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Iran hurls 'support for terrorism' charge back at Saudi Arabia
2018-04-12
[DAWN] Iran on Wednesday hit back at Saudi accusations that Tehran provides "support for terrorism", pointing at alleged links between Riyadh and Death Eater groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS).

Countries in the region "will never forget the role played by Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
in conspiring for, supporting and arming violent snuffies and bully boyz such as al-Qaeda and ISIS (IS) and other similar groups," Iran's foreign ministry said.

It also singled out Saudi support for Iraq's fallen dictator Saddam Hussein in his 1980-1988 war against Iran, its military intervention in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
since 2015 and its apparent rapprochement with Israel.

Iran, a bitter regional rival of Saudi Arabia with which diplomatic ties were cut in 2016, was responding to the kingdom's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
who on Tuesday referred to Tehran's "support for terrorism" during a visit to Gay Paree.

Posted by:Fred

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