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| Aramco Bus Torched in Tense Saudi Eastern Province | |
| 2016-01-06 | |
| [AnNahar] Saudi police said armed "troublemakers" torched a bus Tuesday in Eastern Province, which was home to Nimr al-Nimr, the prominent Shiite holy man whose execution sparked a regional crisis with Iran. A police front man in the Shiite-majority province in the mainly Sunni Gulf kingdom said there were no casualties in the incident. Cited by the official SPA news agency, he said four armed "troublemakers" intercepted the vehicle transporting workers in Qatif and set fire to it at gunpoint. Social media sites said the bus belonged to the Saudi oil firm Aramco. It was the second such incident in the oil-rich province since Saturday's execution of Nimr for "terrorism."
A virulent critic of the Saudi regime, Nimr was venerated in the kingdom's Eastern Province. His execution led to Shiite protests in several Muslim countries and attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Riyadh's regional rival Tehran. On Sunday 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... broke off relations with Iran, and Bahrain and Sudan followed suit. The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait downgraded their diplomatic ties with the Islamic republic. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Sixth Sense sequel: "I see dead Shias" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-06 21:43 |
| #2 That was a live round aimed squarely at the Saudi's wallet. Lighting up Aramco property WILL get a vigorous reaction. I would hazard a guess that the (covert, irregular troops) Kinetic Phase of the Persian/Arab war of 2016 is officially under way. |
| Posted by: Nguard 2016-01-06 16:41 |
| #1 Messing with Aramco property is like shooting up a Coca-Cola Machine. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-01-06 14:42 |