Gulf Al-Qaida chief: Shi'ites, like Iran, more dangerous than Jews
The leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Penninsula warned Tuesday that Shi'ite Muslims, particularly Iran, posed more danger to the world than either Jews or Christians.
"They [Shiites] are being driven by a greed to take over Muslim countries and they are full of a wish to annihilate Sunnis," Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Rashid said in an audio recording carried by the U.S. monitoring group SITE Intelligence.
"Their threat to Islam and its people is much bigger than that from Jews and Christians," he added. The majority of the world's Muslims are Sunni, but Iran and the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah are both Shi'ite.
"We call on the nation ... to stand by [Sunnis] with whatever means they can against the danger of Iran and those who follow [the Shiite] faith in the region," added Rashid. He also accused Shi'ites branch of helping to facilitate the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Or, is this a setup against Israel, wherein Al Qaeda would, essentially, kill two birds with one stone?
Does Al Qaeda believe Israel can take care of their problem which in turn would inflame the Arab World against Israel so that they can stoke an all-out war between Islam and the West/Israel?
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