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Saudi ready to join Raqqa battle: Assiri
 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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... is prepared to join a US-led international coalition preparing an operation to isolate ISIS Death Eaters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Arab Coalition front man Maj Gen. Ahmed al-Assiri told Alarabiya.net. Assiri expressed Saudi Arabia’s willingness to take part in the operation if it was asked to do so. "The kingdom is committed to the fight against ISIS in Syria as part of an international coalition, including air sorties delegated to it, whether from within the kingdom or via its warplanes stationed at the Turkish Incirlik base," he told the website. The US-led coalition intends to start an operation to retake ISIS’s de facto capital of Raqqa. With regard to ground operations, Assiri said that the international coalition agreed in a meeting in Washington to rely on local Syrian forces and would provide air coverage for them. When asked if Saudi Arabia is interested in joining the ongoing battle to retake djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , Assiri said the Kingdom never took part in any operations in Iraq, citing that it cannot be involved in operations in which the Iranian-backed he Popular Mobilization forces are involved. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-28 |
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