It's On: Saudi Arabia Severs Diplomatic Ties With Iran, "Does Not Care" If It Has Angered White House
Earlier today, as Iranian police struggled to disperse protesters gathered outside the Saudi consulate in Mashhad, we said the following about the rapidly deteriorating situation:
If crude needed an excuse to rally, then surely this is it as it now appears that in addition to the fact that Riyadh and Tehran are squaring off in Syria (where Iran is present and the Saudis fight by proxy) and Yemen (where the Saudis are present and the Iranians fight by proxy), the two countries are on the verge of a historic diplomatic crisis which has the potential to stoke sectarian violence across the Muslim world.
Well sure enough, just hours later, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Ahmad Al-Jubeir announced that Riyadh has cut diplomatic ties with Tehran. The Saudis have demanded the Iran mission leave the country within 48 hours.
Jubeir said the attack in Tehran was in line with what he said were earlier Iranian assaults on foreign embassies there and with Iranian policies of destabilizing the region by creating "terrorist cells" in Saudi Arabia.
"The kingdom, in light of these realities, announces the cutting of diplomatic relations with Iran and requests the departure of delegates of diplomatic missions of the embassy and consulate and offices related to it within 48 hours. The ambassador has been summoned to notify them," he said.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir
Riyadh also claims Iran did not attempt to stop protesters from storming the consulate.
Here's are the main bullet points:
- SAUDI TO FIGHT TERRORISM IN ALL OF ITS FORMS: AL-JUBEIR
- IRAN HAS SPREAD CHAOS, SECTARIANISM IN REGION, MINISTER SAYS
- AL-JUBEIR COMMENTS BROADCAST ON AL-EKHBARIYA SAUDI STATE TV
- ALL OPTIONS ON TABLE TO PROTECT SAUDIS, FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS
- IRAQ PROMISED TO PROTECT SAUDI DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS: AL-JUBEIR
-
SAUDI ARABIA DETERMINED NOT TO ALLOW IRAN TO UNDERMINE SAUDI SECURITY-FOREIGN MINISTER
Promptly thereafter, Washington responded to Saudi Arabia's decision by calling for leaders throughout the region to take "affirmative steps" to reduce tensions, Reuters reports.
"We're aware of reports that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ordered the closure of Iranian diplomatic missions in the Kingdom," an Obama administration official said.
"We believe that diplomatic engagement and direct conversations remain essential in working through differences and we will continue to urge leaders across the region to take affirmative steps to calm tensions."
However, at this point the Saudis are beyond caring what Obama thinks, and made that quite clear. As reported previously, here’s the latest out of Riyadh, via Reuters:
- SAUDI ARABIA DOES NOT CARE IF IT HAS ANGERED THE WHITE HOUSE, SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH SAUDI GOVERNMENT'S THINKING SAYS: RTRS
- SAUDI ARABIA'S POSITION TOWARD IRAN IS 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,' SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH SAUDI GOVERNMENT'S THINKING SAYS: RTRS
For those who might have missed it, the situation began to unravel on Saturday after Riyadh said it had executed prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr along with 46 other prisoners. Protesters poured into the streets from Bahrain to Pakistan and before the night was done, the Saudi embassy in Tehran was in flames.
All of this comes as Iran is projecting its influence in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, posing a threat to Saudi regional hegemony just as international sanctions on Tehran are set to be lifted.
The comments from Al-Jubeir seem to indicate that Riyadh is set to step up efforts to rein in the so-called "Shiite crescent", possibly by getting more involved in Syria, doubling down on the kingdom's commitment to the fight in Yemen, and, quite possibly, taking a more assertive role in Iraq by using the fight against ISIS as a smokescreen for some manner of intervention.
It's also worth noting how absurd it is for the Saudis to suggest that the Iranians are the ones "spreading chaos and sectarianism" in the region. After all, it wasn't Tehran that just executed a prominent member of another sect and it's not Iran that preaches a dangerous, ultra puritanical interpretation of Islam similar to that which Sunni extremists use to justify the execution of apostates. Further, it wasn't Iran that destabilized Syria by fanning the flames of sectarian discord.
In any event, this an exceptionally serious situation that could well mushroom into a direct conflict between the two countries which are already on opposite sides of multiple regional proxy wars.
(47 votes)
»
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- Send to friend
- advertisements -
Unfortunately, that's very like the mess that led to WWI. Too many idiots in a bar where the booze is running out.
That's my view as well, which is why I find those who can't figure out that we live in an massively multipolar world with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of independent factions each vying to advance their own ends, to be extremely stupid and annoying.
Have ya ever met a Saudi?
The inbreeding factor is through the roof.
Their family tree is a stump.
But inbreeding leads to redheads, I read that on ZH, and none of the Saudis are redheads.
Speaking of red heads, I was scratching my head about the one who was a General, under Saddam In Irag. would love to know how he came to be.
Blue, redheads came from the Crusaders. They (the redheads) are also not uncommon in Syria.
Here's MY question: What happens when you have to repatriate all those 1000's of expats working in KSA, account a Saudi-Iran range war?
Stupid myth.
Basically arabs are caucasians, like turks and iranians, berbers and indians, but with lower prevalence of the genes that code for blue eyes or light hair. Those genes are present in their population and they do express, albeit at a lower frequency. In any group of arabs you'll see a gradient with a few dark ones, a few light skinned and a brown majority. Its the same with the mestizos of latin america.
No mistery.
Inbreeding ? You should not tell the Levites that or they will accuse you of being anti-Semitic
Double.
F-in good one Nelson! I will def use that one again!
#inbredlivesmatter
Standard Disclaimer: Do I have to do all the hashtagging for you people?
It's just the wrong sort of Muslim, headchopping the other sort. Been going on for nearly fourteen hundred years, with time-out for jihad against infidels and non-believers.
We are all Kafirs now.
Washington has just lost control in the Gulf. The logical extension of this US strategic impotence is that each side will go after eachothers' tanker traffic. So what does Washington do, protect the Saudi tankers & ignore the Iranian ones? Or will Obama order the US Gulf flotilla to be everybody's punching bag? I think Obama will order the US Gulf flotilla to stay in port, and spectate. The result will be a constriction of crude supply out of the Gulf & a rise in the crude price. There's nuffin like religion ... both sides are on the ropes financially but who cares when your soul is at stake! To pay for this escalation, the Saudis will be selling everything in the First World that isn't nailed down. (The Russian oligarchs in London are going to know pain!)
They lost control when Putin jumped into the ring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQnvyk6jRZc
Could be. A significant increase in oil prices caused by SA and Iran going into mutual self-destruction would revive the U.S. fracking industry. And Putin would be laughing all the way to the bank, too.
The entire region is fraught with many "frenemies". Any nation trying to diplomatically resolve a quarrel will be in the same predicament as a beat cop trying to settle a domestic dispute. Get involved and you're sure to be the enemy of both combatants.
So the Wahhabi House of Saud decided to execute a Shiite cleric on bogus terrorism charges?? They must be close to ready to take on Syria, Iran, and Russia. This is all playing out just as the Zionoids wanted. Have their newly formed 34-state 'Sunni' military bloc wreak havoc against the Shiites until they can't take it anymore. Then any response by force will be labeled a "provocation" by "Shiite terrorists" giving the West the 'justification' they so desperately need to declare war on Iran and Syria.
Muslims killing muslims, Russians killing muslims, meanwhile Israel is laughing and working out its game plan to overthrow the entire region.
Saudi Arabians are a pack of filthy cunts, the US and the UK seem mesmerized by their money and oil
Saudia Arabia was stolen from the Jews !
If numerous stories are right, the Saudi Royals are descendants of jews.
Almost everyone descends from jews, and from all the other groups. Everyone shares many ancestors if you look far enough into the past, remember that the number of ancestors doubles with each generation (2 parents, 4 grandparents, etc). So sure the saudi royals have some jewish ancestors, and far more non jewish ancestors, just like you do. This is even more prevalent in regions where jews ever were large minorities, such as the middle east and eastern europe.
Can you prove none of the millions of ancestors you had in the past 40 generations were not jewish?
The jews themselves are descendants of non jews, because judaism, like christianity or islam, is a religion/cult/ideology and not a race, despite the fact that since the 1880s jews started to get into the idea that they were a race and not just local people with a different religion. That was the birth of zionism and the concept of the "jewish people".
Hmm. Saudi vs Iran...
Iran. By a mile. Have you watched any of the YouTube videos of the Yemenis kicking the arse of the Saudi military?
Turkey takes Saudi and Qatari money to destabilise Syria and Iraq and spread Sunni lunacy into Central Asia and Erdogan decides to antagonise Russia counting on NATO to save him from destruction. Saudi Arabia provokes Iran to bring its Armageddon War to Shia Islam and counts on Us and Uk fighting to keep the decrepit Saudi regime in place.
Starts to look like Saudi as the ramshackle Habsburg Monarchy and Turkey as the deadbeat Ottomans with Syria as Bosnia-Herzegovina and US and UK as the stupid powers being dragged into conflict.
If someone doesn't blink I think Saudi Arabia will look like Libya and Iran will be calling the shots in the region especially if it releases all those countries that owe Saudi Arabia money like Pakistan.
Obama has led the US up the creek without a paddle and in election year too when all the airheads strut and spout inanities for which no Americans are ready to die
John Kerry .... calling John Kerry .... stop bicycling and body surfing .... and report to work ?
Always remember this from the fairly recent past concerning John Kerry and Saudi Arabia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2411806/Offer-table-Arab-countries-pay-scale-U-S-invasion-Syria-says-Secretary-State-John-Kerry.html
Please read this as it shows the stupidity of this country's so called leadership.
Daily Mail Headline: "John Kerry reveals Arab countries have offered to PAY America to carry out full-scale invasion of Syria"
I wonder how US soldiers would like being rented out for such a purpose with a serious risk of being killed or maimed.
Soldiers are dumb.
Regime change is coming at home (1-20-17) and abroad (dates and locations to be determined).
Get yours while you still can.
Fuck Saudi, let them eat camel pussy.
let's take over Saudi oil and send these losers back to their tents.
Start the war now while Yemen and Iraq have some fight in them. ISIS will end as soon as the weapons and money stop.
FU Turkey. need spies in Turkey to take out the evil
funny how Saudi is the agressor while blaming Iran... must have learned from zionists in USA
Why would they care? They knocked the the World Trade Center.
finally it's on.
the Goebbels give away line," we don't care if we angered the us", hell this has been planned for yrs..
s.a., and u.s. can't anger each other, it's impossible, the exposure of 9-11, and trillions of s.a. hidden monies, would bring down both countries.
get ready e.u., s.a., Qatar, eau, Kuwait, isis will be coming home.
hopefully this gets Egypt, and Jordan off the fence.
Classic example of the tail wagging the dog. The puppet government for Saudi Arabia is Obama and the USA. Why do we allow these camel jockies to kick us in the nuts and we complain very little or not at all.
The Sauds support terrorism in the region. Time for a change in the Whitehouse and may it not be "Broom Hilda Hillary Clinton".