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Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital
CNN.com ^
| November 4, 2017
| Tim Lister, Ammar Albadran and Eric Levenson
Posted on 11/04/2017 11:49:54 AM PDT by rdl6989
A ballistic missile has been intercepted over north-east Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense said
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: ballisticmissile; houthis; iran; muslimworld; saudiarabia
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To: rdl6989
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:10:02 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: DIRTYSECRET
Has been going on for quite a while. In the beginning, totally outside public view.
Later, both agreed the Iran threat warranted stronger exchanges.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:10:40 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
Article implies that the 22 July 2017 missile was launched from Yemen, which is IIRC a proxy for Iran, with many Revolutionary Guards skulking about.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:11:25 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: rdl6989
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:12:02 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: Steely Tom
I’ve read that too. They both have a common enemy in Iran.
To: BwanaNdege
Now, we know why the Saudis are buying these anti missile thaad systems.
Wonder if Iran sold the ballistic missile to the rebels and showed them how to use it?
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:16:36 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(What, we have here, is a failure to communicate!)
To: rdl6989
Iranian ObamaBucks at work
Just wait til their partners in DPRK ramp up the thermonuclear war head production
For Iranian regional aspirations they don’ need no steenkin’ nuclear warhead re entry technology
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:17:46 PM PDT
by
rdcbn
To: huldah1776
“looks like big boring fireworks”
All I saw was the launches of the interceptor missiles.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:17:59 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
To: Rusty0604
Now back to our continuing coverage of the Democrat Party’s continuing civil war against President Trump.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:19:20 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: rdl6989
I was in Saudi during Gulf War.....holes caused by scuds are huge!
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:19:47 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
To: Grampa Dave
Wonder if Iran sold the ballistic missile to the rebels and showed them how to use it? Iranian crews probably launched the missile.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:20:16 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
To: Grampa Dave
Wonder if Iran sold the ballistic missile to the rebels and showed them how to use it?
I agree.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:22:12 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: BwanaNdege
Iranian crews probably launched the missile!
You are probably correct with that statement. I was being a little polite.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:22:34 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(What, we have here, is a failure to communicate!)
To: Steely Tom
.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt have been in close contact with Israel since the ‘70s.
Nothing new about this.
.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:25:49 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Grampa Dave
I was being a little polite. Sorry, my Sarcasm & Diplomacy detectors were snoozing next to me in the recliner.
:-)
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:26:21 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
To: alloysteel
And I can just see oil prices climbing on Monday.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:31:13 PM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: BwanaNdege
that’s what I thought. Can’t imagine that happening over suburbia. LOL
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:31:49 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: rdl6989
Those rebels are about one small missing link from being cavemen.
That would make them trying to successfully launching a scud, a miracle.
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:38:35 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(What, we have here, is a failure to communicate!)
To: BwanaNdege
Did you feed them before they started to snooze?
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:40:41 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(What, we have here, is a failure to communicate!)
To: BwanaNdege
With North Korean help. The missile has some ties to North Korea
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posted on
11/04/2017 12:41:38 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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