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| Seizure of Sanaa a 'gift' for Tehran? |
| 2014-09-27 |
| [ARABNEWS] The lightning takeover by Iranian catspaws of Yemen's capital this week is a potential boost for Iran, while the US is preoccupied with fighting radicals, analysts said. It is still unclear what the links are between the Ansarullah, or Huthi, rebels and Shiite-ruled Iran, but Tehran will no doubt be pleased by a move that offers the prospect of expanding its influence on the Arabian Peninsula. But while it is also unclear what the rebels plan to do now, any ambitions they may have to dominate the whole country are out of the question. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Gee, a straight shot up the west coast to Mecca. A move in that direction would surely strain the pop-corn supply. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-09-27 15:55 |
| #7 should make that Saooodi internal debate easier about allowing the overfly by Joooo bombers to Iran |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-09-27 13:18 |
| #6 So nothing much in the SW quadrant but a fine way to surround the Saudis... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2014-09-27 12:55 |
| #5 Link to SA oil/gas production map. Scroll down at 'International Petroleum Pipelines' and klik on map to enlarge. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-27 11:09 |
| #4 How much of the Saudi oil is in the southwest quadrant? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2014-09-27 10:58 |
| #3 Looks pretty fricking bad for the Saudis. And us. Actually, to me, it looks pretty fracking good. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-09-27 08:30 |
| #2 Sometimes we're forced to take sides. We can't have an Iran staging base right on Saudi Arabia's border. It's bad enough they are across the Straits of Hormuz. And now IS can just waltz into the Saudi oil fields at a moments notice. Looks pretty fricking bad for the Saudis. And us. I foresee boots-on-the-ground or $20/gallon gas. hmmm |
| Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2014-09-27 02:40 |
| #1 a drone strike on a vehicle in southern Yemen Thursday killed four suspected members of Al-Qaeda, Taking sides in this Sunni Shiia regional war is ill advised and will bring unanticipated consequences. An emboldened Iran may decide the shiia citizens of Kuwait need 'protecting'. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2014-09-27 02:20 |
