Posted on 11/15/2014 12:06:56 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
In a 17-minute audio message, purportedly from its elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the group sets its sights firmly on Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam and the world's largest oil producer and exporter.
The speaker does not refer to it as Saudi Arabia, since this is a name derived from the ruling tribe, the al-Saud, whose authority IS does not accept.
Instead he calls it "the land of Haramayn", the land of the two holy places, meaning Mecca and Medina.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I have no doubt that the Saudis fund and export an intolerant version of Islam. (I believe that Wahhabism is the correct interpretation of that religion)
It's fine with the Sunni Saudis when Muslims kill Infidels and heretical Shias, but ISIS is sticking to the fundamentals of Islam and now the Saudis are targets.
When the Saudi OX gets gored by ISIS a change in plans is necessary. -Tom
Is al Baghdadi a real person? I’ve read an article on The Long War Journal which states al Baghdadi is played by an actor or a lower level member of Al Qaeda impersonating this imaginary grand imam. Al Qaeda is using this persona it to generate a wave of support across the Islamic world to restore the caliphate. If so, it is a very smart move because no matter how many times the US kills the impersonator, they can get another one in his place. Especially if they keep the “voice” separate. After “surviving” numerous assassination attempts, he will be seen as “miraculously” being preserved by God.
I think he’s real and we need to do a bin Laden on him
But this time SHOW THE PICTS
Who is al Baghadhi?
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/who_is_abu_omar_al_b.php
Hmmm. Like the Antichrist?
Thanx
Of course they’ll go after the oil. ( as willie sutton explained when asked why he robbed banks, That’s Where The Money Is).
BTTT
Well, there goes my theory that if Mecca & the Kaaba were obliterated & the black stone pulverized into dust, that world Islam would just wither away.
Still, it’s hard to have any & I mean ANY sympathy for the sucky Saudis. Let ISIS destroy Mecca, Riyadh & Jiddah, while we secure the oil fields with tactical nukes.
We should have taken this latrine immediately following 9/11.
Haramayn? new one on me.. Just don’t mess Jeddah up, sunsets are to die for from there.
side note: Nagasaki is a city full of energetic people making a better life for themselves. Enjoyed visiting the city and landmarks, memorials, one of the cleanest on our recent asiatic cruise.
Raqqa.. POOF !!
Agreed!!
The Rat’s nest.
never spent time in riyahd,, jeddah was interesting,, but dry... unless ya knew the right folks.
Those I know who have been to Saudi talk of a semi-tolerated alcoholic drink called “my friend” in Arabic.
Raki?
And we've got jerks here who don't want coal or fracking. Insane.
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