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fleur-de-lisa

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:22 PM Nov 2017

Jerusalem Post: Saudi Arabia says Lebanon has declared war on it




http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Saudi-Arabia-says-Lebanon-has-declared-war-on-it-513547?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Saudi Arabia said on Monday that Lebanon had declared war against it because of attacks against the Kingdom by the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah.

Saudi Gulf affairs minister Thamer al-Sabhan told Al-Arabiya TV that Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister on Saturday, had been told that acts of "aggression" by Hezbollah "were considered acts of a declaration of war against Saudi Arabia by Lebanon and by the Lebanese Party of the Devil."
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Jerusalem Post: Saudi Arabia says Lebanon has declared war on it (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Nov 2017 OP
The Saudi royals are in full freak out mode right now underpants Nov 2017 #1
Oh crap, expect an incident that makes it "necessary" for the U.S. forces to jump in. Girard442 Nov 2017 #2
I wonder if all this stuff going on in the Middle East fleur-de-lisa Nov 2017 #3
Nice Work Jared Me. Nov 2017 #4
Mission Accomplished. Iggo Nov 2017 #5
Precisely Me. Nov 2017 #7
Nice work, Jared. smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #8
Did You Notice How WaPo Referred To Them As The Two Princes Me. Nov 2017 #9
Yes, I was wondering about that. Were they just being snarky? smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #11
? Me. Nov 2017 #12
The US should not miss an opportunity to get between the Shia and Sunnis. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #6
Destroying Hezbollah is a worthy goal hack89 Nov 2017 #10
Lebanon has a military? lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #13

Me.

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4. Nice Work Jared
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:33 PM
Nov 2017

The Middle East is going to go up in flames....am waiting for Israel to jump in with the hope they can extend the war to Iran that Bibi has been jonesing for.

Me.

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7. Precisely
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:48 PM
Nov 2017

Jared slips into S.A....Stays Awhile...Leaves...There is a Coup

Vision 2030

“The Trump Administration has heavily courted the House of Saud; Trump’s first foreign trip was to Saudi Arabia. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, made an unannounced trip to the desert kingdom in late October—his third this year. Officially, the focus was the Middle East peace process, but he has developed a close relationship with the Saudi Crown Prince. (Both are in their thirties.) The royal family’s close ties to the Trump Administration have evidently made the king and his son feel comfortable about taking tough actions against their own people.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-saudi-royal-purge-with-trumps-consent

“MBS is emboldened by strong support from President Trump and his inner circle, who see him as a kindred disrupter of the status quo — at once a wealthy tycoon and a populist insurgent. It was probably no accident that last month, Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, made a personal visit to Riyadh. The two princes are said to have stayed up until nearly 4 a.m. several nights, swapping stories and planning strategy.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-saudi-crown-princes-risky-power-play/2017/11/05/4b12fcf0-c272-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.1cabc5d60840

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