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Shiites vs. Sunnis: A Region at War
BESA: Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ^ | Jan 14 2016 | Maj. Gen. IDF (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Posted on 02/15/2016 1:23:44 AM PST by zlando

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Three important events in the fight between Sunnis and Shiites took place this week, including the removal of global sanctions on Iran, and Pakistan's announcement that it would respond to any attack on Saudi Arabia. Is the world's only Muslim nuclear nation about to intervene in the Middle East?

Three very important events took place recently in the Sunni-Shiite battle of titans being waged across the eastern part of the Arab world, the region between Turkey to the north, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Iran in the east.

The most important event is the removal of sanctions from Iran. As part of a process that began when the agreement on its nuclear program was signed, Iran is returning to the world with an American stamp of approval as a regional power. Iranian intellectuals understood this as soon as the interim deal was signed between Iran and the world powers in November 2013 and explained at conferences throughout the world that that recognition was a clear right of the Iranians given their country's importance, strength, history, and achievements in the region in general and in the nuclear negotiations in particular.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; middleeast; shiite; waronterror

1 posted on 02/15/2016 1:23:48 AM PST by zlando
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To: zlando

This link is similar, no Western Nations invited...

https://www.rt.com/news/332454-saudi-arabia-big-drills/


2 posted on 02/15/2016 1:35:50 AM PST by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: zlando
Hey, President Ovomit, how's that “Muslim Outreach” working for you?

They hate you even after you said “Salam Alekum”.

We can't stand you either.

You have failed utterly.

Resign!

3 posted on 02/15/2016 1:37:17 AM PST by Netz
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To: zlando
.. this decision was similar in principle to an earlier Saudi decision to employ force in Yemen and battle against the Houthis, whom the Saudis perceived as agents of Iran ..

But how has that decision worked for them?

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first published on February 12, 2016 by Will

If there was ever a video that proves the importance of security, this is it. Houthi rebels storm a Saudi outpost in the middle of the day, wearing sandals.

They simply walk undetected to within a few feet of complacent Saudi troops and begin draining magazines into them.

The raid is over in a few minutes, and the Houthis make a quick egress with some newly acquired weapons and ammunition.

Warning: graphic:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a79_1455463536

4 posted on 02/15/2016 1:39:24 AM PST by Byron_the_Aussie (Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
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To: zlando

It would be nice if the crips and the bloods wiped each other out.


5 posted on 02/15/2016 4:08:51 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: zlando

As long as they are fighting each other, I’m fine with it.


6 posted on 02/15/2016 4:19:23 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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