Pakistan officials say a Saudi Arabian diplomat was gun down by people on a motorcycle. They say the “consulate employee” was shot multiple times.
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Saudi Arabian tanks roll on Bahrain city
May 14, Saudi forces continued their take over of Bahrain by sending tanks to take the island city of Sitra.
For the past couple of weeks, Bahraini forces, backed up by Saudi troops have been flattening Shia Mosques. The majority of the people of Bahrain are Shia Muslim. The royal family is not.
Since February the people have been truly peacefully protesting their government. Saudi forces invaded Bahrain in March, to help the non-Shia royal family put down the peaceful protesters.
Protesters say that since it is obvious the West isn’t going to help them, they are forced to start taking military action against the Saudis and the royal family.
Saudi Arabia annexing Bahrain, build base alongside U.S. naval base, preparation for war with Iran
“There are no Saudi forces, there are GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates ] forces and they will leave when they are done with any external threat. The external threat is a regional one. The external threat is a complete misunderstanding between the GCC and Iran.”-Sheikh Khaled Ben Ahmed Al Khalifa, Bahrain Foreign Minister
Saudi led forces will stay in Bahrain until further notice. There is also rumors that they will build a base alongside the U.S. Navy base, military sources report that some of the U.S. Fifth Fleet piers and facilities will be made available to the Saudi navy. The Bahraini government admitted that Saudi led forces will remain until there is no more “threat” from Iran. No details were given.
Oppression of the Shia majority in Bahrain is escalating, with reports of Saudi and Bahraini forces going into hospitals and dragging off patients. Saudi forces have also destroyed dozens of Shia Mosques. 70% of Bahrainis are Shia. The ruling family of Bahrain are not Shia.
On April 30, President Obama asked King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain to respect for the universal rights of the people of Bahrain.
Iran calls Saudi Arabia’s invasion of Bahrain a “Historical Mistake”
“If Saudi Arabia had not made the historical mistake of deploying its forces on the Bahraini soil, today the conditions in the Middle-East would not be so difficult and complicated.”-Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Iranian National Security and Foreign Policy Commission
Boroujerdi made the comment while meeting with Kuwaiti officials. Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Jassem Mohammad al-Kharafi, also condemned the Saudi occupation of Bahrain. Weeks ago Kuwait was going to help with the Saudi and United Arab Emirates invasion of Bahrain, but backed out. Now Kuwait wants Saudi Arabia and the UAE out.
Even Saudi activists are condemning the Saudi Royal Family for the invasion, and gave a dire warning: “I believe that the fire of Bahrain’s revolution will spread to Saudi Arabia. Any free opinion poll in Saudi Arabia would reveal that at least 70% of the people want the overthrow of the Al Saud dynasty.”-Mohammad al-Mos’ari
What makes the situation more complicated is that Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
Mike Simpson, Jim Risch, Mike Crapo against Mosque @ 9/11 Ground Zero, but support training Muslim pilots in Idaho
Idaho representative Mike Simpson, and senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo all protested against building a Mosque near 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City.
Yet they all support training Saudi Arabian pilots at Mountain Home, Idaho. Most of the terrorists who hijacked the airliners on September 11, 2001, were from Saudi Arabia (no Iraqis or Afghans were involved in 9/11). This is a prime example of talking out both sides of your mouth at the same time. And supposedly most Idahoans voted for these guys.
Don’t forget Idahoans, your Governor Butch Otter supports this as well (and yes you voted overwhelmingly for him).
Peter Gadiel, whose son was killed in the World Trade Center, said this about the training of Saudi pilots in Idaho: “Americans will die and the people in Washington don’t give a damn.”
Training of Saudi Arabian pilots and ground crews in Idaho, is part of the $60 billion arms deal made last year.
Most Saudis are Wahaab Muslims (Wahhabi), the same faction that Osama bin Laden is from, as well as our allies the Saudi Royal Family. Iraqis are not Wahaab. Afghans are not Wahaab. They did not attack us on 9/11. Wahaab Saudis & Wahaab Yemenis attacked us on 9/11. Yet we’re over there killing Iraqis and Afghans, while training Wahaab Saudis in Idaho?