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2003-08-27 Arabia

U.S.-Saudi Anti-Terror Operation Planned

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Posted by .com 2003-08-27 4:09:57 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Dont knock the IRS. Everyone fears them, and they can get people the law cant get to. Just ask Al Capone.

Posted by flash91 2003-8-27 7:06:20 AM|| 2003-8-27 7:06:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Everyone fears them

To paraphrase Wellington: They damn sure scare me.

Posted by Shipman 2003-8-27 7:44:27 AM|| 2003-8-27 7:44:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, right - that's they plastered it all over the Washington Post. This is as believable as those Saudi PSAs they run during Limbaugh's show.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-8-27 7:59:58 AM|| [http://www.douglasdebono.com] 2003-8-27 7:59:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I like to think that about half of this crap is true. The Saudis basically have a civil war on their hands, with lots of people on both sides at once. (Lots of Yankee Union Army guys with a house full of slaves)

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-27 10:15:25 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:15:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 And switching sides regularly... the old shifting sands bit... Which reminds me very little of the old Bedu and the Rabbi joke. The rabbi shows up at the oasis and asks the Bedu, "How may mullahs does it take to...

Posted by .com 2003-8-27 10:24:43 AM|| 2003-8-27 10:24:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Not a civil war -- a war for succession. It's a fight within the royal family.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-8-27 10:29:44 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-8-27 10:29:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 i think both anon and crawford are right - theres both a struggle between Crown prince abdullah against some of his half brothers, for control of the state, and a struggle of the state against the jihadis, one in which elements of the state support the jihadis as it suits them, and in which such support as one of the tools in the succession struggle.

Maybe a better example would be the French revolution, with different factions struggling among the revolutionaries (jacobins vs Girondins,etc) while the revolution as a whole fought the Vendeens, etc.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-8-27 11:56:33 AM|| 2003-8-27 11:56:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 The Royals vs the Jihadis vs each other, when mapped out, remind me of a rootbound plant when you remove the pot.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-8-27 1:49:12 PM|| 2003-8-27 1:49:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 This is excellent! Iraq becomes a magnet for terrorists so they go there rather than threaten the Home Front. NOW Saudi Arabia becomes a magnet for IRS agents, so they there rather than audit us.

This is an unexpected plus from the War on Terror.

Posted by Ptah 2003-8-27 3:45:05 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-8-27 3:45:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 This is good news. But .com has the crucial caveat in his conclusion. Saudis round the wagons when a khawaji (Western ferner) shows a bit of independence, like say demoting one who doesn't show up for work on a regular basis. The khawaji gets a phone call from a higher up (Western or Saudi) who asks him to give the troublemaker another "chance". IRS and FBI cannot play footsie with their counterparts on the other side of the table. Read the agreement, understand it, and stick to it. Literally. Otherwise, if the Saudis offer cars and other perks not mentioned in the agreement, don't accept them boys. If you do, they will come to you for favors not covered in agreement. You don't play ball, they will stonewall you and you won't know what hit you. Hope our boys know this and are willing to say no. This will rub against the hosts so much as there is an aversion in their culture to refusing a request. I've seen it again and again.

Just like the "Godfather" Remember the scene, folks? Movie producer: Tell Corleone I'll do anything for him except give Johnny Fontaine this role. Duval: Mr. Corleone doesn't ask for other favors if his original one has been turned down.

The stakes are a bit higher here, though.

Posted by Michael 2003-8-27 5:05:29 PM|| 2003-8-27 5:05:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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