Posted on 05/22/2015 8:49:35 PM PDT by Dallas59
Islamic State (Isis) has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Saudi Arabia's eastern province that killed over 20 people while they prayed at a local mosque. The bombing marks the first time IS has struck inside Saudi Arabia.
The jihadi group has issued a statement in Arabic on Twitter as well as what appears to be a photograph of the bomber, who targeted a Shi'ite mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh.
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First attack inside Saudi territory.
Another Obama victory
It’s all fun and games until someone loses a war.
Fine by me. These idiots are well on their way to uniting the whole ME against them.
I labor under a dearth of knowledge related to the intricacies of the Shia/Sunni conflict, but it seems to me that if a mosque in Saudi Arabia isn’t Islamic enough for you, then you must be really super-duper Islamic.
Where are they getting all the explosives? I realize in a chaotic environment they can’t be intercepted like seems to be the case in our country, at least most or a lot are intercepted or taken down in a sting operation.
The days of the House of Saud are numbered. Ironic that al Qaeda was originally a Saudi financed Sunni legion of foreign fighters that the Saudis hoped would create an Arabic speaking Sunni state composed of parts of Syria and Iraq to confront Iran. The problem was that al Qaeda spawned the barbaric ISIS which the Saudis not only could not control but have become a real threat to Saudi rule. The Saudis now have ISIS to their East and Iran with a toehold on the Arabian peninsula to their South. Soon the winds of the Arab Spring will blow through Arabia and bury the House of Saud. As the Muslim world goes through its violent contortions, the concept of a “kingdom” is simply not sustainable.
First SUICIDE attack.
A Shia mosque was shot up by gunmen last fall in Hofuf.
The House of Saud will fight back, with the American weapons we sold them and trained them to use.
You reap what you sow Saracens. The Saudi flag has a sword on it and reads: “There is no god but Allah and Muhammed is his messenger.” Funny as the Kaaba has a few hundred names for “Allah” on it. The history of the Arabs is just a repeat of what we are seeing today. Christ help us.
Imagine they will put up some sort of fight. However it is telling that their well equipped but combat inexperienced army has not been deployed to Yemen to defeat the Shi’ite Houthi , restore Sunni rule and eliminate Iran’s toehold on the Arabian peninsula. Will the rank and file soldiers risk all to fight for the “royals”?
Obama says we’re not losing ...
Right now I'm not. I am just eating popcorn. I'll certainly support carpet bombing the rubble at the end to pick the winner though.
The Sauds have the most loot to be looted. If they can’t prevent their own citizens from being murdered by their cousins, then the Kingdom is on quicksand.
A casual glance at some Saudi drifting videos would be enough to cast doubt on Saudi ability to clean their own toilets, much less fight a war.
I’m sure they enjoy being bombed. They think everyone else does.
I’m eating popcorn too but what I also found out a few days ago is the way this freaky-deaky policy of the US is before they drop one they gotta’ have a “spotter” a man on the ground so to speak. Since we are not officially engaged we have no spotters on the ground
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