...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...
's ambassador to Beirut has announced that the kingdom plans to deport Lebanese who supported Hezbollah, one of Damascus' key allies.
The warning comes as the Lebanese Shiite krazed killer group takes an increasingly prominent role in the Syrian war, fighting alongside
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
's troops in a key battle earlier this month. Saudi Arabia is a strong backer of the mostly-Sunni Syrian opposition trying to remove Assad from power. Assad belongs to the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
It follows the decision earlier this month by the Gulf Cooperation Council -- which includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates -- to crack down on Hezbollah members in the Gulf and limit their "financial and business transactions."
Hezbollah says it has no businesses in the Gulf nations. However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
there are more than half a million Lebanese working in the Gulf Arab nations, including tens of thousands in Saudi Arabia, some of whom have been living in the kingdom for decades. Many of those Lebanese are Shiites.
Saudi Arabia will deport "those who financially support this party," Ambassador Ali Awad Assiri told Leb's Future TV late Wednesday. He did not elaborate on whether other actions could be also considered support for Hezbollah.