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2020-08-03 Arabia

Yemen’s Ansarallah forces shoot down US-made drone over southern Saudi Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2020-08-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top
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#1 Jizan is one of the small refineries Dhahran keeps on its supply network....just above the of crazy Yemen border. Narjran has far more activity. The old Crown Plaza hotel has (still does have....) gunshot marks all over its outside walls...going back to the mid 90's when they first started to appear on the hotel walls from locals upset about the Matawa cracking down on "witchcraft". Islam has an innate fear of that..... Hotel had a decent menu for visitor lunches but the local town's folk had trouble replacing my rear glass Suburban window after being shot out by Yemen gonadless, but "awesome" border guards! As for the Najran buffet....not great....but far too much zattar.... That triangle road zone (google it) has the best arrow heads. The sand dunes allow one to drive off road along the 'urks" (spelling?) to find them easily. Picked up approx. 300 in that area on 3 excursions from Dhahran. What did you find there? Filled our water bottles with sid..... Our biggest problem was running out of ice.... Border guards came into camp in the morning's asking for "sidikee"..... Right of the "Rat Patrol".... They couldn't figure our why we we're there with our children ! Heck it was Aramco territory ! We ruled. If they didn't want us there.... then we wouldn'tt drill..... Sure shut them up qin short order. SAG got on their case. We all miss Tim Allen.... best driller ever. That man had a back bone.....Texas born and raised.

Posted by Ospas Dhahran 49 2020-08-03 14:41|| 2020-08-03 14:41|| Front Page Top

#2 It sounds like you’ve had adventures, Ospas Dhahran 49. What a pity .com is no longer with us — the two of you could have traded stories for the general edification of our readership.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-03 16:34|| 2020-08-03 16:34|| Front Page Top

#3 .com ? don't recall him. Was he in the Rub a Khali at some time... if so we might have crossed tire tracks..... Gas (octane type) is more valuable than water. One always carried 2:1 ratio when making a crossing. Wabar crater was a common destination. Shaybah was easy. There was a paved road to that so it was a no longer a challenge..... PR Dept. made it a big deal when it actually wasn't at all. CNN fell for that every time. A basic Suburban was far better than a "Hummer" (1, 2 or 3 version any day). Suburban is a "Flying living room, 2 AC's and room for ice....."

Posted by Ospas Dhahran 49 2020-08-03 16:43|| 2020-08-03 16:43|| Front Page Top

#4 “PD.com“ was the nym of a computer programmer who lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for about two decades, corresponding with us from there. I assume he was in Jeddah, but I really don’t know, nor what company he worked for. Single, with a long beard that used to confuse the locals, affording him curmudgeonly amusement. He retired and came home, settling in Las Vegas and becoming a Rantburg moderator. Sadly, he died a few years ago, but he is all over the archives. He used to write about the 20 kilometer wide strip in eastern (? that’s a geography question, not one of my strengths) Saudi Arabia, where the oil and the Shiites were, among many other subjects about which he had strong opinions which he argued well.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-03 17:13|| 2020-08-03 17:13|| Front Page Top

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