Posted on 06/30/2019 6:42:04 AM PDT by NorseViking
MOSCOW A brawl between Kazakh workers and their Arab colleagues in one of Kazakhstan's largest oil fields has left 30 people injured and led to an outcry in Lebanon and Jordan, a news agency said Sunday.
Videos of the attacks on Arab engineers and workers were widely circulated on social media in Arab countries. The scenes showed them being kicked and punched by large numbers of local colleagues. Some of those attacked were covered in blood and their faces suffering serious bruises.
Interfax-Kazakhstan said Saturday's brawl was triggered after a Lebanese contractor reportedly posted a photo on WhatsApp featuring a Kazakh female colleague that many in the former Soviet nation saw as insulting.
It reported Sunday that the field is managed by Tengizchevroil, TCO, a joint venture that includes Chevron and ExxonMobil.
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From what I’ve heard, part of the problem involves Sunni vs. Shiite.
IOW, any excuse will do to expel the hostility and resentment just beneath the surface. All I can say is at least this cannot be blamed on America. The bickering is all on themselves.
Nice to see the world brawl not used in the context of ghettopotamuses
For a change
“ part of the problem involves Sunni vs. Shiite.”
Isn’t that where they argue about whether to cut the egg on the small end or the big end?
In fact most Kazakhs I know are non-religious. The religious are Sunni just like most Arabs.
Arab workers? Impossible. Arabs don’t work.
An Arab offends the local culture, and they get clobbered!
Ironic?
How backwards do you have to be to get help from Arabs?
there is no part of the world where there is not tension between muslims and their neighbors.
The business is run by Chevron. Whoever they hire work there. I suspect Arabs are cheaper than Euros or Americans.
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