Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday for terrorism, including the prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimrits, Interior Ministry said in a statement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKBN0UG03B20160102
How many of the Qatari royals will be executed now?
We know what the problem is, but almost nothing is done (from a year ago - Oct 2014):
“This is a time bomb that, under the guise of education, Wahhabi Salafism is igniting under the world really. And it is funded by Saudi and Qatari money and that must stop,” said Gen Shaw. “And the question then is ‘does bombing people over there really tackle that?’ I don’t think so. I’d far rather see a much stronger handle on the ideological battle rather than the physical battle.”
When it comes to waging that ideological struggle, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are pivotal. “The root problem is that those two countries are the only two countries in the world where Wahhabi Salafism is the state religion – and Isil is a violent expression of Wahabist Salafism,” said Gen Shaw.
“The primary threat of Isil is not to us in the West: it’s to Saudi Arabia and also to the other Gulf states.”
Both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are playing small parts in the air campaign against Isil, contributing two and four jet fighters respectively. But Gen Shaw said they “should be in the forefront” and, above all, leading an ideological counter-revolution against Isil.
The sad thing for Nimr is that his work to improve the situation for Shias in Saudi was used by the Iranians against Saudi:
Nimr had long been regarded as the most vocal Shi’ite leader in Qatif, willing to publicly criticise the Al Saud ruling family and call directly for elections. But he was careful to avoid calling for violence, analysts say.
http://www.trust.org/item/20160102095347-tozwj
How many of the Qatari royals will be executed now?
and will the proxy war between Iran and Saudi heat up?
Iran has warned Saudi Arabia it will pay “a high price” for executing prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
#Saudi Armored Vehicles Heading To Restive #Qatif City After The Execution Of Prominent Cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
https://twitter.com/Terror_Monitor/status/683245572841697280
Yemen
http://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2016/01/02/saudi-led-coalition-announces-end-of-yemen-ceasefire
Thanks AdmSmith.
If this goes bad, I expect the price movement in world oil market. All the efforts Saudi put into driving down the oil price can be offset by chain reaction from this execution.