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Saudi police arrest suspect in Shiite unrest
AFP ^ | 2015-01-02

Posted on 01/02/2015 5:50:00 PM PST by george76

Saudi police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a 2011 protest movement organised by Shiite residents of the kingdom's restive Eastern Province ...

Muntadher Ali Saleh al-Sabity .. is one of 23 Saudis wanted in connection with protests and violence in Eastern Province, home to more than two million Shiites in the Sunni-majority kingdom.

The group, some of whom have been detained or killed, is accused of acting "on behalf of foreign parties" -- a reference to Iran, which authorities have blamed in the past for fomenting unrest among Saudi Shiites.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; riyadh; saudi; saudipolice; saudishiites; shiite; shiites

1 posted on 01/02/2015 5:50:01 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Everything about that part of the world is a load of Shiite.

RLTW


2 posted on 01/02/2015 7:24:05 PM PST by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: george76

Sunni or later, shiite happens.


3 posted on 01/02/2015 9:17:00 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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