West Asia News and Discussions (YEMEN, gulf)

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 25 Oct 2015 08:42

increasing energy efficiency in the developed countries too.
more use of renewable energy in parts.
china cooling to a slower pace.
syria / iraq have been bombed out and do not need much electricity now.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 25 Oct 2015 19:45

and a significant rise in the use of renewables

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 25 Oct 2015 20:16

UB, Maybe crying sky is falling about peak oil spooked search for alternatives?

IOW peak oil was bakwas?

meanwhile Spinster sends a link

http://www.ipripak.org/wp-content/uploa ... ts2004.pdf

British road for war.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 25 Oct 2015 22:14

From an earlier post:
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http://business.financialpost.com/news/ ... =f3d2-4a1e

Last week, in a speech in Riyadh, Naimi said Saudi Arabia would stand “firmly and resolutely” with others who oppose any attempt to marginalize oil consumption. “There are those who are trying to reach international agreements to limit the use of fossil fuel, and that will damage the interests of oil producers in the long-term,” he said.

U.S. State Department cables released by WikiLeaks show that the Saudis’ interest in prolonging the world’s dependence on oil dates back at least a decade. In conversations with colleagues and U.S. diplomats, Naimi responded to the American fixation on “security of supply” with the Saudi need for “security of demand,” according to a 2006 embassy dispatch. “Saudi officials are very concerned that a climate change treaty would significantly reduce their income,” James Smith, the U.S. ambassador to Riyadh, wrote in a 2010 memo to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “Effectively, peak oil arguments have been replaced by peak demand.”

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The last line says that peak oil argument is replaced since Saudis don't like it, now it is about peak demand only! However, US market has reduced buying oil corresponding to local fracking which is not a small amount by itself. link .

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 26 Oct 2015 13:35

Iran, Saudi step up hostile rhetoric - Ian Black, Guadian

The propaganda war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, bitter rivals on opposite sides of West Asia’s biggest current crises, is hotting up, with near daily exchanges and insults between ministers and state media outlets.

In the last week alone senior figures from both countries have cast diplomatic niceties to the desert winds and attacked each other publicly.

Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi Foreign Minister, said on Monday that Iran was “occupying Arab lands” in Syria — where it supports Bashar al-Assad.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, retorted that the Saudis were in no position to complain as they were “occupying” Yemen — where Tehran backs the Houthi rebels.

Iran ramped up its anti-Saudi rhetoric after the recent Haj tragedy in Mecca but it went onto the offensive at the start of the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen in March, with a Revolutionary Guard commander predicting the “collapse of the House of Saud... in the footsteps of Zionist Israel.”

Saudi-affiliated media began highlighting the situation in Ahwaz (Khuzestan or Arabistan), in south-western Iran, where Arabic-speaking citizens complain of discrimination, a subject which is clearly calculated to raise hackles in Tehran.

In April, the Saudi state-run satellite channel al-Ekhbariya aired a documentary describing Ahwaz as “under occupation by Persian forces.”

Khalaf Ahmad al-Habtoor, a prominent Emirati businessman, called for “the liberation of Arab Ahwaz” from Iran. Saudi and Iranian social media users routinely vilify each other under provocative hashtags.

The war of words is linked to last July’s nuclear pact, which is seen by the Iranians as their ticket out of international isolation and by the Saudis as a reckless, short-sighted concession by a weak U.S. President.

Riyadh and its Gulf allies dare not, like the Israelis, directly oppose the deal, but rather emphasise non-nuclear issues such as Iran’s behind-the-scenes role in Yemen and Bahrain, as well as their more overt involvement in Syria and Iraq.

kit · Post by **kit** » 26 Oct 2015 14:38

and the winners are the west ...and its military industrial complex .. once Iran comes out of its exile ..they will also buy buy buy .. KSA finalized another mega deal a few days back with the USA . Pakistan will keep its status quo vs India so that (both) will buy buy buy !! ..soon Europe will be divided too ..their military complex broken up ..they will buy from ..where else !

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 26 Oct 2015 23:47

I think there should be an international law saying guilty to be punished either with local laws or laws of the country the guilty belongs to whichever is more harsher. That way this 'prince' would get his head chopped off for this criminal act.

Saudi prince arrested on private plane with 2 tons of drugs - reports - Oct 26, 2015

Abd al-Muhsen bin Walid bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud was detained on Monday in Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.

The prince was about to conduct a flight on his private plane to Saudi Arabia.

Lebanese TV station Al Mayadeen also said that 40 packages of drugs, weighing 2 tons in total, were confiscated.

The prince was arrested and taken in for questioning along with four other people.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 26 Oct 2015 23:58

I heard on radio that the drug in question is one of the reasons for Syrian civil war.

Its sued to make the terrorists become uncontrollable.

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 27 Oct 2015 00:05

^^that is a clear cut propaganda and distraction from real issue intended for domestic sheeple in US. Strategic and monetary value associated with drugs don't compare (1000:1) with hydrocarbons and its enabler value in sustaining $ hegemony, which are the primary reasons behind the Syrian war. Those are the two factors that bring Saudi sunni jihadis and freedom/democracy jihad of US together.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 27 Oct 2015 12:17

Houthis launch Anti-Ship Missile against Saudi Ship and Sunk it claims

Scenes from the video Yemeni TV channel "Al Masirah". Since the launch was at night, it is difficult to discern a specific type of missiles launched. In principle, it seems like to start Iranian \ Chinese RCC Noor \ C-802, but I presume there is not exactly say.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1546134.html

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » 27 Oct 2015 14:39

It's very hard to tell what's going on there.
For one, that isn't a Saudi ship in the beginning, its a UAE Baynunah (CNM Combattante) Class missile corvette. There's a RAM launcher on the rear superstructure, and there's no slewing/launch to suggest that the ship is being attacked. At around 01:50 though you can hear something that sounds like CIWS fire and a flash of something in the sky. Can't really tell much, and the Baynunahs don't have a gun CIWS they only have 27mm autocannon and RAM.
The night shots just look like missile launches, and I think we're seeing a booster being jettisoned there, just before he says "death to Umrika, death to Yehudis".
And in the end are just very zoomed shots of circling Apaches it looks like.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Oct 2015 15:48

http://awdnews.com/top-news/the-mystery ... nto-europe

Xinhua News Agency-— Affluent Saudis, including Royal family members, are in a rush to flee the country in the wake of nation-wide unrest which has engulfed the oil-rich kingdom since the Saudi Arabia – US's closest Arab ally in the volatile Middle-East– waged a devastating war on poverty-stricken Yemen.

Having assumed the throne, septuagenarian King Salman has adopted unstable domestic and foreign policies such as excessively empowering his ambitious son Mohammad Bin Salman, the deputy crown prince and minister of defense which led to brutal reshuffles in nearly all key government positions.

According to local sources, the dispute between disgruntled royal family members and the totalitarian monarch has reached its climax and as the seething volcano of social discontent is about to explode in any minute, the fearful princes have begun to flee to western countries--namely France and United Kingdom— with various pretexts, leaving a country enmeshed in a bloody foreign war, fragile security situation and an economy in complete shambles.

In the meantime, faced with hundreds of runaway princes withdrawing large sums of cash from the kingdom's central bank, the Saudi officials seek to impede the massive capital outflow by imposing certain restrictive monetary measures. The new restrictions strongly prohibit money transfer to abroad if it exceeds $ 500000 per month and only possible when the person buys a property overseas and after presenting the pertinent official documents ,the applicant shall be able to send that precise amount of foreign currency. There are plenty of cases showing desperate Saudi princes fabricating real estate documents to transfer their assets.

Many political observers believe the propinquity of Yemeni revenge for the Saudi war atrocities is the most important factor in the large exodus of Saudi princes.

habal · Post by **habal** » 27 Oct 2015 15:54

Satya_anveshi wrote:
Abd al-Muhsen bin Walid bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud was detained on Monday in Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.

The prince was about to conduct a flight on his private plane to Saudi Arabia.

Lebanese TV station Al Mayadeen also said that 40 packages of drugs, weighing 2 tons in total, were confiscated.

The prince was arrested and taken in for questioning along with four other people.

If it's the same amphetamine drug called captagon, then the ISIS runs on that. And it is highly doubtful if that plane was headed for Saudi Arabia.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 27 Oct 2015 16:37

He should receive the Kings pardon in due course , Majlis would endorse that.

May be as spiritual punishment by Mullahs he would be told to take responsibility of some Holy Place in Saudi land for a month.

I used to have a relative in Kingdom back in 90's who used to work as chauffeur for one of the lower down the order royal prince , He mentioned it was common to use these official car of royals to get Booze and Drugs for the prince as they would never get checked by security and was safe for the job.

The rewards to do such job was also high and risk was very low

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Oct 2015 16:41

UAE has reportedly sent in a few 100 colombian mercenary special forces formerly trained for anti drug ops by gotus into aden.
they are supposed to lead and figure out how to take Sanaa.

few 1000 more sudan/somalia bandits and mercenaries have also been rounded up to form the bulk of the new push.

Bhurishrava · Post by **Bhurishrava** » 27 Oct 2015 18:02

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... VK20151027

Saudi Arabia bombs hospital in Yemen.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 27 Oct 2015 20:27

Bhurishrava wrote:http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... VK20151027

Saudi Arabia bombs hospital in Yemen.

Looks like KSA is the big boss and emulating the US.

Can always say they suspected Houthis being treated in the hospital.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 27 Oct 2015 20:37

Maybe it's time for some French Furniture Imports into Riyadh

Shanu · Post by **Shanu** » 27 Oct 2015 21:01

Who would have thought that our dettol would have such uses..

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/mi ... -down.html

Alcoholic drinks produced in these factories were mixed with Dettol hygiene solution to change their color into something less distinguishable and were dosed with addictive chemicals similar to the ones in amphetamine drugs.

So calm down folks, the Prince was carrying Dettol only to Lebanon.

Shanu · Post by **Shanu** » 27 Oct 2015 21:13

A glimpse of the next civil war coming to the desert lands.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/20 ... s-Shiites/

The fate of Saudi Arabia's 2 million or so Shi'ites is closely watched because of Riyadh's intimate involvement in the region's sectarian conflict through its rivalry with Iran and the teachings of its influential clergy that Shi'ism is heretical.

Saudi Shi'ites have long complained of discrimination, but they are now subject to violent attack and, adding to their unease, fear that another 16 young men will be added to the list of seven facing beheading for joining protests in 2011-12.

What many people in the Shi'ite-majority Eastern Province district of Qatif say is that an atmosphere of tolerance for sectarianism, visible in comments by Sunni clergy, in school textbooks and online, is feeding the danger they now face.

"This is a small Kerbala. We are attacked, the same as in Kerbala, just like Imam Hussein," said Ali al-Rabeh, a retired worker at the state oil company Aramco.

Saudi social media messages on the Internet contain increasingly open incitement against Shi'ites, which has worsened since Saudi Arabia began leading a military campaign against members of a Shi'ite militia in neighbouring Yemen this year.

A widely circulated clip on YouTube this year showed Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the top Wahhabi authority, describe such funereal processions as "innovation", a Muslim legal term to describe deviant religious practices.

"They should just sit with us and see. I don't know why they hate the Shia. Shia don't do anything to them, but they just hate," said Ahmed, a 27-year-old airport worker, as the boom of drums and crash of chains on skin resounded around him.

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 27 Oct 2015 21:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwQVv4gsco8

Bashar Al Assad interview with Charlie Rose - oldish (March 2015) but not sure if it was posted here. Well worth watching.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 29 Oct 2015 13:23

Sudanese with 300 soldiers landed in Yemen ( Aden ) to take on Houthis , Check their BTR-80 and other stuff

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1550947.html

Also news site report Sudanese Su-24M is operating from Saudi against Houthis ( pictures of Su-24M )

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1250918.html

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 29 Oct 2015 14:34

Iraq unseats Saudi Arabia as top crude supplier to India for third month - Economic Times

Iraq overtook Saudi Arabia as the top crude exporter to India in September for the third time in 2015, according to tanker data obtained by Reuters, as the two biggest OPEC producers battle for market share in leading Asian buyers.

Saudi Arabia also lost its top spot in China last month, with Russia overtaking the world's biggest crude exporter as the main supplier for the second time this year. Traders attributed the shift to a hike in Saudi's official selling price (OSP) of crude.

India imported 640,300 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Saudi Arabia last month, about 30 percent lower than in August and the weakest in a year, the data obtained by Reuters and compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Analytics showed. The figure was still up 12.8 percent from a year ago.

While Saudi's market share in India is shrinking, Iraq is expanding its hold over one of the world's fastest-growing markets by offering attractive pricing.

"Saudi sells oil at OSP under term deals, while Iraqi oil is also sold in the spot market. And in an oversupplied market you often find Iraqi barrels trading at discounts to the OSP," said Ehasan Ul-Haq, senior analyst at London-based consultancy KBC Energy Economics.

India shipped in about a fifth of its imports from Iraq in September, while Saudi Arabia's share dropped to 17 percent from about 22 percent in August.

Faced with more competition in Asia, Saudi Arabia is trying to make inroads into new markets like Poland and along with other big exporters prepare for more competition from Iranian crude.

"When Iran comes to market it will be a tough fight between Iran, Iraq and Saudi," said Haq.

In the first half of India's fiscal year running from April to September, Saudi Arabia supplied nearly 19 percent more oil to India at about 776,000 bpd, while volumes from Iraq surged 36 percent to about 676,000 bpd.

India is also stepping up purchases from Africa, where more crude is available after China raised shipments from Russia and the United States began processing its own shale oil.

India imported nearly 27 percent more African crude in April-September, mainly from Angola and Nigeria.

India, which is Iran's second-biggest customer behind China, bought about 17 percent more oil from Tehran in the April-September period, the data showed.

Overall oil imports by India slipped 7.4 percent last month from August as Essar Oil, which rarely buys Saudi oil, shut its 400,000 bpd refinery for a month from mid-September for maintenance.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 29 Oct 2015 15:00

Janes confirms Anti-Ship Missile used by Houthis

Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack

http://www.janes.com/article/55592/yeme ... ile-attack

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 30 Oct 2015 11:04

"Don't panic! Don't panic..!" Remember that really old spy film,"Panic in Bangkok" starring OSS 117?
Well,its panic at No.10 Downing St. right now.

The Moron-of Cam is behaving like Cpl. Jones of "Dad's Army' fame.
"When you sup with the devil,do so with a long spoon".An old adage that CaMoron has forgotten. The Saudis (monarchy) are one of the most despicable of species on the planet,and the eviltude of the monarchy is also reflected in the behaviour of the people.One cannot forget the cutting off of the Indian housemaid's hand. By the way,what has India done as a mark of protest and to bring the criminal to book? We are behaving just like the British.Kowtowing to a medieval monstrous monarchy,and respectfully backing off without showing one's behind! At the very least the Saudi envoy should've been kicked out of India.It is a scandalous outrage that the Saudis also head a UN panel on Human Rights!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... r-row.html

David Cameron launches secret diplomatic offensive with Saudi Arabia after row
Exclusive: Prime Minister scrambles to rescue relations after ambassador plans temporary "leave of absence"

David Cameron could visit Saudi Arabia by the end of the year
By Peter Dominiczak, Political Editor
29 Oct 2015

David Cameron has launched a secret diplomatic offensive to rescue relations with Saudi Arabia amid fears the Kingdom's ambassador planned to leave London earlier this week in protest at the country's treatment.

The Telegraph has learned that the Foreign Office feared the Saudi Arabian ambassador in London was poised to take a temporary "leave of absence" while a wide-ranging review of relations with the UK was conducted.

The prospect was raised after Britain cancelled a prisons contract with Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom was publicly criticised by senior Government and Labour figures over human rights.

However, Saudi Arabia is seen as crucial to Britain's intelligence services and is a major trading partner and the potential diplomatic breakdown triggered panic in Downing Street.

On Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff delivered a personal message from the Prime Minister to King Salman bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ruler, seeking to remedy the situation. The Foreign Secretary also travelled to Riyadh and met the King earlier this week.

It has also been suggested that Mr Cameron could visit Saudi Arabia by the end of the year.

Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al SaudPrince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Photo: Geoff Pugh/The Telegraph

The Ambassador will remain in Britain while talks continue between the two countries.

One well-placed Whitehall source said: "It appears that the Saudis believe that they are being treated like a political football and had enough. It was only after the personal intervention of the Prime Minister that the situation has temporarily cooled but the Saudis want assurances."

In the week that Andrew Parker, the head of MI5, warned that Britain is facing mass casualty attacks from Isil terrorists, Number 10 is desperate to ensure that it maintains good relations with Saudi Arabia, its most important ally in the Middle East.

There were fears that the increased tensions between the two countries might result in the Saudis scaling down their vital intelligence-sharing arrangement with British intelligence, as well as jeopardising future lucrative arms deals with British firms such as BAE Systems.

A Typoon on the tarmac at BAE's site in Warton, Lancashire, where the jets are produced

Any breakdown in relations with Saudi Arabia could have repercussions for a planned multi-billion arms deal between London and Riyadh. The Saudis are reportedly keen to add to the fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons it has already bought from BAE Systems.

Earlier this year Ian King, BAE’s chief executive, warned the company warned will have to cut jobs and close facilities next year if no new Saudi order materialises.

The rift will also raise questions about the future of vital intelligence-sharing cooperation between London and Riyadh, which the Saudis claim has helped to thwart a number of terrorist attacks against Britain, including an attempt to blow up a cargo jet in mid-air.

• Saudi ambassador says Jeremy Corbyn 'lacks respect'

The diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia intensified on October 13 after the Government decided to cancel a £5.9million contract to provide a training programme for prisons in the Kingdom.

It was seen as a significant victory for Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, who had demanded that Mr Cameron and Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, agreed to cancel the contract and details of the Cabinet row over the issue were leaked.

On the same day, Downing Street disclosed that Mr Cameron had personally written to King Salman urging leniency in the case of Karl Andree, 74, who was jailed for one year and sentenced to 350 lashes after being convicted of running a bootlegging business in Saudi Arabia.

Pensioner Karl AndreePensioner Karl Andree Photo: Facebook

However, Saudi officials claim they informed the Foreign Office “months ago” that the flogging would not be carried out.

They were left furious at Downing Street’s handling of the case, claiming that the failure to pass on information they had been given about the case family resulted in negative media coverage.

The Saudis this week confirmed that Mr Andree will be released and flown home in the coming days.

In recent days, the relationship had deteriorated so significantly that Downing Street was warned that the Saudi ambassador in the UK, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, was prepared to officially “withdraw” from the UK, in what would have been a damaging blow for Downing Street.

Officials in Riyadh have told this newspaper that at 2pm on Wednesday Ed Llewellyn, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, contacted the Saudi embassy in London and asked the ambassador to come to Downing Street to receive a personal message on behalf of Mr Cameron.

However, Downing Street was told that the ambassador had already travelled to Saudi Arabia.

The Prime Minister’s office then took the decision to send the personal message to King Salman in a bid to diffuse the potentially damaging row.

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Question Time in the House of Commons British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Question Time in the House of Commons Photo: Getty

The importance of Britain’s relationship with Saudi Arabia frequently receives public backing from Downing Street.

In 2007 Tony Blair personally intervened to halt a Serious Fraud Office investigation into alleged corruption relating to BAE contracts with Saudi Arabia on the grounds that “our relationship with Saudi Arabia is vitally important… that strategic interest comes first”.

Mr Cameron earlier this year argued that maintaining good relations with the Saudis was important because “we receive from them important intelligence and security information that keeps us safe. The reason we have the relationship is our own national security.”

The Prime Minister’s intervention follows this week’s visit to Riyadh by Mr Hammond, who visited Saudi Arabia in a bid to repair relations between the two countries.

In Riyadh this week Mr Hammond sought to reassure the Saudi monarch about the importance of the relationship between the two countries, particularly with regard to intelligence sharing and military cooperation.

But Saudi officials say they were not impressed with Mr Hammond’s insistence that Riyadh should seek to forge closer ties with Iran, Saudi Arabia’s bitter rival in the Middle East.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 30 Oct 2015 15:49

https://wikileaks.org/saudi-cables/buying-silence
Buying Silence: How the Saudi Foreign Ministry controls Arab media

Munna would do the same, but doesn't have the money.

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 31 Oct 2015 05:53

Saudi Arabia downgraded as oil tanks

The dramatic plunge in oil prices over the past 18 months has caused a "pronounced negative swing" in Saudi Arabia's financial picture, S&P warned.

The oil-rich kingdom has gone from a healthy budget surplus of 7% of GDP in 2013 to a projected deficit of 16% this year. S&P estimates that unless oil prices rebound meaningfully, Saudi Arabia will suffer deficits each of the next three years. A lower credit rating means that borrowing becomes more expensive.

S&P's outlook on OPEC leader remains negative, leaving the option for the credit ratings firm to downgrade it further if the government fails to rein in deficits or runs low on cash.

It's the latest alarm being raised on the trouble facing the oil-dependent Middle East.

The International Monetary Fund recently warned most countries in the region will run out of cash in five years or less if oil stays around $50 a barrel. That includes Saudi Arabia as well as Oman and Bahrain. ..
S&P believes that Saudi Arabia will respond by drawing down its stockpile of cash and issuing more debt. The country already sold bonds over the summer to raise at least $4 billion, its first time tapping the bond market in eight years. Saudi Arabia's central bank has also yanked up to $70 billion from asset management firms like BlackRock (BLK) over the past half year.

Other potential changes include postponing some spending projects and reforming generous subsidies on electricity, water and fuel. A Saudi government source recently told CNN it's considering cutting government subsidies on gas. Saudi sheikhs will have to generate their own natural gas in future, raising the demand for beans and chili.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 31 Oct 2015 06:20

There are no recorded tropical storms to have hit Yemen, though the nation has been hit by two tropical depressions--Tropical Depression Keila in 2011, and Tropical Depression Three in 2008.

"155 mph Cyclone Chapala, 2nd strongest ever in Arabian sea, Unprecedented Threat to Yemen"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/3 ... t-to-Yemen

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 31 Oct 2015 07:03

Good flooding - may wipe out a few tank columns, and bog down the rest.

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 31 Oct 2015 10:20

Bhurishrava wrote:http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... VK20151027

Saudi Arabia bombs hospital in Yemen.

Monkey c monkey doo

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 31 Oct 2015 16:47

Shocking. To quote dear Gunther, Raise Your Standards To Those of Senator Graham, the CIA and CNN, JEM!

Do you really believe that RSAF F-15 pilots know how to aim a bomb? They come to the YooEss to drink, chase wimmen and Others, and watch movies banned in KSA. They learn how to punch the "Bombs Away" button and yell: "A..... Ho Akbar!" and then get out of there as fast as possible. On Zone 6 afterburner, which they also learn to operate.

Hospital have the nice Red Crescent painted on them .. that may be the only feature on which they can aim the cursor on the screen with their shaking hands.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 02 Nov 2015 15:00

check the pic in the link

Hundreds of Colombians Fighting in Yemen Paid by Saudi-Led Coalition

http://sputniknews.com/military/2015110 ... yemen.html

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Nov 2015 16:25

somalia is rocked by a attack on hotel popular with tourists, 13 KIA. a suicide car bomb was used to break the gate.

this while somalis have been recruited to fight in yemen also.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 02 Nov 2015 16:29

KSA will need to arrange mobile churches and pork tamales for their devout catholic brothers now

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 02 Nov 2015 22:48

Austin wrote:check the pic in the link

Hundreds of Colombians Fighting in Yemen Paid by Saudi-Led Coalition

http://sputniknews.com/military/2015110 ... yemen.html

From the link above:

Up to 800 Colombian soldiers are taking “frontline positions” in Aden, the southern port city, where Sunni jihadists – mainly ISIL – have recently stepped into the fray with government forces and Saudi-led coalition units that captured this second most important city of Yemen from Shiite Houthi rebels just in August, the Spanish-language channel TeleSUR reported.
..
“We are called mercenaries, traitors, cowards and opportunists. We are nothing like that,” he declared. “We are men who made a decision in response to the lack of [financial] guarantees [at home].”
..
Colombian combatants had previously been hired by a secret US-led mercenary army, set up by the founder of the controversial Blackwater private military company, Erik Prince, and acting in the interest of UAE under the command of an actual prince, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. It was dubbed the Reflex Response force, and was conducting “anti-terrorism operations,” among other activities, the New York Times reported in 2011.
..
Earlier in October, Saudi Arabia confirmed arrival of several hundreds of Sudanese military troops – this time, official military – with an overall expectation of Sudanese forces to reach 6,000.

From another link in the article above: Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder

In outsourcing critical parts of their defense to mercenaries — the soldiers of choice for medieval kings, Italian Renaissance dukes and African dictators — the Emiratis have begun a new era in the boom in wartime contracting that began after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. And by relying on a force largely created by Americans, they have introduced a volatile element in an already combustible region where the United States is widely viewed with suspicion.
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Knowing that his ventures are magnets for controversy, Mr. Prince has masked his involvement with the mercenary battalion. His name is not included on contracts and most other corporate documents, and company insiders have at times tried to hide his identity by referring to him by the code name “Kingfish.” But three former employees, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements, and two people involved in security contracting described Mr. Prince’s central role.
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a small team of Blackwater and American military veterans huddled over plans for the foreign battalion. .. The company, often called R2, was licensed last March with 51 percent local ownership, a typical arrangement in the Emirates. It received about $21 million in start-up capital from the U.A.E., the former employees said.
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For Mr. Prince, a 41-year-old former member of the Navy Seals, the battalion was an opportunity to turn vision into reality. At Blackwater, which had collected billions of dollars in security contracts from the United States government, he had hoped to build an army for hire that could be deployed to crisis zones in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
..

Satya_anveshi · Post by **Satya_anveshi** » 02 Nov 2015 22:55

I am sure that idiot Al Gore will have easy time convincing these desert idiots about Global Warming

Ice flash flood first time in Saudi Arabia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heXYtvaNVDg

Hitesh · Post by **Hitesh** » 02 Nov 2015 23:56

It is a symptom of global warming. The global warming has caused the jet streams and/or polar vortex to veer wildly to the south causing hailstorms whose hail melted on impact with the hot sands of Saudi Arabia/

A symptom of global warming is the chaotic and unpredictable effects of climate.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 03 Nov 2015 00:44

Nah, Its a sign from above!

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 03 Nov 2015 01:06

ramana wrote:Nah, Its a sign from above!

Weather is not Sharia compliant any more . Sign of Dajjal peeing in Baddal over holy land!

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 03 Nov 2015 05:48

Price of Water to Go Up in KSA

Saudi government will make water more expensive
RIYADH | By Angus McDowall and Reem Shamseddine

Saudi Arabia will raise the price of water for non-residential consumers, local media reported, a sign the government is cutting back an expensive system of subsidies as low oil prices strain its finances.

The rate for industrial, government or large corporate users will rise to 9 riyals ($2.40) per cubic meter from 4 riyals now, starting on Dec. 16, the local newspaper al-Watan reported in an article posted on the website of the Ministry of Water and Electricity.

A ministry spokesman could not be contacted to comment on Monday. Some other Saudi newspapers carried similar reports, quoting unnamed sources in the ministry as saying the government aimed to reduce the growth of water consumption and discourage waste.

Residential users, who have long enjoyed cheap water as part of lavish social welfare benefits provided by the government, will not pay higher prices, the reports said.

The plunge of oil prices since last year has saddled Saudi Arabia with an annual state budget deficit exceeding $100 billion, putting pressure on it to reduce spending, although the government is reluctant to make politically sensitive cuts.