Reply With QuoteDon't bother, even if civil war occurs, NATO is coming to reinstall king... we can't afford another Iran. Whos gonna arm these "rebels" anyway?
Clash in Saudi Arabia
http://news.yahoo.com/policeman-prot...075418541.html
It seems that peaceful unarmed protests in Shia province in Saudi Arabia become armed rebelion.A Saudi policeman and an armed protester were killed in overnight clashes in the kingdom's oil-rich Shiite-populated Eastern Province, the interior ministry announced on Saturday.
What goes around, comes around.
Don't bother, even if civil war occurs, NATO is coming to reinstall king... we can't afford another Iran. Whos gonna arm these "rebels" anyway?
Iran.
China and Russia will definitively be tempted.
I would assume that Iran is already supplying arms, explosives and money to Shias in the Kingdom, and has been for many years.
Iran through Shia south Iraq. Don't forget Iraq have a lot of troubles with AQ.
I believe you are correct. But up to this clash, more than a year protests were unarmed and only dead were protesters killed by Saudi police.Originally Posted by Ought Six
There hasnīt been any serious shia military insurgency campaign in Saudi Arabia since Saudi Hezbollah.
1.) Doubtful a Syria-style civil war can occur in any GCC state but Bahrain. They lack the ****ounced sectarian divisions and the economic situation is not as bad as places like Syria. In addition, the government throws money at citizens to shut them up.
2.) Even if such an event did occur, doubtful NATO would "come in to re-install the King". See the Mubarak example, who despite being the 2nd most important Western ally int he region was thrown under a bus by Obama/EU basically the day after **** hit the fan.
3.) It'd be funny to see all the people supporting Assad/berating rebels here start supporting Islamist rebels in KSA.
Yes, I think they have been bringing in and prepositioning weapons and other supplies while agitating and funding protest groups. The Iranians knew that Saudi security forces would harshly repress any Shia protesters, and that they would be radicalized and easily converted to rebels once the Saudis started killing Shia protesters. These are pretty standard nation destabilization tactics.
Ha, really though. Not to mention all the people who support the FSA who would be on the side of the Saudi's if they started acting like Bashar. For some people it's just political prejudice, they could give a damn what's really happening to the people there.
Reminds me of a Youtube message I received from a banned member on this forum the other day.
Oh, and for anyone wondering I fully support karma catching up to the House of Saud.lol what animals
i hope amurica one day colonizes the ME
these ppl will never get their **** together
arabs are notoriously corrupt
Basically. Welcome to Middle East politics. KSA is supporting Jihadists in Syria against Bashar, and Bashar supports Jihadists in Lebanon/Gaza against secularists supported by KSA. It's a wacky wacky region.
That is true everywhere. Nations and groups support rebel movements in enemy nations, or nations that the enemy has important interests in. Because of this, many if not most revolutions become proxy wars for other powers.
That includes the American Revolutionary War. Washington won at Yorktown because the French fleet blockaded Cornwallis so he could not be resupplied, reinforced or evacuated. The French also supplied us Colonials with arms. For the French, the American revolution was a proxy war against the British.
Last edited by Ought Six; 08-05-2012 at 02:06 AM.
Low oil price hitting Iran and Russia very hard, any news about Saudi Arabia will help increasing a price by 2 or 3 USD so it is just that. I won't be surprised if some explosions target the oil refineries or oil docking ports in KSA.
Yes, it is all Russian meddling to try to make the price of oil go higher from today's low low bargain basement prices of 90 bucks or so a barrel.Is the Juice involved in this conspiracy also?
Welcome to the Zionist-Crusader-Hindoo Axis...want a seatYes, it is all Russian meddling to try to make the price of oil go higher from today's low low bargain basement prices of 90 bucks or so a barrel.?
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