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Saudi King Orders Measures to Defend against Iraq Jihadists
[AnNahar]  King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands Abdullah... Fifth out of 37 sons of King Abdulaziz to ascend to the throne. He is, after his half-brothers Bandar and Musa'id, the third eldest of the living sons of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. Abdullah's mother is from the Rashid clan, longtime rivals of the Saud. He has 6 sons and 15 daughters and about $20 billion. His youngest son is just seven years old... instructed authorities in the oil-rich kingdom Thursday to take "necessary measures" to defend the country from jihadists battling the government in neighboring Iraq. The announcement comes days after turbans from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) seized the border crossing from Iraq into Jordan, which also neighbors the kingdom, as they press an offensive in Iraq. A statement said Abdullah ordered authorities "to take all the necessary measures to protect... the kingdom's security against actions that could be taken by terrorist or other groups." The measures were not spelled out but decided during a security cabinet meeting chaired by the king and devoted to discussing developments in Iraq and their impact on Gulf Arab monarchies. The meeting comes on the eve of a visit to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... by U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... , who has been holding talks with regional and international players to seek ways of containing the unrest in Iraq.
A senior State Department official said Kerry would brief them on his visit to Storied Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, where he urged leaders to unite against the jihadist myrmidons. Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has accused Iraq's Shiite prime minister,  Nouri al-Maliki... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Maliki imposed order on Basra wen the Shiites were going nuts, but has proven incapable of dealing with al-Qaeda's Sunni insurgency. Reelected to his third term in 2014... , of fueling the crisis by marginalizing the country's Sunni Arab minority. Maliki conceded on Thursday that political measures and military action were needed to repel the myrmidon offensive, which is threatening to tear Iraq apart. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-27 |
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