with LeT?
What is allowable?
What shall we LeT our unleashed operators to accomplish?
gravenimage says
Lashkar-e-Taiba should be targeted as the Jihad terror group it is.
CRUSADER says
These blighting blokes need to come over and secure the USA’s borders.
gravenimage says
I don’t think we want these Muslim thugs within a thousand miles of the US.
FYI says
It seems they missed the giant Elephant{or perhaps,Camel} in the room..
Their “prophet” himself was an avowed Terrorist
“I have been made victorious through TERROR”
muhammed
Sahih Bukhari 4:52:220
And a Mass-murderer{Abu Dawud 4390}
And a self-confessed fraud{Al tabari 6:111;at least before allah cancelled out his admission..}
And muslims are expected to follow his Sunnah,his example.
The Sunnah of the “prophet” muhammed:A mass-murdering terrorist.
To stamp out Terrorism you would have to get rid of the koran{164 Jihadist verses praising violence} and tell muslims NOT to follow the Sunnah of muhammed.
gravenimage says
State sponsors of jihad terror Iran and Pakistan join forces to “eliminate terrorists” along their border
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These Muslim thugs just don’t want their coreligionists waging Jihad against their own regimes.
Chand says
Don’t think anything useful will come out of this agreement in the long run. Pakistani militant groups are beyond state control to a large extent and there are sinister anti Shia killers among them. Although Imran’s intentions are good, he’ll still find the going tough to try and curb these militias on his soil.
Iran might fare better in curbing militias on its soil and unlike the Pak militias which are mainly jihadis, the attackers of the Pakistani personnel in Baluchistan were Baluch separatists.
alex reid says
They should get nothing at all from the West. Khan is playing a duplicitous game. For ages now the Taliban have been running huge swathes of Pakistan, collecting “taxes” etc. without any interference from the legitimate government of Pakistan. Trying to smooch up to us. Screw them!