Posted on 10/26/2024 5:34:25 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Saudi Arabia held military exercises with Iran and other countries recently in the Sea of Oman, the Saudi defense ministry spokesman said in a statement to AFP Wednesday.
The two Middle East rivals, which have long backed opposing sides in conflict zones across the region, severed diplomatic ties in 2016. However, Shiite Muslim-dominated Iran and Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia resumed relations last year under a surprise China-brokered deal, even as Riyadh appeared poised to sign a normalization deal with Tehran’s arch-foe, Israel.
“The Royal Saudi Naval Forces had recently concluded a joint naval exercise with the Iranian Naval Forces alongside other countries in the Sea of Oman,” Brigadier General Turki al-Malki told AFP.
The war games came after ISNA, the official Iranian news agency, said on Monday said the two former foes were planning joint military drills in the Red Sea.
“Saudi Arabia has asked that we organize joint exercises in the Red Sea,” the commander of Iran’s navy, Admiral Shahram Irani, was quoted as saying by ISNA.
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They’re screwing each other in a gay manner.
The IDF should eliminate the irannie navy.
...and other countries... Iran and Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia resumed relations last year under a surprise China-brokered deal, even as Riyadh appeared poised to sign a normalization deal with Tehran’s arch-foe, Israel.
A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "It's my nature."
At sea sex fort exchanges.
The 9/11 Saudis showing their true colors.
I thought Saudi Arabia didn’t like and was fearful of Iran.
I thought the same thing. It hasn’t been that long since the Iranians and Saudis stopped acting like enemies. I will be interested to know if their armed forces can get along at least as well as the US and the Russians can cooperate in space.
Recently I learned that during World War II, British and French soldiers didn’t get along well and couldn’t be put together, because their countries had been rivals in previous centuries. They is why most of the soldiers used for Operation Torch, the campaign that liberated Morocco and Algeria from the Axis, were inexperienced Americans — they could get along with both the British and the French.
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