From The Guardian, January 16:
Middle East crisis live: Iran destroys ‘Sunni militant bases’ in Pakistan; US launches fresh Red Sea strikes against Houthis...
....MUCH MORE
I did not intend to start the year harping on Sunni-Shia differences but here we are.
Iran has attacked Pakistani territory previously and that always seemed a bit, as the kids used to say, whack.
Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And they very pointedly reminded Iran of the fact in 2016:
Pakistan Threatens To Wipe Iran Off the Face of The Earth If Saudi Arabia Threatened
Recently:
"Afghan Taliban Leaders Silent After Reports Of Secret Visit To North Korea By Official Taliban Delegation Seeking Nuclear Weapons"
Just A Reminder: "The World's Densest Network of Oil Pipelines Runs Through Sunni Saudi Arabia's Shia Heartland."
If interested some previous links are embedded in 2016's "Oil Stuff We Think About: Sunni, Shi'a, Oil and Nukes"
