Saudi Dictator Gunning Down Domestic Anti-War Protesters

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Plantagenet on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 10:28 am 



People who become outraged when they learn that Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country under Sharia law really haven’t been paying attention.

Its been like that for decades.

Speculawyer on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 11:24 am 



The Eastern province is where the Shiia of Saudi Arabia mostly live. So this looks like more Sunni v. Shiia fighting.

The fact that we are still fighting along religious lines in the 21st century is pathetic. Perhaps we don’t deserve to continue on a species. If we keep up like this, we surely won’t. We’ll be fighting each otherover nonsense when a real danger comes along (climate change, asteroid, viral outbreak, etc.)

Sugar Seam on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 11:50 am 



doesnt sound like obama is gonna declassify those 28 pages, even though he told the sobbing 9/11 families he would.

BobInget on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 1:06 pm 



Till today, my take has been this Saudi on fellow Muslim violence was certain to bring down the Monarchy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/yemen-refugees_n_7015274.html

Despite US larding on of offensive weapons in the region, it seems these clowns are running out of bombs.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/01/07/us-rushes-weapons-iraq-crisis-it-unleashed

“How many kids did ya kill today, LBJ?”
(Vietnam anti war protest chant)

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/middleeast/yemen-crisis-houthis-saudi-arabia/

Normally, I would say this sort of indiscriminate US backed bombing would further divide our nation.This most certainly is not normal. First of all, few Americans care is Saudi Arabia bombs some country most Americans couldn’t find on a map of
Arabia.

Saudis and their brokers are back in US stock markets doing damage control:
http://www.livecharts.co.uk/MarketCharts/crude.php

The problem boils down simply.
While only a tiny minority of Americans are noticing, billions of Muslims are.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/syria-yarmouk-150407044911212.html

This so called Arab coalition is nothing but a fig leaf but dares to destabilize an entire region. Watch for demonstrations in Lebanon,
Jordan, Egypt, Iraq where millions of Syrian war refugees seek asylum.

Aziz mohammed on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 3:46 pm 



This is propaganda against Islam, Saudi govt doesn’t say anything about other countries laws. This is west who ignite suni shiia conflict, to disturb the peace of the country. This is kingdom and the leader is King, not dictator like Bashar or others.

Tom on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 4:58 pm 



It is none of the US or any groups business what the Saudis do in their own country. Maybe we should be concentrating on our own problems instead of meddling in Saudis affairs. I lived there for along time and the things that they are saying in this article are not true most are outright lies. Did any of the readers know that because of inheritance laws Saudi woman hold 60% of the wealth!no well it’s true but all these liberals never mention that. Are we stupid enough not to know that if the citizens of Saudi wanted the government changed it would be 95% of the people are perfectly happy the way things are??!! Of course they have a small percentage that want change and most of them are connected to terroir cells and groups,do the Saudis deal harshly with yes they do ,well maybe if we did the same in the west we wouldn’t have Norway and Paris and Holland?? I think the Americans are going to have plenty of terrorist threats to deal of their own without criticizing Saudi Arabia !?? Jesus Akbar

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 5:25 pm 



As A Saudi, I can easily answer the questions posed:

1) Sharia Law runs the country.
Yes. And we are proud of it. If you do not like to get the sword for rape or murder, then do not rape or commit murder when in Saudi.

2) Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian dictatorship: There are no national elections, no parties, and no rights.
Yes. We live in a monarchy.

3) People are publicly beheaded in the Kingdom.
Yes. It is the law. Again, if you have to worry about being beheaded in public then do not rape of murder. If you do not wish to witness beheading, stay at home.

4) Human rights for Saudi women are among the worst in the world.
Not True. Should’ve been said like this: “Saudi women do not get pregnant by 12, drug pushers by 16, and commit suicide by 20” then you are right.

5) The monarchy is a cash machine for terrorists.
Is that is what Saudis get for fighting ISIS and AL Qaeda alongside the US?

ishtar gulbankian on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 5:40 pm 



Any way you slice it, you clowns in the middle east are doomed. Go ahead and kill each other. The US is energy independent at a price point just a little higher than the present lows. We won’t even feel the cose, or hear the screams as you religious nuts kill each other. You know what? I hope it’s true that the US created Daesh. It would be really funny.

KAZI MOHSEN/USA. on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 5:50 pm 



There is no beggar in Saudi Arabia.
No crazy,no drugs,no thieves,in the kingdom.
People can carry one/two million dollar
easily with secured.In the America you can not walk with $100 dollar.
Crime are very few in hiding.I have been living USA for 3o years .
In Saudi Arabia are secured for the tourists without any fear.

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 5:59 pm 



Ishtar. The heat from our destruction of your Ayatollahs plans in Yemen must be getting to your head. Rest assured, it will cool down once we and our allies including the US are finished with your masters in Tehran. Stay tuned.

dissident on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:07 pm 



Wow, we have finally attracted ME loons to this website. What an achievement.

R1verat on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:20 pm 



And this is why Americans are despised all over the world….you expect others to respect your opinions while you mock others…..

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:22 pm 



dissid. Of course loons are attracted. What did you expect a garbage subject to attract? Flies like you of course. And I am hear to swat you, the author, and Ishtar.

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:29 pm 



R1Verat. No. We love Americans. We do not hold the masses for the views of the few war mongers amongst them. We need them to spell it out so that we can expose them.

Happy Easter man.

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:33 pm 



Otherwise we would be doing the same wrong they are doing .. holding 1.6 billion Muslims for the views of few hundred terrorists like Al Qaeda and ISIS.

BobInget on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:40 pm 



The Energy Trouble Center Nobody’s Talking About (Yet)

byDr. Kent Moors | publishedApril 7th, 2015
This past week, Brent crude oil has surged 7%, to $59.04 a barrel. One reason for this upswing has to do with the disappointing call I just received from the government of Bahrain.

I’d been looking forward to delivering the keynote address at a conference in its capital city, Manama. But now the government has cancelled my appearance, and the U.S. Department of State has even seconded the conclusion.

What’s keeping me out of Bahrain, a wealthy, tiny island country in the Persian Gulf? The threat of Sunni-Shiite violence, which is spreading throughout the Middle East and North Africa. There’s no sign that it’s slowing down.

But Bahrain isn’t the only country with troubles pushing oil prices higher. In fact, this instability is threatening one of the world’s oldest oil-producing nations. Although it’s off the radar for most Westerners, trouble in this little country could have a sharp impact on your energy investments.

My contacts there tell me that this could get nasty… fast.

“Arab Spring II” Is Heating Up
First, let’s examine the three well-known “global hotspots” pressuring the oil price upward.

Two years ago, during the so-called “Arab Spring,” Bahrain provided the only example of Sunni versus Shiite violence. Bahrain has a Shiite majority population and a Sunni minority governing family. The island nation is connected to Saudi Arabia by a causeway… and is just north of major U.S. operational bases in Qatar.

With such a strategic location, Saudi Arabia stepped in to curb the 2013 violence in Bahrain. It sent its army and police force over the causeway to occupy Manama.

But now anti-regime protests in Bahrain are on the rise again. And elsewhere in the Muslim world, “Arab Spring II” is heating up and dragging oil prices along with it.

Yemen continues to unravel, with Shiite rebels there establishing alliances with rebels in the Horn of Africa, just across the Mandab Strait.

The Mandab Strait connects the Gulf of Aden with the southernmost part of the Red Sea. It is a lynchpin in sea traffic north. And trouble there would put pressure on a main Saudi crude export facility further up the coast at Yanbu. Some 5 million barrels a day flow through Saudi Arabia’s largest pipeline (the East-West Pipeline) to that port.

There’s disturbing information also leaking from Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, home to most of the country’s 8-billion-barrel-per-day oil production. It is also the only Shiite majority area in Saudi Arabia. The new Saudi King Salman is blaming Shiite groups from neighboring Iran for directly fomenting unrest in the region, forming a pincher action of domestic instability in the east and Yemen to the south.

The New Energy “Trouble Center”
But there’s a new “trouble center” with more direct implications for both crude oil and natural gas exports.

Sectarian unrest is creeping into Azerbaijan, a vital oil and natural gas supplier to international markets. The nation currently holds an estimated 7 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves. Should this small nation show signs of instability, it could have a quick and sharp impact on global energy market prices.

As veteran readers of OEI well know, I am in Baku frequently for a variety of consulting and policy purposes. Baku, once called the “Black City” for being literally covered in oil, is the capital of Azerbaijan. It’s the origin of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline, which carries natural gas to a terminal in the Mediterranean. And it’s also the target for new natural gas pipeline initiatives that aim to lessen European dependence on Russian export. Truly, this little-known country is becoming a focal point for the energy industry.

Aj-map

While Azerbaijan has a Shiite majority population, it has not previously been prone to sectarian unrest. That’s now changing with parliament elections coming later this year.

The opposition to President Ilham Aliyev is growing, as are the more punitive responses from the government. Recent low oil prices have hampered Aliyev’s ability to stem inflation, offset unemployment, or use the State Oil Fund (SOFAR) to meet social needs, sparking anti-regime demonstrations. But under the guise of human rights concerns, some of the political opposition more closely resembles a Shiite sectarian movement headed by radical imams of some public impact.

In addition, Azerbaijan also used to be the northwestern province of Iran. A reinvigorated Iran (following the apparent “agreement” with the 5+1 on nuclear aspirations – details TBA) reunited with Azeri Shiites would fundamentally change the entire Caspian region and its export potential.

Feeling the Domino Effect
In classic knock-on fashion, this would put greater pressure on Kazakhstan, which lies on the northeastern border of the Caspian Sea. The Kazakh oil/gas production picture has been languishing due to drooping prices, and unrest is slowly building. This is not currently a Sunni-Shiite problem. But Kazakhstan is feeling the domino effect from “Arab Spring II” nonetheless.

As the sectarian problem expands in the Middle East and North Africa and spills into the region of the Caspian Sea, the impact on oil reliability prospects will increase. Look to see upward pressure on oil prices throughout the summer.

Being able to understand these geopolitical wildcards remains a crucial element to navigating through energy investments. I’ll use my international contacts and boots-on-the-ground experience to keep you abreast of any new developments.

peakyeast on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:51 pm 



I also love Islam and Sharia – no other instrument could be as effective at keeping human rats in a underdeveloped state of intelligence and development – thus making it so much easier for superior cultures like the western to develop ideas and technology without competition.

If only the asians were also muslims – then our power and dominion would be complete.

So many thanks to the religious leaderships in muslim countries for wreaking havoc upon themselves.

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 6:58 pm 



I wouldn’t ‘ve gone to such a length to explain the problem. Afther the overthrow of the Shah of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini vowed to export his ideology and revolution in the region and the world. In every place mentioned by Mr. Moors there is a Shiite incited violence. The Iranians are inciting them to avenge the killing of man 1400 years ago! But their real objective political not religious. They wish to resurrect the Persian Empire. And this is not going to happen under the US and local government. Saudi Arabia has had enough and are indeed fighting back the Iranians in Yemen with the blessing of the US. No more Hezbollah, Iraqis and Syrians, but Iranians first and foremost know it. They are now crying foul, and their crying is proportional with their pain. So expect more media attacks on Saudi Arabia, but have faith, we will finish them.

Ryan on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 7:08 pm 



Abdullah,
You sound and think like a terrorist.
I hope you are not here in America. FYI:
The Saudi monarchy’s thoughts and mindset are the exact same as Al-Qaeda. They founded Taliban, and supported and still do support the blood shed anywhere there are other religions beside Wahhabism. Saudi Regime is the most intolerant of all religions among all nations. They don’t believe in any other religioun’s right to existence beside their crooked view of religion. They are behind creation of ISIS. On the surface they oppose them, but ISIS is exactly doing what Saudis can’t do for the fear of international criticism and embargo: exterminating any other religion, and extreme intolerance of anything beside their own ideology. I am wondering why your masters have not contributed to the campaigns in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria against all these terrorist organizations. The answer is simple: Because they are one and the same.

BobInget on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 7:23 pm 



Christians trashed out most of their differences 400 years ago.
http://www.history.com/topics/thirty-years-war

Muslims patiently waited till now.

Every war is at its beginnings, political.
President Bush’s Iraq invasion, occupation,
militarization. IMO woke up old hatreds.

‘Saudi Arabia’ , ‘Mecca’, ‘The Hodge’.
http://www.letusreason.org/Islam1.htm
Keepers of the holy of holy, Saudi Arabia,
placed themselves directly in the path of
Arab Unity (by killing en mass, fellow Muslims). This situation, backed by US arms,
is untenable.

Only now after many years of deadly proxy war in Syria have the Saudis partnered with Israel and the US emerged as blatant aggressors.

Muslims don’t need to be told The US and Israel are the Enemy. Ask any family in Gaza
or Iraq, now Yemen ,who is getting killed and by who.
Saudi Arabia in it’s current leadership, a monarchy, has doomed itself by teaming with Israel and the US.

Will Iran be teased into a direct (military) confrontation with KSA? Can there be any Western diplomatic intervention to avert a holocaust?
Certainly not one by US or Russia both with dogs in this oily religious debacle.

One thing seems certain today. For a decade
(the first third of this Islamic 30 year war)
unresolved ambition, overpopulation, shrinking oil reserves, water scarcity, a fraught Palestinian, now Syrian refugee situation has never in any history been worse.

As long as KSA is permitted to export oil,
this war is enabled.

Apneaman on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 7:33 pm 



Ryan, what makes you an expert on terrorism? Where did you acquire your super terrorist spotting skills? Please share your secrets so the rest of us can play at Homeland security special agent too.

BobInget on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 7:33 pm 



Please, Ryan. Lighten up on personal attacks.

Abdullah has every right to add to the dialog without perforative remarks .

If I were to call you a ‘Black Irish’ right off the bat, it colors further conversation.

Davy on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 8:05 pm 



I am glad to see our Muslim friends here. We are all in this together so it is worth our while to talk. We are entering a paradigm shift that will lay naked the establishments the world over. What will be left is us in our locals. Gone will be the days of global medaling in a few years. The worst part will be in the next years as BAU decays and nations struggle to maintain power and influence. People will be hungry and angry everywhere. I am here to lend a hand to anyone anywhere that drops their stereotypes and embraces doom and prep.

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 9:28 pm 



Rayan. It’s Ok. I am used to being called names by people whom either are ignorant or stupid when they feel that the arguments they hold to be “factual” are rebuffed in a couple of word. No one expect you or your likes to be able to discuss, never mind understand, what Wahhabis are or about? Yet you help yourself with no scruples to just throw the words here and their, with other words like Al Qaeda, 9/11, wife beaters, etc. for good measures. You wouldn’t know what Wahhabi mean if it came and bit you in your gluteus maximus. So stick to you Fooox Neeews crowd who are not interested in the truth but only interested in dehumanizing Arabs and Muslims; and then pave the way for evil politicians to rage wars against us. For your information, Egypt is the closest Saudi ally ever, and the are not Wahhabi. Indeed out of the 1.6 million Muslims in the world only Saudi (20million) is Wahhabi, and Wahhabi has been around for almost 300 years.

Now the choice is yours. Either go read more and I am sure that once you see how shallow simple minded idiot you have been, you will feel ashamed; or stay as you are an ignorant worthless mouth piece in the hands of evil politicians and media ideologues.

For me, I prefer to know before I talk, and even then I do not judge. I am also at a war, me and the majority of peace loving people allover the world with the war mongers, humane haters, stupid pawns and mouth pieces, and their masters the politicians. I know about Christianity more than you do and that is why I like and respect Christians. I am sure I know more about Judaism than you about, and therefore have all the love and respect for Jews. I seek peace, put I can be vulgar, I will beat you with words till you start crying, and no, not because I am a generous, but because I am armed with knowledge. In short, I am human so I have a brain and I will use it. But in your case, you eat, drink, and fight for causes that you do not know are not yours. Sounds like you are no different than an ass.

Abdullah on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 9:46 pm 



God Bless You Davy

Jimmy on Tue, 7th Apr 2015 11:37 pm 



I say we nuke Mecca.

GregT on Wed, 8th Apr 2015 12:10 am 



God bless you Abdullah.

It is very sad that so many of us here in the west have been mindlessly blinded by the propaganda. If only the peaceful could unite, and get rid of the evil in this world.

Speculawyer on Wed, 8th Apr 2015 12:34 am 



Wow. I posted how this appeared to be a Sunni v. Shiia battle. And I posted how such fighting is so sad and pathetic in the 21st century.

And then we get a bunch of posts that basically confirmed my suspicions . . . it is Sunni v. Shiia and it is pathetic fighting over who’s got the cooler version of god.

Jimmy on Wed, 8th Apr 2015 2:05 am 



I say we nuke Tel aviv while we’re at it too

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/netanyahu_slips_and_reveals_real_reason_he_opposes_iran_deal_20150407

KSA is a shit hole country that chops of people’s heads for fortune telling and Palm reading, or ‘sorcery’ as they call it.

If I had the power I’d nuke Riyadh and Mecca this instant.

abu fatima on Wed, 8th Apr 2015 9:00 pm 



1) Sharia Law runs the country.

The Shariah Law are from the Creator of the Heavens and Earths. How is it possible people can use man-made system to judge divine laws?
We are not saying they don’t commit mistakes, or wrongs being committed, which countries doesn’t?
Democracy was existing in the time of Jesus, but there is No statement he supported or implemented anything from it.

2) Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian dictatorship: There are no national elections, no parties, and no rights.

Shariah Law put the Rights of Creator first. Since He created All of us, He knows best. Similar a parent knows what is better for their child. Is it right for the child rebel and say they should be allowed to do what they want?

3) People are publicly beheaded in the Kingdom.
Why are they beheaded? Only people who would have a problems are people who fighting for the rights of criminals, not the innocent.

4) Human rights for Saudi women are among the worst in the world.

Islam gave rights to women before any other system(s) gave before. Now that so much as changed and so much liberties given where women are used as commodities, they want to talk. The Creator created Men and Women, differently with specific roles and responsibilities, but they are equal. The problem, many people, either men or women are ashamed and ungrateful, how the Creator created them. Due to this. Remember Satan is an open enemy to Mankind since his creation and he would do everything to carry them astray, so whenever we want to criticize others who trying their best, ask yourself, are you following the Satan or the Creator?

5) The monarchy is a cash machine for terrorists.

Most of the these terrorist groups are inspired by the group, The Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded syed Qutb. They came to saudi in the 60`s where they taught alot of the youths in their ideology – Rebellion, declaring the blood of the Muslims and non-Muslims be lawful to spilled, since they are in the state of ignorance, etc. There is No such thing called Wahabi or Wahabism. Anyone who uses these terms are ignorant of Islam.

Due to mixing of the muslims of the centuries with different religions and cultures, many of them adapted their understanding and beliefs, corrupting what was established by Our Prophet and his companion came with. So anyone who comes to show that our forefathers were wrong and that we return back to correct beliefs and understanding, naturally they would be opposed and called names.
.
I am not saying the saudis don’t have faults. We all do. I born and grow up in the west and also spent some time in Saudi. The Difference is like chalk and cheese.
The next time you want to criticize, take a trip and be sincere to yourself, which would you prefer for the children to live. Under Western system or Shariah Law…

GregT on Wed, 8th Apr 2015 11:36 pm 



abu fatima,

You are wasting your time. The vast majority of the people in the West have no understanding of Islam, or Sharia law. They are merely falling for the propaganda fed to them by the corporatist elite. Forgive them. They know not what they do, and are incapable of thinking for themselves. They are lost sheep.

abu fatima on Thu, 9th Apr 2015 2:05 am 



Regarding the so called divsion between sunnis and shias in Islam.

There is No such division, since most of the shias are Not considered Muslims.

The principle belief of a Muslim, is the Existence of one True God, who is the Creator of the Heavens and Earths. He doesn’t share in His divine qualities to anyone. He is to be worshiped alone.

Shias with exception of Zaidiya in Yemen, believes that there are 12 imams, who share some of divine qualities. Some of them also believe in a Trinity, Allah, Muhammad and Ali. These are some of issues that differentiate Islam from Shiaism.
The split started person called Abdullah ibn Saba. Check website above for some details.

Although the split start as a rebellion, Shia deviated outside Islam into a another religion. When research is done into their books, one will realise how far they have deviated.
The two qualities they possess are Hidden and deception.

In the middle east, the saudis seems to be only people who understand their reality and are trying their best to prevent their evil from affecting the Muslims and non-Muslims.