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Saudi urges citizens to depart Lebanon 'immediately'
 [An Nahar] 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... has called for all citizens to leave Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... "immediately" as tensions mount along Lebanon's southern border with Israel. The Gulf kingdom's embassy in Beirut said it was "closely following the developments" in southern Lebanon, where at least 18 people have been killed in exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Paleostinian The dead are mostly fighters but have also included a Rooters journalist and two civilians. At least three people have been killed on the Israeli side. Paleostinian bully boy group Hamas  ...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...launched a massive assault against Israel on October 7. Israel launched a wave of retaliatory air strikes against the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... Strip, killing nearly 3,500 people, mostly civilians. Hezbollah has since been involved in a series of tit-for-tat incidents with Israel. After a rocket strike on a Gaza hospital killed hundreds on Tuesday, Hezbollah called for a "day of rage". Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters gathered in Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday to protest the strike. The Saudi embassy statement said citizens remaining in Lebanon should "exercise caution and stay away from places where gatherings or demonstrations are taking place". Kuwait this week also warned its citizens against travelling to Lebanon. The Kuwaiti foreign ministry said citizens wishing to visit "should be patient and postpone travel during this stage" and those already in the country should "return voluntarily if there is no urgent need for their presence". Posted by: Fred 2023-10-20 |
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