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| Djibouti cuts ties with Iran, says Saudi-owned TV channel |
| 2016-01-07 |
| [Al Ahram] Djibouti cut its diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news channel said, quoting an official source. 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... severed its own ties with Shia Iran on Sunday after protesters stormed its embassy in Tehran in an escalating row between the rival Middle East powers over Riyadh's execution of a Shia Muslim holy man. Fellow Gulf Cooperation Council member Bahrain has also cut ties with Iran and Kuwait has recalled its envoy to Iran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/OEWatch/201405/Middle-East_01.html Wasn't long ago that the 29th Battle Group of the Iranian navy docked at Djibouti. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-01-07 12:20 |