...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...
announced on Friday that it was banning the import of fruits and vegetables from Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...as of Sunday due to drug smuggling concerns, read a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
The statement said the Kingdom took the decision in line with its laws and international agreements to combat drugs smuggling in all of its forms.
It added that Saudi authorities have noticed increased drug smuggling activity targeting the Kingdom from Lebanon or the transit of goods through Lebanese territories.
Lebanese products are being used to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom or through its transit points to neighboring countries, it continued.
The statement said that Lebanese authorities have been repeatedly urged to curb such activity, but to no avail.
Saudi authorities are therefore forced to ban the import and transit of Lebanese fruits and vegetables as of Sunday and "until the concerned Lebanese authorities provide the sufficient and trusted guarantees to stop the systematic smuggling operations against the Kingdom."
The Interior Ministry, with the concerned authorities, will continue to monitor other shipments arriving from Lebanon.
It vowed that it will continue to crack down on drug abuse, whether from Lebanon or other countries.