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2006-08-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Southern Lebanon Shi'ites Furious At Arab 'Oil Kings'

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Posted by Steve 2006-08-16 09:09|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I swear I heard my sympathy meter chuckle.

Posted by wxjames 2006-08-16 09:33|| 2006-08-16 09:33|| Front Page Top

#2 "King Abdullah? His oil is more precious to him than the Lebanese,"

DING! Ibrahim, that is CORRECT!

Posted by tu3031 2006-08-16 09:43|| 2006-08-16 09:43|| Front Page Top

#3 tu3031: took the words right outta my keyboard!

Posted by Mike 2006-08-16 09:53|| 2006-08-16 09:53|| Front Page Top

#4 why did Jordan never open its doors to us?" Zeinab Makky, a resident of the Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, told Reuters News Agency
Smart Jordanians, they didn't open the doors because they remember what happened last time they opened their door to Arafat and his thugs (remember ? -BLACK SEPTEMBER)

Posted by Elder of Zion 2006-08-16 10:19|| 2006-08-16 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Once again the Lebanese and Reuters are oblivious to facts: Jordan is not an oil-rich country -- it imports oil.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/jo.html#Econ

Posted by Darrell 2006-08-16 10:50|| 2006-08-16 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Pan-Islamic solidarity is a wonderful thing...

Posted by Oldcat 2006-08-16 10:52|| 2006-08-16 10:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Ah, but this is a critical weakness of Hezbollah. They are allied with Iran and Syrian thus making KSA, Jordan and Egypt, along with the Gulf countries, their enemy. These Sunni countries don't like Israel, but they do have a "working relationship" with Israel. That means they are not currently threatening Isreal. It seems to me that there is going to be a lot of money flowing to the Sunnis in Lebanon. If they are smart they will share this with their Christian brethren (can I even say that???) and work to outshine the Hezzies. By outshine I mean paid assasinations of Hezzie leaders, lots of non-Hezzie walking around money in Hezzie areas and major campaigns to remind the locals who started the fight that done blowed up their house. Lebanon is the KSA playground. It was rebuilt with their dollars. Count on the fact that they are pissed and are looking for some payback.

Posted by remoteman 2006-08-16 13:26|| 2006-08-16 13:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Say compatriots instead of brethren, and it might work. Or perhaps fellow non-Shiite Lebanese. It's a bit awkward, but covers a lot more territory, and leaves room for Byzantine backstabbing when things are redefined later. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-16 15:36|| 2006-08-16 15:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes the fellow non-Shiite Lebanese is more accurate. I'm sure backstabbing will be on the menu of events on offer.

Posted by remoteman 2006-08-16 15:42|| 2006-08-16 15:42|| Front Page Top

#10 But Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran can turn the Shi'ite Muslims in southern Lebanon into refugees whose homes have been smashed by the IDF and they'll think it means they sympathize with them?

Hezbollah screwed up a lot of Lebanon in their attempt to get the Sheeba Farms "back." If it were anyone else than an Arab/Moslem terrorist group that had gotten those results, we'd be talking about what miserable failures they were.

Posted by Phil 2006-08-16 18:10|| 2006-08-16 18:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Who gives as shite

Posted by Captain America 2006-08-16 21:58|| 2006-08-16 21:58|| Front Page Top

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