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2024-04-15 Arabia

'Iran engineered the war in Gaza in order to destroy the progress Saudi Arabia was making in normalizing relations with Israel.'' Really.

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Posted by Fred 2024-04-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [210 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Even a stopped clock ...

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-15 06:25|| 2024-04-15 06:25|| Front Page Top

#2 ANDREW NEIL: Do what you must, Israel, after this appalling attack. Just don't lose your allies - not least Saudi Arabia and Jordan - in the process

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-15 07:19|| 2024-04-15 07:19|| Front Page Top

#3 So do what you must, Israel, after the weekend's appalling events. Just don't lose your friends in the process.

So, nuke Tehran and call it a day?

Everyone looks at the Middle East conflict as Muslims vs Juice. That dynamic certainly exists, but I'd argue the big one is Sunni vs Shia.

Posted by SteveS 2024-04-15 08:36|| 2024-04-15 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 Yes, and Mecca is the obsessive prize.

Posted by Cesare 2024-04-15 10:01|| 2024-04-15 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 We made a huge mistake after 9/11. Should have parachuted a very big H bomb next to the Kaaba. Then told the sauds "Stay away from it. Don't interfere with our people who go to service it.

Unless you think your 'religion' can go 27,000 years without its most holy place."

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-04-15 10:10|| 2024-04-15 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Give them a few days (through Dip channels) to get everyone out of Tehran or nuke sites, then level it all. Say nothing, admit nothing.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-15 10:12|| 2024-04-15 10:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Footage 'shows terrified Iranians queuing for petrol as they prepare to flee for possible Israeli retaliation for missile and drone attack'

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-15 11:00|| 2024-04-15 11:00|| Front Page Top

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