Posted on 06/23/2017 3:07:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A setback of the heart would die for a grapefruit!
The legend of the raven’s roar lies ahead, what with the future yet to come.
Ignorance is no excuse
Too bad. The Wahhabis should reap what they sow
it is not clear if the terrorists here were Iranian Shiites or Sunni ISIS types who think the Saudis are not strict enough.
think of it like the Protestant mercenaries sacking Rome 500 tears ago. it is more about who controls the money than religion.
The Arabs believe the first nuke the Persians (Iran) build will not be launched on Israel but at the moonrock. Persians (Shia) hate the Sunnis (Arabs).
And that, my FRiend, is why OBL and his Saudi cohorts struck at the puppet master on 9/11...
George Bush the elder turned our voluntary military, sworn to defend the Constitution, into the praetorian guard of foreign kings. We've paid a tremendous price in thousands dead, tens of thousands maimed, and literally trillions of dollars squandered, and gained exactly what in the exchange? A few billion in contracts to our MIC? It's madness, and I naively thought I was voting to end it last November. Jokes on me...
Recall this quote from a report from the ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America):
“The American mosque is a remarkably young institution: over three-fourths *76% of all existing mosques were established since 1980.”
Since 1980. . .so why choose the set point 1980? Puzzle pieces may begin to fall into place when considering the following incident and resolution:
1979′s Seige of Mecca", via book by Yaroslav Trofimov
Quote:
“On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. The same morning—the first of a new Muslim century—hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam’s holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Armed with rifles that they had smuggled inside coffins, these men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times. Led by a Saudi preacher named Juhayman al Uteybi, they believed that the Saudi royal family had become a craven servant of American infidels, and sought a return to the glory of uncompromising Islam. “
Further discussion: PBS Frontline: “House of Saud” documentary discusses the deal made by the Saudi King to retain control over Mecca and Medina after the Siege of Mecca in 1979 as told in this leading Arab photo magazine spread for Majalla, The End of Jihad (2009), 30 Years After the Siege of Mecca.
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With the recent announcement of the switch of heir to Saudi throne from the elder son to the youngest son - it's not a surprise that old grievances arise ...
Reuters: Bomber planning to attack Mecca's Grand Mosque blows himself up: ministry
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AND...it's also clear why the invasion is well underway in Europe...
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