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Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
Reuters ^ | Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:53pm EST | Angus McDowall

Posted on 01/22/2015 4:45:32 PM PST by fella

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state television.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; egypt; iran; iraq; israel; kingabdullah; lebanon; opec; saudiarabia; syria; waronterror; yemen
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To: exit82; tumblindice

:-)


41 posted on 01/22/2015 8:17:16 PM PST by Mark17 (Fear not little flock, from the cross to the throne, from death into light he went for His own)
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To: fella

The new ruler is a salmon??


42 posted on 01/22/2015 8:18:47 PM PST by GeronL
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To: F15Eagle
Ha! Good one!

LOL, I thought that might get a rise out of you.

43 posted on 01/22/2015 8:19:45 PM PST by Mark17 (Fear not little flock, from the cross to the throne, from death into light he went for His own)
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To: Mark17

Remember America’s “Lonely People”? (’This is for all the lonely people, thinking that life etc.”)
Near the end of the song can be found what must be most lackluster, anemic “Hit it!” ever uttered in easy listening, southern Californian rock ‘n roll.
It isn’t an utterance so much as a breathy, barely audible “OK, we’re almost done, we can do this ...”.
It made me proud to be a white guy.


45 posted on 01/22/2015 9:00:07 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice
I remember lonely people. I also remember the tropic of Sir Galahad. I know, we are telling people how old we are, but that is ok.

:-)

46 posted on 01/22/2015 9:30:32 PM PST by Mark17 (Fear not little flock, from the cross to the throne, from death into light he went for His own)
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To: WILLIALAL
Saudi Arabia is playing both a economic and political hand and taking a long term out look to this move. This could go on for a while.

The House of Saud may not *have* the time for a long-term out look. There are forces converging on the "Magic Kingdom" as we speak. Another 'domino' was put into place earlier this week, with the Houthis gaining effective control of Yemen, directly to the south and within a short road march to the city of Mecca. They are allied with Iran, and there are Iranian naval assets already in place in the Red Sea, supporting the Houthis takeover of Yemen. This puts Iran and its allies *on both sides* of the kingdom simultaneously. This strategic advantage is *not* going to be wasted by Iran, believe me.

Were this not enough to be worrisome there is also ISIS to the north and west to consider. No love lost there either. No, things are about to get *real* interesting and the price of crude *will* be going up because there will be a conflict going on on the Arabian Peninsula in fairly short order. I give it before the year is out that this will happen, and given that Salman "isn't all there", so to speak, the odds on the House of Saud prevailing are not too good...

the infowarrior

47 posted on 01/22/2015 9:44:52 PM PST by infowarrior
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