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2003-12-27 Arabia

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Posted by tipper 2003-12-27 5:08:43 PM|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I've had a feeling for while that SA is ripe for collapse into some kind of civil war, that may have already started. Yesterday's report of 4,000 terrorists arrested makes me think something big may be going on.

If/when it does the West can not standby and watch cos without that Saudi oil, our economies will grind to a halt. Oil will hit $100/barrel and keep climbing. Europe (excluding the UK which is self sufficient in oil) and China would be badly hit. Russia would be a big winner of course. The USA would fare somewhat better as it imports relatively little SA oil, but $100+ oil would not be fun.

It will be interesting to watch Paris leading the calls for military intervention to keep the oil flowing and even more interesting to see how the USA/UK reacts.

Posted by phil_b 2003-12-27 6:27:27 PM|| 2003-12-27 6:27:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 RTWT (did go a whole cup.) Wahhabists sort people into two groups (themselves and infidels) and include Shi'ites with us infidels. A canape, with clarification:

[cleric and anti-Shi`ite firebrand, Nasir] al-Umar has also insisted that the government must find "a ~~Final~~ quick solution" to the Shi`ites' demographic domination of the eastern province ~~where .com's 40km strip is~~, a proposal that can only be described as an incitement to ~~genocide~~ ethnic cleansing.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-27 7:49:29 PM|| 2003-12-27 7:49:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Anybody know the stats on how much Saudi oil gets pumped per day and where does it go? In million bbl/day

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-27 9:49:31 PM|| 2003-12-27 9:49:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 SA pumpts around 8 million barells per day. You will find some detailed breakdowns on this page - http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/petroleu.html#IntlTrade

Posted by phil_b 2003-12-28 1:01:52 AM|| 2003-12-28 1:01:52 AM|| Front Page Top

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