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Yemen Rebels Shell Saudi Arabian City, Casualties Reported; Saudis Vow Retaliation

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After the Saudis allegedly halted their air campaign against Yemen's Houthi rebels on April 21 (allegedly because it promptly resumed the very next day to almost no public announcement), the Yemen civil war and the "skirmishes" by Houthi rebels along the border with the world's biggest oil exporter were quickly forgotten. Until this morning, when the Saudi press and social media has been overrun with reports that the Saudi city of Najran was shelled by Houthi mortars, an attack which Saudi advisor to the armed forces Ahmed Asiri said "will not pass without a response".

From Al Riyadh, google translated:

Najran saw Tuesday afternoon fall of several mortar shells at different locations within the city, and according to sources «Riyadh», the number was 6 shells, targeting some civilian sites, government buildings and One landed on the housing guard compound for the memorization of the first Koran fifth Secondary School for Girls Schools hospitality district .

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«Riyadh» attended some of those sites to monitor these explosions that caused a power outage in a number of districts of Najran city, and met with some of the citizens who have expressed their support with the leadership to deter Alhothin and ousted president rebels, saying they will not be intimidated by such random shells, said the compound guard citizen Yahya Dahmha I was surprised by the fall of the shell at my house in the compound and praise be to Allah that the home and the school was empty and I was on my way to bring up my daughter from high school, pointing out that this work will not scare them away and that the confidence of citizens in the state has no limits. 

 

For his part, Brigadier corner Ahmed Asiri coalition spokesman and adviser forces confirmed in the defense minister's office that the militia al-Huthi targeted the border areas in Najran mortar, and said that what happened today is part of the chaos experienced by the militia al-Huthi, and that the situation now in Najran safe and the armed forces doing their job on the border to counter the attacks Huthi stressing that the work of today will not pass without a response.

The news was confirmed moments ago by Bloomberg which also quoted state-run television citing coalition spokesman Ahmed Asseri, who said - as noted above - that the attack won’t "pass without a response." All schools in the province bordering Yemen are now closed.

Further, according to unconfirmed Twitter reports there are been "many casualties" in the missile attack: an attack which appears quite senseless on the surface as it will simply "force" the Saudi national guard, already prepared for a land incursion, to enter Yemen. Unless of course, that was planned all along, and speculation emerges that this was merely the latest Middle Eastern false flag provocation.

A Saudi response now appears just a matter of time, and one which the oil-trading algos are eagerly expecting, pushing Brent to within two dollars of $68.

h/t @FehmiOncel

 

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Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:32 | 6061579 ilion
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Every shit that you did to others comes back haunting.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:35 | 6061595 Millivanilli
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Pork bombs are the future of Allah snack bar war.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:36 | 6061605 negative rates
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This is why the price of oil goes up.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:41 | 6061619 SoilMyselfRotten
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Thinkin a couple of those Iranian shipments made it thru after all

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:44 | 6061633 Usurious
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''Operation Wetback was an immigration law enforcement initiative created by Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Joseph Swing. The program was implemented in May 1954 by the U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell, and utilized special tactics to combat the problem of illegal border crossing and residence in the United States by Mexican nationals.[1] Ultimately, the program came as a result of pressure from the Mexican government to stop illegal entry of Mexican laborers in the United States based largely on the Bracero Program. After implementation, Operation Wetback was met with allegations of abuse and suspension of certain civil rights of Mexicans that were captured and deported by U.S. Border Patrol.[2]''

Wiki

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:49 | 6061648 Publicus
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Operation Liberate Saudi Arabia begins.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:01 | 6061902 RafterManFMJ
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Yemen Rebels Shell Saudi Arabian City.
*****
Good for them.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:00 | 6062153 HowdyDoody
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Bombs back is a bitch.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 14:18 | 6062716 Sanity Bear
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Blowback is a bitch, and even more so when you don't have an ocean in the way to make retaliation more difficult.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:51 | 6061655 Four chan
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operation wetback was superseded by operation politically correct

and its vastly easier to implement, wide open borders policy.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:58 | 6061677 LOLworld
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Operation whateva is passe.. not to worry, fixed it up for ya

http://pinoyistics.blogspot.com/

 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:17 | 6061734 Poundsand
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I wonder when we are going to see the outcry because they bombed a school and children.  Or the outcry because ISIS beheaded another 300 Syrian Christians over the weekend.

Where are all those Palestinian sympathists?  Oh... that's right, because it really doesn't matter as long as the Israeli's aren't doing it.

Of course soon, someone will tell me for the millionth time that the Saud's and probably the Iranians too are all run by the Mossad. 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:06 | 6061922 Oh regional Indian
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So it's pretty obvious to all watching that the wheel of Karma is turning in it's slow but inexorable grind.

I like how, after bombing the crap out of Yemen, Saudi's promised retaliation for this shelling. 

Karma is clearly coming home to the US, not as bombs but as a eviscerated nation, most of it's population seemingly beyond redemption (figuratively), too close to the cliff to change direction, herd pressing in behind.

*head shake*

Some really spaced out music, sequence 14:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYBO6cJUsFA

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:55 | 6061877 New Kid
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ISIS:Iraq::Houthi:Saud?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:14 | 6061726 rejected
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Might be right,,, now if we can just figure out where the Saudi's got their weapons....

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:57 | 6061886 earleflorida
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spot-on... NR

;>)

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:49 | 6061647 tony wilson and...
Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:14 | 6061724 Spectre
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Don't forget that KC-135 Tankers full of pigs blood sprayed over the entire Middle East would also be a good option.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:10 | 6061937 Oh regional Indian
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Let me slap that back at your face Spectre.

The tragedy of the USA is that there is nothing sacrosanct left. Do you see the massive tragedy of that for a nation? At least the Muslims still belive in something, revere something?

You have nothing. You've been ripped apart by a parasite and there is NOTHING sacrosanct to the population.

Not religion, not Family, not the constitution for sure.

That is why you are splintering, no foundations left...

...

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 14:58 | 6062836 farflungstar
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+1000 Right on. This should not be underestimated. Nothing is sacrosanct when cash money bitchez is all that matters. 

There is an open hole where our soul used to be, and an IOU left by the moneychanger we sold it to.

The IOU reads, "The Germans tried, so did the Russians and the Romans. What made you guys think you would do any better?"

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:35 | 6061599 Ignatius
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The devil is dancing.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:43 | 6061630 knukles
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From all appearances, he's already won and is just sitting down, giddly, starting the Feast of Souls

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:45 | 6061632 ZH Snob
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proxy war to regain SA from the Chinese.  The cabal is desperate and going headlong for the prize.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:45 | 6061635 StychoKiller
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"You have fought bravely, Sir Houthi, now stand aside and let me pass!"  Al'Montee Py'thons Holy Quran... :>D

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:02 | 6062165 HowdyDoody
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I can't wait until Saudi get's to the "it's just a flesh wound" stage.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:32 | 6061581 darteaus
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The Saudis bombed them a day after announcing a bombing halt?

"All war is base on deception." Sun Tsu

That's the way it's supposed to be done, not telling the enemy in advance what, where, when and how - like the West has been doing lately.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:39 | 6061616 Element
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Do the Houthis have sea mines?

Probably not ... but they soon will.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:33 | 6061583 NoVa
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Leia[shocked] No! Alderaan is peaceful. We have no weapons. You can't possibly–
Tarkin: You would prefer another target? A military target?! Then name the system! [stepping closer to Leia and pinning her against Darth Vader] I grow tired of asking this, so it will be the last time. Where is the Rebel base?
Leia[looks at Alderaan for a moment, then, resigned] Dantooine. They're on Dantooine.
Tarkin: There. You see, Lord Vader? She can be reasonable. [to assistant] Continue with the operation. You may fire when ready.
Leia[panicked] What?!
Tarkin: You are far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration, but don't worry. We will deal with your rebel friends soon enough.
Leia: No!
[The Death Star destroys Alderaan]
Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:41 | 6061622 negative rates
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Uncle sam gives rebels weapons for amusment, rebels use them causing more weapons to be needed to fight the good fight, war never ends but expands into space, Darth Vader runs away not wanting to be the next casualty and is never heard from again. 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:17 | 6061965 monad
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Uncle Zbigniew. So do Uncles Vlad, Chuck, Dick, zeDong. Its just central bank business development.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:33 | 6061586 Silverhog
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Chickens are coming home to roost. 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:03 | 6062172 HowdyDoody
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Turkeys shurely?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:35 | 6061592 basho
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this was not to be expected???

the Saudis are going to go the way of libya, syria, irag, afghan.

there are too many players in this game for them to control the situation.

allah may control the price of oil.

too bad he can't knock some common sense into both sides to this conflict.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:54 | 6061662 NoDebt
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I think you're right.  The House of Saud has to be hearing the footsteps coming up behind them by now.  This will be happening in Ryadh and Mecca within a couple years.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:19 | 6061737 Freddie
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Jim Willie and a few others have said the USSA will throw the House of Saud aka House of Shit under the bus and pivot to Iran.  

Why?  My guess is Iran's oil fields are still full and Iran has tons of oil while the Saudis oil fields are tired and dyine.  Also London and the USSA have been stealing all the Saudis gold in London. 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:17 | 6061732 Stumpy4516
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Seeing as it was Israel and the US who decided to destroy those countries and for Libya and Syria used the Saudis as middle men for part of the effort - if the Saudis go down it will be different.  Israel/US will have to find a new assistant and will have to find a way to convince al qaeda and ISIS to attack those of the same religion.  It might be easy to get their leadership to do so but the shooters/grunts might start to question.

Israel may have decided it is time to remove the Saudi's but I doubt it.  No yet.  Couild be this is where they use Russia to be the organizer to use the Shia's to attack the Saudi's from within SA at some point.  But for now remember Putiin supports the sanctions against rebels in Yemen and thus supports the efforts of the Saudis/Israel.  Thus TPTB/NWO are not ready to change the leadership of SA yet.  Only Iran has attempted to assist the rebels, which also shines some light on the divide between Iran and Russia.

Perhaps the plan is for this new organized arab force to be used in conjunction with ISIS to attack the Shia's in all the countries in the ME and to get ready to help take out Iran.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:36 | 6061602 blabam
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Allah has answered my prayers. 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:00 | 6061682 tongue.stan
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Allah fucks male camels.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 13:36 | 6062584 Monty Burns
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And little children.....

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 14:53 | 6062828 farflungstar
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God also fucks little children?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 14:52 | 6062824 farflungstar
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God fucks male camels?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:36 | 6061603 darteaus
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One of those photos looks like the about is hit an ammo dump - notice the secondaries.

Looks like they know their craft.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:46 | 6061640 kaiserhoff
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Yep.  Must be something in the area worth the aggrevation.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:38 | 6061607 ebworthen
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The Sultan's and Royalty being supplanted by Mullah's and Jihadi's.

If the oil doesn't keep flowing the Chinese may step in and take care of it.

They have too many mouths to feed; and they might succeed where Russia and the U.S. have failed.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:47 | 6061627 Element
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Ah, but the Chinese are best buds with the Iranians and Pakis ... it's the US who is backing all the head cutters, and the people who wholesale murder Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:20 | 6061744 samsara
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The US might be backing them,  but most of their oil goes to China

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:45 | 6061821 Element
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Yeah, for now. The Chinese will diversify the sourcing though, and will do for Iran what the US has refused to do while Iran remained under Islamic-Revolution independent nationalist control. Thus the Saudis will be sidelined further and face a new gush of production.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:50 | 6061651 1stepcloser
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we arabspring'd some folks

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:55 | 6061671 Dr. Engali
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Bloomturd, please. Can we please stop pretending that we have an independent media and acknowledge the fact that Saudi Arabia isn't the only country with state run teevee?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:00 | 6061681 wrs1
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WTI popping over $60 on this and right on schedule.  Should be $75 by June.  Is Cushing full yet?  When is oil going to be $20?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:03 | 6061687 Huh Reeeally
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Highly suspicious and unlikely that the Houthi's would attack a Saudi city with such a pathetic barrage, clearly the Saudi's, who have supported and defended the Yemeni government for years, have decided to invade and are looking for a Hitleresque, or should I say US, type false flag attack to justify their actions. Since Isreali planes have been bombing Yemen and working with Saudi air force it could have been carried out by Mossad, the CIA's ISIS, or any of the regional players. Transparent yet unprovable and plausibly deniable, yet unmistakable BS nonetheless. Maybe the French could dust off those old guillitine drawings so we can build a few thousand and take care of the problem once and for all. Those who support these wars should be required to fight, regardless of their age, with politicians leading the battlefield charges. Maybe that would induce some 'sober second thought'.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:39 | 6061698 earleflorida
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connecting the splats?

"Jordan host 18-country military drill amid wars, tensions"

http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/May-05/296889-jordan-hosts-18-country-military-drill-amid-wars-tensions.ashx

Note: The Palestian refugee crisis has never subsided since the 50s...[?]

Note2: WTF is this got [Rothschild-Cheney-Israel] to do with it?!?

"israel's oil wars shift to the Golan Heights"    9/18/14

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-oil-wars-shift-to-the-golan-heights/

http://whatreallyhappened.com/##axzz3ZDyP1hW4

Note3: Funny how the Saudi's have to use their precious money to pay for our? war, without saddling the USSA taxpayer with the bill? Oh, wait... their's a $50-$100 Billion 'MIC' contract in the pipeline[s]...[?] 

Kerry to the rescue...

 

?dated? scroll...

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:01 | 6061699 czarangelus
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Hahaha just the thought of some mid-level KSA Army faggot actually having go into enemy territory gives me the giggles. If you thought the Ukrainian Army were disciplined fighters just wait til you see the Sauds!

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 14:56 | 6062832 Anunnaki
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Which is why the Pakis had the good sense to say no thanks on this adventure

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:11 | 6061717 Ban KKiller
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King will just pass out more money thinking it buys loyalty. 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:21 | 6061741 1stepcloser
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Just Like Betrayus in Iraq 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:22 | 6061743 Element
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City of Najran, a border town.

"...its population has risen from 47,500 in 1974 and 90,983 in 1992 to 246,880 in 2004. The population mostly originates from the ancient tribe of Yam."

 

Hmm ... populated by some form of potato.

 

 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 13:29 | 6062551 Monty Burns
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Actually the city and environs are inhabited largely by Shia - the Houthis' bedfellows.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:32 | 6061777 Polymarkos
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Good. It's about time someone handed it back to the Saudis.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:40 | 6061799 Element
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From what I just read the city was a part of Yemen until the mid 1930s so this is a long way from attacking Saudi targets proper, more like recon to see what's there and if they can move into it. But a beginning of probing and infiltration.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:51 | 6061854 nah
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Sparticles and Gravitons Muhammad!

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 10:52 | 6061858 teslaberry
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yemen is hte ideal theatre for AI weapon experimentation. 

so little media, so few airports, so much distance, and so much violence. 

UNLEASE THE DRONES.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:15 | 6062233 SpanishGoop
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And far away from the US.

 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:00 | 6061897 Van_Helsing
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I'd love to see them experience some of the terror they have been exporting on their home soil.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:11 | 6061944 monad
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Spies dressed as hooties shoot bottle rockets into SA. SA blows their wad. Who benefits?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:31 | 6062048 Fix It Again Timmy
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Well, according to our State Dept., we need to provide JOBS - and a tip of the hat to Marie Harf for that nugget of wisdom; you know, a McCamel's restaurant or two; a Mosque Depot and badda bing badda boom - everybody's happy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4

 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:23 | 6062270 SmittyinLA
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bullish for Samsung http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2756847/Who-goes-Samsung-... seriously 

Automated defense is gonna be huge. 

the smart Sheiks are buying Samsung guns right now 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:25 | 6062305 Omega_Man
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go houties

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 13:16 | 6062513 Monty Burns
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Great news.  Anyone who attacks the Saud regime gets my vote.

 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 13:54 | 6062646 wow thats crazy
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WTF is the Saudi's thinking??? If they send in troops this will end bad for them.

Or maybe the US would start a war in Yemen to drag the Saudi's into for trying to killing the fracking industry in the States by driving oil prices down! I mean that is economic war if you think about it.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 14:33 | 6062763 provokethegoyim
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nothing clever here
try this:
www.provokethegoyim.blogspot.com

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 19:33 | 6063767 flapdoodle
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Yemen will end up being the House of Saud's Vietnam. SA became really sloppy with managing their money when oil was sky high, and are running through their reserves at a huge rate. The Houthis may bleed them dry and the Iranians will be glad to supply the leeches. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. My guess is that Russians and Iranians are opening up a second front on Syria.

Strategically, Iran can now block oil at the strait of Hormuz and in Yemen. All they need to do is to allow a tanker to be sunk "by rebels" at each end and insurance will go through the roof, as will oil. Perhaps this is what *everyone* is aiming for, US frackers, the Saudis, the Iranians, the British, and the Russians - probably everyone but the Chinese but they at least got their reserves topped up before the curtain rises on the "Big Show". Its almost time to break out the popcorn.

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 02:11 | 6064686 wow thats crazy
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NIce idea! Now Saudi's have people knocking on their door. Ya free bentley for every Saudi drafted into the military lol lol

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