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IS Group is 'Russia's Greatest Enemy', not U.S., Says Lavrov
[AnNahar] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group was Moscow's greatest enemy, notwithstanding the strained relations with the United States over the Ukraine conflict. "I believe IS is our greatest enemy right now," Lavrov said in an interview with Russian radio stations when asked whether he considers China, IS or NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... Russia's greatest threat. Lavrov said "hundreds of Russian citizens, hundreds of Europeans, hundreds of Americans are fighting for IS, along with CIS (former Soviet) countries." "They are already returning home. They come here to rest after fighting and can get up to dirty tricks at home," he said. "As far as (relations with the) United States are concerned, these are state issues, these are issues of the world order, which have to be resolved through talks." Russia's relations with the West, particularly with the United States, have plummeted to a post-Cold War low over the war in Ukraine and sanctions imposed over Moscow's role in supporting pro-Russian bad boys. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-04-23 |
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