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| Shelling from Yemen kills Saudi border guard, wounds 7 |
| 2015-06-01 |
| Riyadh, Saudi-occupied Arabia -- Saudi Arabia’s state news agency has reported that shelling from Yemen has killed a border guard and wounded seven as a coalition that the country leads continues to target rebels there. The Saudi Press Agency reported late on Saturday that the Lance Cpl. Ismail Mohammed Ibrahim Sindi was killed around 6:30 pm (1530 GMT, 11:30 a.m. EDT) by the shelling targeting the country’s Jazan region. The agency said “the border guard dealt with the situation accordingly,” without elaborating. A Saudi-led coalition has been targeting rebels in Yemen, known as Houthis, since March 26. Cross-border shelling has killed Saudi border guards and soldiers amid the campaign. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Ksa is construct, and a poorly designed one at that. The custodians and ground keepers of the two attractions should have been kept separate from the small coastal strip of land that is Shia and produces 80% of the oil. RIP PDG |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-06-01 16:45 |
| #1 One thing I've wondered about this little kerfuffle is the true strength of the KSA. They have always seemed like the ultimate stable base for anything going on in the mid-east. Any trouble on the periphery (see Kuwait) and someone else would jump in. Now it seems that KSA must take the lead with some other weapon than the price of oil. Could KSA actually be more like the USSR? A country with a formidable looking shell but weak in the middle? What happens when that shell is cracked? Will the whole country crumble as the USSR did? Remember the speed with with which the Soviet empire disintegrated once the first crack appeared. Keep frackin' boys. We're gonna need it. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-06-01 12:07 |