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2011-04-22 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2011-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I bet Die Welt was fed this info by the Iranians.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-22 08:57|| 2011-04-22 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 They're plundering our wealth too!

Posted by JohnQC 2011-04-22 09:43|| 2011-04-22 09:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Not surprising there are uprisings in the middle east.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-04-22 09:44|| 2011-04-22 09:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, there you go, Saudi Arabia isn't a nation. It's a royal family with territorial holdings. What part of "tribes with flags" didn't you understand, Iran Press?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-04-22 09:47|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-04-22 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 "I bet Die Welt was fed this info by the Iranians." And thats how they roll. Remember that corrupt German that was getting money from the "oil for food" programme? And the POS UN leader who had a son also on the take? And der spegil crap media attacking Bush over taking that down?

I already bagged on the house of saud on this - it has gotten better where as their GDP to debt ratio. But I have a strong thing against Germany's media ever since then. They really want to see the Iran ultra crazy nutters win over the Sauds. They may have Merkel, but Germany is still as corrupt as hell. - they may also be going there.

Posted by newc 2011-04-22 10:13|| 2011-04-22 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Um, saudi princes have been running amok for many years now....this is a surprise? hello, wake up!

Posted by 746 2011-04-22 12:22|| 2011-04-22 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 for many years now....this is a surprise?

Indeed, 746. Like so much else revealed by the stolen WikiLeaks archive, it's only a surprise to those who haven't been paying attention.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-04-22 13:16|| 2011-04-22 13:16|| Front Page Top

#8 I think you will find that the rulers of many other Muslim countries are doing the exact same thing. By right of conquest (and inheritance), sultans or emirs (or whatever) own their countries and all the subjects within. Most will dress it up with some verbal concessions to the democratic pieties of today. But the relationship of subject to sovereign isn't that much different from that which prevailed during Muhammad's era. In this respect, the primary difference between Iran and Saudi Arabia is that Iran's "princes" have only been around for 30 years.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-04-22 16:25|| 2011-04-22 16:25|| Front Page Top

#9 well it's not like the germans haven't had influence in the region before! Remember the nazis helped create the baath party

Posted by chris 2011-04-22 19:51|| 2011-04-22 19:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Arabs going crazy with power? I'm SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU!

Posted by Charles 2011-04-22 20:24|| 2011-04-22 20:24|| Front Page Top

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