Islamic State said to eye Iran's nuclear secrets - http://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-state-said-to-eye-irans-nuclear-secrets/
Document penned by one of the group's military chiefs proposes unlikely alliance with Russia against Tehran and Bashar Assad
A manifesto purportedly written by one of the Islamic State's senior military commanders details an unlikely plan that would see the brutal Sunni Islamist group gain Iran's nuclear secrets with Russia's help, London's Sunday Times reported.
The document, which has been attributed to Abdullah Ahmed al-Meshedani, said to be a member of IS's "war cabinet," was captured by Iraqi commandos during a raid in March, Sunday's report (paywall) said.
The report said that the manifesto, which Western security officials have deemed authentic, proposed offering Moscow access to an IS-held gas field in Iraq in exchange for "Iran and its nuclear program."
Russia, a close ally of the Islamic Republic, built and helps operate the nuclear power plant at Bushehr in Iran. It is also already in possession of the largest proven gas reserves in the world.
The proposal also reportedly stated that in order to gain access to the gas field, located in Anbar province, the Kremlin would have to start backing the Sunni Gulf states against Shiite Iran and another Kremlin ally: the embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The Islamic State document was also said to discuss a series of additional steps, including "Nazi-style eugenics," and an intelligence gathering operation that monitors the organization's political leaders as well as outside targets.
IS's ultimate goal was to strip Iran of "all its power," the document said, killing Iranian teachers, diplomats and businessmen and even destroying the Iranian caviar industry and "exterminating" its famed carpet industry by flooding the market with Afghan rugs.
Al-Meshedani, the author of the manifesto, also called on Islamic State warriors to kill Shiite Iraqi officials - Shiite Muslims are a majority in Iraq - military leaders and members of Iranian-backed militias.
In all, the Islamic State document listed 70 proposals, many of them outlandish and seemingly unrealistic, in its plan to consolidate IS's power base in the Middle East, the report said.
Iran has warned that it will attack Islamic State jihadists inside Iraq if they advance near its border.
"If the terrorist group (IS) comes near our borders, we will attack deep into Iraqi territory and we will not allow it to approach our border," Iranian ground forces commander General Ahmad Reza Pourdestana said on September 27.
The Sunni extremists of IS control a large territory north of Baghdad, including in Diyala province, which borders Iran.
The US, which has been leading an international airstrike campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, has held discussions with Iran about counteracting the Sunni extremists, although the two countries, long at odds, deny direct cooperation.
In a sign of the overlap of Iranian and US interests, Iran said in late September that one of the Islamic Republic's most senior generals and 70 Iranian soldiers helped Kurdish fighters defend Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq that has been a focus of the American military.
The city is home to a US consulate and offices of numerous Western companies, and the approach of Islamic State militants to its outskirts prompted American airstrikes in August.
On Saturday, the Islamic State released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning, the fourth such video showing the killing of American and British hostages in two months.
Pakistani terror group swears allegiance to ISIS
- F. Michael Maloof - http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/pakistani-terror-group-swears-allegiance-to-isis/
Tehrik-i-Taliban threatens to overthrow Islamabad government, seize nukes
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - the Taliban group that seeks the overthrow of the Pakistani government - has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, or ISIS, and has directed jihadists across the region to help ISIS set up its caliphate.
ISIS declared its caliphate from territory seized last June from northeastern Syria to western and central Iraq, and threatens to take over all of the Levant that includes Jordan, the rest of Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
ISIS and its caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, already have received backing from Abdul Maulana Aziz, a follower of the Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar who led the infamous Red Mosque rebellion in Pakistan.
Aziz also is close to the Tehnik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, as WND recently revealed.
The TTP seeks to overthrow by violent means the Pakistani government, which possesses nuclear weapons.
Aziz's support for Baghdadi and ISIS comes as Pakistan, a predominantly Sunni country, faces yet another political crisis that threatens the existence of its democratic secular government. Political opponents of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have demanded his resignation, which he has refused.
His opponents want sweeping constitutional reform to replace parliamentary democracy and to confront alleged corruption that has crept into the electoral process.
However, jihadist groups see an opportunity now to assert their influence as Pakistan's political crisis grows worse.
Until now, the Afghan Taliban had been aligned with al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
As further evidence of the TTP's allegiance to ISIS, the jihadist group's supporters have been seen in the Pakistani city of Peshawar distributing pamphlets praising ISIS.
In addition, ISIS flags have been seen in street rallies in Indian-administered Kashmir.
The TTP announced its support for ISIS in a message celebrating the Muslim holy festival of Eid al-Adha.
"Oh our brothers, we are proud of you in your victories," the message said. "We are with you in your happiness and your sorrow.
"In these troubled days, we call for your patience and stability, especially now that all your enemies are united against you. Please put all your rivalries behind you. ... All Muslims in the world have great expectations of you," the message added. "We are with you, we will provide you with mujahideen (fighters) and with every possible support."
The message was released following posting of a video on Friday of the beheading of ISIS' latest victim, British aid worker Alan Henning.
Like ISIS, the TTP is funded by supporters in Gulf Arab countries to include Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
TTP's swearing of allegiance to ISIS potentially extends the jihadist groups influence and potential for a caliphate from the Middle east into South Asia.
Although the TTP and the Afghan Taliban are separate entities with differing goals, they have been known to collaborate on occasion. The Afghan Taliban seeks to take over Afghanistan itself.
With the Afghan Taliban biding its time until U.S. forces completely leave Afghanistan by 2017, ISIS has the opportunity to extend its influence in that country as well.
The TTP's support for ISIS is just the latest indication that a number of jihadist groups, previously affiliated with al-Qaida, are calling for a truce between the two groups to unite against the western "Crusader attacks."
The call comes in the form of a proposal titled "An Initiative and Call for a Ceasefire Between Factions in Syria."
"Due to the Crusader attacks on our Muslim brothers in Syria and Iraq," the proposal called on all jihadist groups to put aside their disagreements, many of which have resulted in fighting among the various factions.
"We call on all factions in Syria and Iraq to cease fighting among themselves no later than the evening of (Oct. 3, 2014), for perhaps Allah most high will descend his mercies upon Syria and its people in the prayer of Muslim crowds on that great day.
"And we request from all the factions that they announce their position regarding this initiative in their manner in three days from the date of the publication of this statement, so that it can be made known and clear who rejects this blessed initiative."
The jihadist proposal pointed out that 40 countries had united "and gathered together to wage war against" Islam itself.
"So, does our loyalty to Islam and its people not require of us to stop the infighting under the bombardment of this Crusader campaign at the very least if a permanent end to it is not possible?" the proposal asked.
Since last year, ISIS has been in a pitched battle with al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, although there have been increasing indications that many fighters from al-Nusra are joining ISIS due to its declaration of a caliphate over territory it has captured and occupied. Al-Qaida similarly seeks a caliphate but hasn't taken over territory as ISIS has.
TURKEY AND THE ISLAMIC STATE
The world is in turmoil over the Islamic State (IS) sweeping across Syria and Iraq. The goal of the IS is to establish a worldwide caliphate under Sharia law. It is apocalyptic in nature as Islam's eschatology holds that the Mahdi, the 12th Imam, will rule over the earth for seven years, establishing the peace of Islam with Jesus Christ as the Mahdi's prophet. This is a mirror opposite of Christian eschatology where the beast (antichrist) will rule seven years with a false prophet before Jesus returns. There is a war prophesied in Ezekiel 38-39 where in 38:3, the Lord says, "Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal." Does this ancient prophecy have significance to IS and its supporters?
Turkey is where the ancient regions of Meshech and Tubal, formerly part of the Assyrian Empire, are located. Gomer and Togarmah, mentioned in Ezekiel 38:6 were also located in Turkey. Turkey is directly North of Israel. A link between Turkey and the Islamic State thus bears watching. With a little digging among foreign news sources, there is a connection between IS and Turkey. The Daily Jot reported previously that Turkish ambulances and hospitals were being used to treat IS militants wounded in battle. According to PressTV, the Iranian international English news network, four Turkish officers were arrested in Fallujah, Iraq for training IS militants. Persia, modern Iran, is also mentioned in the Ezekiel prophecy.
German state television ARD revealed that IS is recruiting volunteers from an office in Istanbul. The office is run by IS-affiliated Turks and is helping "foreign militants cross the Turkish border to join the terrorist group's militants in Iraq and Syria. The report said that militants have been paid up to 400 euros, to join the battles." World Tribune reports that political opposition to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is demanding answers about the IS training in Turkey. They wrote: "Opposition sources said ISIL has continued to operate in Turkey...They said ISIL was recruiting and training its fighters in remote areas of Turkey with the knowledge of the intelligence community."
Sezin Tanrikulu, a member of the main opposition Republican People's Party, said IS was operating several training camps, including one near Istanbul. Tanrikulu asked Interior Minister Efkan Ala, "Is the claim [correct] that the group alleged to have been the Turkish branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has been allocated a camp ground or other places in Istanbul?" Tanrikulu also cited a video that showed alleged IS members training in Turkey. The online video was released by a Turkish website close to Al Qaida, and showed hundreds of purported IS fighters praying during Id Al Fitr on July 28. While IS may not be the final end time beast government, it bears watching because of its connection to Turkey and other actors mentioned in the Ezekiel prophecy.
Jihadi forces reported to be within five kilometers of key border town, Turkish troops return fire
Turkey deployed tanks and armored vehicles along a section of its border with Syria on Monday to face off against Islamic State forces whose stray shells fell into Turkish territory during an attack on a border town.
Some 15 tanks took up positions on a hill near a military base opposite the besieged town of Kobani that IS has been trying to capture from outgunned Syrian-Kurdish forces for over a week, Reuters reported.
During the course of the fighting two errant shells hit Turkey, provoking return fire from Turkish units.
On Monday Islamic State jihadists advanced to within five kilometers (three miles) of the key Kurdish border town, known also Ain al-Arab, a monitor said.
The jihadists fired a volley of rockets that hit the town center, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that it was the closest the militants had come since they began advancing on the town nearly two weeks ago.
Over 100,000 Kurds have fled the from the town into Turkey in the face of the IS advance.
On Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country may no longer be able to stay out of the fight against IS jihadists, who have conquered large areas of Syria and Iraq, drawing a US-led military response by Western powers.
Turkey has for months frustrated the West with its cautious position against IS, but there appears to have been a sea change in its policy following Erdogan's trip last week to the United States.
"We will hold discussions with our relevant institutions this week. We will definitely be where we need to be," Erdogan said in a keynote address to a World Economic Forum meeting in Istanbul.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Sunday that the government would send motions requesting extended mandates for military action in Iraq and Syria on Monday.
Turkey is where the ancient regions of Meshech and Tubal, formerly part of the Assyrian Empire, are located. Gomer and Togarmah, mentioned in Ezekiel 38:6 were also located in Turkey. Turkey is directly North of Israel. A link between Turkey and the Islamic State thus bears watching. With a little digging among foreign news sources, there is a connection between IS and Turkey. The Daily Jot reported previously that Turkish ambulances and hospitals were being used to treat IS militants wounded in battle. According to PressTV, the Iranian international English news network, four Turkish officers were arrested in Fallujah, Iraq for training IS militants. Persia, modern Iran, is also mentioned in the Ezekiel prophecy.
German state television ARD revealed that IS is recruiting volunteers from an office in Istanbul. The office is run by IS-affiliated Turks and is helping "foreign militants cross the Turkish border to join the terrorist group's militants in Iraq and Syria. The report said that militants have been paid up to 400 euros, to join the battles." World Tribune reports that political opposition to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is demanding answers about the IS training in Turkey. They wrote: "Opposition sources said ISIL has continued to operate in Turkey...They said ISIL was recruiting and training its fighters in remote areas of Turkey with the knowledge of the intelligence community."
Sezin Tanrikulu, a member of the main opposition Republican People's Party, said IS was operating several training camps, including one near Istanbul. Tanrikulu asked Interior Minister Efkan Ala, "Is the claim [correct] that the group alleged to have been the Turkish branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has been allocated a camp ground or other places in Istanbul?" Tanrikulu also cited a video that showed alleged IS members training in Turkey. The online video was released by a Turkish website close to Al Qaida, and showed hundreds of purported IS fighters praying during Id Al Fitr on July 28. While IS may not be the final end time beast government, it bears watching because of its connection to Turkey and other actors mentioned in the Ezekiel prophecy.
Turkish tanks deployed to Syria border as Islamic State advances - Stuart Winer - http://www.timesofisrael.com/turkish-tanks-deployed-to-syria-border-as-islamic-state-advances/
Jihadi forces reported to be within five kilometers of key border town, Turkish troops return fire
Turkey deployed tanks and armored vehicles along a section of its border with Syria on Monday to face off against Islamic State forces whose stray shells fell into Turkish territory during an attack on a border town.
Some 15 tanks took up positions on a hill near a military base opposite the besieged town of Kobani that IS has been trying to capture from outgunned Syrian-Kurdish forces for over a week, Reuters reported.
During the course of the fighting two errant shells hit Turkey, provoking return fire from Turkish units.
On Monday Islamic State jihadists advanced to within five kilometers (three miles) of the key Kurdish border town, known also Ain al-Arab, a monitor said.
The jihadists fired a volley of rockets that hit the town center, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that it was the closest the militants had come since they began advancing on the town nearly two weeks ago.
Over 100,000 Kurds have fled the from the town into Turkey in the face of the IS advance.
On Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country may no longer be able to stay out of the fight against IS jihadists, who have conquered large areas of Syria and Iraq, drawing a US-led military response by Western powers.
Turkey has for months frustrated the West with its cautious position against IS, but there appears to have been a sea change in its policy following Erdogan's trip last week to the United States.
"We will hold discussions with our relevant institutions this week. We will definitely be where we need to be," Erdogan said in a keynote address to a World Economic Forum meeting in Istanbul.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Sunday that the government would send motions requesting extended mandates for military action in Iraq and Syria on Monday.
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