Posted on 11/07/2017 11:45:27 AM PST by RoosterRedux
A couple of years ago I attended seminars with Chinese and Israeli counterterrorism experts in Beijing, in my capacity as a board member of a foundation that promotes Sino-Israel relations. A senior Chinese official complained that the Saudi royal family funds every radical madrassa in Xinjiang province, where Muslim Uyghurs of Turkish ethnicity form the majority. With a long and porous border stretching through sparsely-populated lands, Chinese security couldn’t prevent the funds from pouring in.
I asked our Chinese hosts why they didn’t remonstrate with the Saudi government. The Chinese official said, “We talk to the Saudis all the time, and they say they will have nothing to do with it. But this is not a government. It is a family! Some crazy cousin is always sending money to terrorists through informal finance channels.”
Now it appears that Saudi Arabia has a government, thanks to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s weekend purge of the royal family. It is probably the only political event in recent memory that has the support of Washington, Moscow and Beijing, not to mention Berlin, London, Paris and Tokyo — as well as Jerusalem.
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The foundations for the creation of a functioning Saudi state were laid well before President Trump visited Riyadh last March. The Washington Post reported at the time: “Behind the scenes, the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia have been conducting extensive negotiations, led by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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PFL
Can you shorthand what he said?
Curiouser and curiouser!
I like how they put the floor plan over where a time stamp would most likely be. If not there (lower left corner) where is the time stamp? A worthy effort but I’m not remotely convinced.
JUST WOW.
Fantastic ping, thank you..!
Anything else like this in the future and u ping me anytime, thanks.
If you have ping list, please consider putting me on it..!
Wowee, just as I had begun to suspect.
I don’t have a ping list but if I run into something like this I’ll ping you. Glad you enjoyed it..
Whoa!
Hold it right there!
The Sows should have been blown to hell right then. Probably still should.
I thought that it came out (revised) the firing out the windows was after the campos shooting in the hallway?
bttt
Saudi connection ... Las Vegas... AND the story that goes with it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVHmshtmDqo
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