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| Multiple people injured by explosion at ceremony commemorating World War I in Saudi Arabia |
| 2020-11-11 |
| [WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Several people were maimed after a kaboom erupted at an international ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a 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... n cemetery on Wednesday. Though the identities of the victims are not confirmed, several countries had representatives at the ceremony. The commemoration was held at a cemetery for the non-Moslem dead in Jiddah, according to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named, which cited the French Foreign Ministry. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the earth-shattering kaboom, and Saudi officials and state-run media haven't commented on the attack. French officials, who spoke on anonymity, condemned the attack. La Belle France encourages its citizens in Saudi Arabia to be on "maximum alert" after a French middle school teacher was decapitated for showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a class. French President Emmanuel Macron's backing of caricatures as free speech angered some Moslems who viewed the depictions as incitement and a form of hate speech. The attack shortly follows a stabbing incident last month that slightly maimed a guard at the French Consulate in Jiddah. The stabbing was committed by a Saudi man whose motives remain unclear. Wednesday marks the 102nd anniversary of the armistice ending the First World War and is an anniversary commemorated in several European countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Yes, GPS digits are important. Imagine a manipulation of this GPS string. Your kinetic response could end up in the swimming pool of the nearby Holiday Inn, Manama Bahrain. A very current topic, computer digital manipulation, who knew ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-11-11 23:45 |
| #2 Fascinating. I love the background insights you share with us, Ospas — thank you. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-11-11 23:35 |
| #1 This is a more complex issue than what first meets your eye. Saudi is “Westernizing” at a rapid rate. The single most important factor is the “declining female fertility rate” Note that I didn’t say the ONLY factor, but out of the approx. 37 factors, the most influential factor is the changing role of the female in its society. The second is an external factor called fracking, which is not as applicable to Saudi oil fields as it is to non-middle east fields. (the reason why is for another time and place) So what has this to do with cemeteries in Saudi? Well there are really only two non-muslim ones in the Peninsular. There are many Muslim ones but they are difficult to locate, but if you know what to look for over the tops of high cement walls…. You can find them. Google Earth will not provide you enough resolution to know what you are looking at. The two non-muslim cemeteries are located in Jeddah and in Dhahran. Jeddah is the well known one. Sailors who died while sailing via Jeddah were buried there. Not many but it has a long history. The Dhahran one is an Aramcon one. I have friends who I’ve known who died and were buried there. There are grave stones provided by Aramco. It basically started after WW2. When families stared arriving after the war, children who died in birth, as well as the brave women who died while giving birth had to be buried some place. So Aramco (NOT Saudi Aramco) created a burial ground. It has grave stones, but they lay horizontal not vertical. The burial ground is located in the oil field laydown yard inside the Dhahran community. It has very tall palm trees around its perimeter. Men are also buried there, but they are usually those bachelors who lived the rough oil field life, drinking hard, smoking hard and enjoying every minute. God bless them for choosing to live for the moment rather that for some other person’s perspective of what “constitutes a good life” I raise my glass of good Dhahran “Brown” to folks with a good grasp of self determination. The Govnt of Saudi (SAG) is attempting to “Westernize” its culture rapidly now. This is one example of its efforts. It is thwarted by other factions inside its culture who don’t want it to. So be it. Unfortunately they use bombing as a tool to impose fear on the general public. Matawa used to be the main mechanism to control the public. Both methods will not work in the short run or long any more. Aramco grave site is located at: https://goo.gl/maps/EqkMNZonsXPBmxEc8 It smack inside the material supply laydown yard for oil field equipment. Nearest building is the old MSB building. |
| Posted by: Ospas Dhahran 2020-11-11 13:23 |