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Talk in Saudi Arabia turns to 'Iranian threat'
2006-12-22
This is one of those stories where I get all conflicted. Sorta like a big Saudi "Doh!" Do I want 'em to figure things out, protect themselves? Or would I cheer if they wuz incinerated, kinda like they did all over the Muzzy Werld on 9/11... Tough call.
RIYADH: At a late-night reading earlier this week, a self-styled poet held up his hand for silence and began a riff on the events in neighboring Iraq, in the old style of Bedouin storytellers.

"Saddam Hussein was a real leader who deserved our support," he began, making up the lines as he went. "He kept Iraq stable and peaceful," he added, "And most of all he fought back the Iranians."

Across the kingdom, in both official and casual conversation, once quiet concern over the chaos in Iraq and Iran's growing regional influence has burst into the open. Saudi newspapers now openly decry Iran's growing power. Religious leaders have begun talking about a "Persian onslaught" that threatens the existence of Islam itself. In the salons of Riyadh, the "Iranian threat" is raised almost as openly and as frequently as the stock market.
They've noticed, how quaint.
"Iran has become more dangerous than Israel itself," said Sheik Musa bin Abdulaziz, editor of Al Salafi magazine, a self-described moderate in the Salafi fundamentalist Muslim movement that seeks to return Islam to its roots. "The Iranian revolution has come to renew the Persian presence in the region. This is the real clash of civilizations."
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#7  Goodness me! Them boys got lips like .10¢ pickles!


Posted by: Circles it is!   2006-12-22 16:08  

#6  CLINTONISM > anti-Unitarian Unitarianism [NPE] > iff it works for Clintonian America = Amerika, USA = USSA/SSR-USR and Amerika's mainstream sacred National Communism-Socialism, why not for our enemies??? Even iff Islam = Judaism?, still have to verify what lies for USA, ME Democracy, + World, etc. at the end of the road.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-12-22 23:10  

#5  I'm telling you...we ought to pull everything we have out of the middle east. Then sell all of parties...shia and sunni...all the weapons they want...at a discount.
Posted by: anymouse   2006-12-22 15:32  

#4  HOLY SHIT!
Finally, somebody besides us gets it!
Posted by: bigim-ky   2006-12-22 11:58  

#3  "And most of all he fought back the Iranians."

Is that how it's presented in Soddy aRabida? From what I remember, Iraq attacked Iran. The war lasted 8 years and killed a couple of hundred thousand people, crippled over a million, and resulted in a stalemate. Seems like it's not just the Jooos who are targets of Soddy distrust, but most of the rest of the world as well. Oh, well! Red on red is always good.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-12-22 11:40  

#2  Getting nervous about the Iranian talk of taking over Mecca and points east?
Posted by: ed   2006-12-22 09:31  

#1  Not only did they not blame the Jews, they are beginning to find common ground with them. Wonders will never cease.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2006-12-22 02:02  

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