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2004-05-31 Arabia

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Posted by RWV 2004-05-31 1:20:31 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Alhmedi over at The Religous Policeman has some excellent observations on the Alkhobar attacks in his May 30 posting. It's worth a read.

Posted by GK 2004-05-31 3:11:51 PM|| 2004-05-31 3:11:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I didn't edit this particularly well. The thrust of the article is that the terrorism in SA is being advanced by the byzantine maneuvering between princes to see who follows Fahd to the throne. Nayef is afraid to clamp down too hard for fear of losing the support of Islamic radicals and Abdullah is using the attacks to show that Nayef is not competent to run the family business. Going to get much worse before it gets better.

Posted by RWV 2004-05-31 3:14:10 PM|| 2004-05-31 3:14:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 RWV, that fits with what I've been reading lately. Byzantine political maneuvers, indeed; each is jockeying to be the next power holder, using all the violence and conspiracies at their disposal.

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-31 6:04:48 PM|| 2004-05-31 6:04:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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