Sunni jihadist terrorist groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad celebrated the death of a US soldier on the Jordan-Syria border on Sunday, warning the US government that it would be forced to confront “the entire Ummah” if it supports Israel.
Ummah In Arabic it means the entire Muslim community on earth.
Left-leaning US President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that three American service members had been killed and acknowledged that “many” others had been injured in terrorist drone strikes between Saturday night and Sunday morning.report shown At least 34 soldiers were injured in the attack.
“Last night, three U.S. service members were killed and many others were injured in an unmanned drone attack on U.S. troops stationed in northeastern Jordan, near the Syrian border,” Biden said. Said. “We are still gathering the facts of this attack, but we know it was carried out by an Iranian-backed extremist group operating in Syria and Iraq.”
jordan government was denied The terrorists appeared to be targeting U.S. troops stationed at the al-Tanf base in Syria, it said, adding that the attack occurred on its territory. Biden did not name the extremist group involved, but said an opaque coalition known as the Islamic Resistance Movement in Iraq was responsible for the attack and that al-Tanf was in fact aiming to kill Americans. claimed to be one of five targets in a widespread drone attack. , targeting outposts in both Iraq and Syria.
Iranian-backed terrorism begins in Iraq Use The term “Islamic Resistance Movement of Iraq” refers to the alliance following the unprecedented mass killing of an estimated 1,200 Israelis and the abduction of another 250 by Hamas on October 7. On that day, Hamas terrorists entered Israel from their stronghold in Gaza and committed a wide range of crimes against humanity, including gang rape, torture, infanticide, and desecration of corpses. Since then, Israel has engaged in self-defense operations in Gaza, supporting Iranian-backed regional jihadists through attacks against American, Israeli, and suspected Western assets in the region.
It is unclear at the time of this article which members of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Iraq carried out the attack. On Monday morning, National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said: Said CNN reported that intelligence agencies are implicating Kataib Hezbollah, or the Hezbollah Brigades, one of Iraq’s most powerful militias backed by Iran.
Many of the members of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Iraq are believed to be Shiite terrorist organizations, and while Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are both Sunni Muslims, all members are from the Shiite theocracy in Tehran. They are believed to be supporting each other’s genocidal ambitions. against Israel. To this end, both Hamas and Islamic Jihad celebrated the killing of Americans this weekend.
A Houthi fighter brandishes a weapon (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images).
According to Iranian news agency, senior Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said on Sunday: “The killing of three American soldiers is a sign that the entire ummah will have to confront the killing of innocent people in Gaza.” This is a message to the U.S. government.”state outlet press tv. “Continued attacks on Gaza by the US and Zionists could set the entire region ablaze.”
Islamic Jihad issued its own statement, saying the killing of the Americans was “a natural and legitimate response to America’s presence as an occupying force in our region.”
US military (Khedir Amir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
US Department of State Estimation In 2020, Iran is providing $100 million a year in funding to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The killing of Americans on the Jordan-Syria border beginning Iranian proxies in the region, including the Islamic Resistance Movement in Iraq, Sunni groups in Gaza, and Houthi terrorists in Yemen, wage a sustained campaign against American, Israeli, and Western interests in the region. ing. The Pentagon has recorded more than 150 attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria alone between Oct. 7 and this week, many of which killed innocent people. In a particularly bellicose incident in mid-January, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a US-designated terrorist organization and official arm of Iran’s military, bombed Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, killing a child inside. . We came home 10 days before his 1st birthday.
Terrorists, in support of Hamas, have vowed continued attacks against the United States, even if the Iraqi government negotiates the withdrawal of American troops from the territory.
“Iraqi-American negotiations will in no way weaken the efforts of the Islamic resistance against the outsiders and will only further increase pressure on the occupiers,” said an anonymous member of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. “Commander” said. members of the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement declared on Sunday.
“Iraqi Nujaba and other groups operating under the umbrella organization of the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement (IRI) will continue to attack US military positions in Iraq and Syria until Israel ends its genocidal war in Gaza. “We have repeatedly stated that,” the Iranian state said. This was reported by outlet PressTV.
Most experts and the U.S. government agree that Iranian-backed groups were responsible for the attack, but Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied any involvement targeting U.S. forces in Syria.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran does not welcome the escalation of conflicts in the region and does not want to support a Palestinian state or protect itself or its country from any Palestinian action. We will not interfere in decisions made by resistance groups about whether to protect our people or not, invasion and occupation,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said. Said.
