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Are Saudi dissidents preparing to overthrow the king?
jpost ^ | 9/2/10 | Benjamin Joffe-Walt

Posted on 09/02/2010 12:36:25 PM PDT by Nachum

It’s an allegation almost too surreal to be real.

In a claim reminiscent of the most elaborate Middle East conspiracy theories known to date, a “reliable” source in the beleaguered Yemeni government has told the Yemeni news site Al Watan that a group of Saudi dissidents are secretly being trained by separatist Yemeni rebels in military warfare and covert communications so as to overthrow the Saudi king.

Analysts, however, think the source is a government official trying to disseminate false information to turn the Saudi government against the separatists in southern Yemen.

Why would the Saudi government support a separatist movement in southern Yemen in the first place? Well, the source claims, because Saudi Arabia is taking revenge on the Yemeni government over their failure to curb a separate rebellion that spilled over Yemen’s northern border into Saudi Arabia late last year.

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KEYWORDS: dissidents; king; overthrow; saudi
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To: Nachum
Take over?

The deal is the Wahabis are already in charge and have been for a long time. The Saudi royal family is not differentiated from the Wahabi leadership elite.

All same thing GI.

21 posted on 09/02/2010 2:26:48 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Nachum

If this happens who is Obammy going to bow to?

Seriously, if jihadists get control of the oil in the Middle East there is guarenteed to be a big war.


22 posted on 09/02/2010 3:27:04 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Joe Boucher

“Saudi Royal family simply a bunch of spioled fools living off the gub mint teet.
Overthrow em.”

All ‘kings’ throughout history have been installed in a similar fashion.

I detest Saudi Arabia as they are an enemy. The people seeking to overthrow the king are much much worse.


23 posted on 09/03/2010 4:29:29 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

I agree with everrything you say,
I just would like to see the entire mid east go at each other and kill themselves.
Sunni against Shia, to the death.


24 posted on 09/03/2010 4:43:01 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ")
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To: Joe Boucher

Can’t disagree with that plan.


25 posted on 09/03/2010 4:46:39 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

I mowed the front and side with the tractor and thought some more about my reply some more.
This saudi “king” is a back stabbing p.o.s. who is playing the U.S. like a fiddle.
Most here do not think they are our enemies, they are as are the Pakisrtanis.
If a more radical p.o.s. there takes over at least things will be clarified.
Sort of like the fools in Iran. We KNOW they are our enemy.
We just haven’t the balls to nuke them like they truely deserve.


26 posted on 09/03/2010 7:15:14 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) ")
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To: Joe Boucher

Perhaps they’ll kill each other off so we don’t have to worry about it.


27 posted on 09/03/2010 12:28:05 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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