BREAKING: Saudis Intercept Missile From Yemen. UPDATE: WALID BIN TALAL ARRESTED (11 PRINCES TOTAL)

[Grano-Grano]

Yoo shyt got real.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Well no one else has missiles like that in the region...

There’s clearly an internal purge going on as well.

Can’t make heads or tails of the Lebanon situation yet

 

[Techniec]

Well no one else has missiles like that in the region...

There’s clearly an internal purge going on as well.

Can’t make heads or tails of the Lebanon situation yet

I think Israel, with Gulf backing, is making a move on Hezbollah and the Lebanese govt as a whole

Saudis told Hariri to step down to avoid what's coming, and allow him to step in and fill the political void after

 

[Iblazegunz]

American and allied forces got beat by inbred retarded mountain dwellers fighting in flip flops. They got ran out of the country on the ground. If it wasn't for drones and airstrikes they would be the laughing stock of the world. All that technology and military tactics but their fighters are fighting for no cause, they just there to get paid. My brother is a sniper and he will tell you this.

Cut the ducktales out son! Why do we still have multiple bases in this supposed country?

For a troll that hates the US so much , why do you dudes love posting on an Afro American hip hop board?

 

[Arianne Martell]

Saudi Prince, Asserting Power, Brings Clerics to Heel
Saudi Prince, Asserting Power, Brings Clerics to Heel - NYTimes.com
Saudi Prince, Asserting Power, Brings Clerics to Heel

 

[ZoeGod]

Saudi Arabia isn't really do shyt. Both of them talk shyt but will fight each other indirectly through their proxies.

I think Israel, with Gulf backing, is making a move on Hezbollah and the Lebanese govt as a whole

Saudis told Hariri to step down to avoid what's coming, and allow him to step in and fill the political void after

Yeah I think this is what likely to happen. They probably are going for the regime change spiel. However Lebanon will be a bear trap for Israel like it was in the 80s. Israel can't afford to fight a long protracted guerilla war.

 

[Techniec]

Saudi Arabia isn't really do shyt. Both of them talk shyt but will fight each other indirectly through their proxies.

Yeah I think this is what likely to happen. They probably are going for the regime change spiel. However Lebanon will be a bear trap for Israel like it was in the 80s. Israel can't afford to fight a long protracted guerilla war.

Are they really gonna go in there like that? I don't think even the most hardline Israelis believe they can eliminate Hezbollah without a massive ground invasion and huge relaxation of the rules of war

I personally think the Israeli/Gulf objective is to hammer Hezbollah targets in Lebanon hard enough to get them to fall the fukk back from Syria

On some, how much is the Shia Crescent nonsense worth to you? Enough to lose your home base?

 

[Arithmetic]

 

[Trajan]

Saudis told Hariri to step down to avoid what's coming, and allow him to step in and fill the political void after

Reuters reported that the Saudi government had appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct a review of Saudi Oger's major projects in April to examine how much it is owed by the government.

In June, Reuters estimated that Saudi Oger owed around $3.5bn to Saudi banks.

The fortunes of Saudi Oger are rumoured to be a key factor in the current situation - the anonymous Saudi commentator Mujtahidd tweeted that Hariri's resignation stemmed from blackmail by the Saudis over missing funds.

“The main reason for summoning [Hariri] back to Riyadh is to hold him captive with the rest of the detained princes and businessmen to blackmail him and force him to bring back the funds he has abroad, particularly those not linked to Lebanon," he said.

 

[Trajan]

Detained Saudi elite to face trial as purge widens

Dozens of high-profile Saudi political and business figures arrested in an anti-corruption sweep will face trial, the attorney general said Monday, after a sweeping purge of the kingdom's upper ranks.

Princes, ministers as well as billionaire tyc00n Al-Waleed bin Talal were swept up in the crackdown at the weekend led by a newly formed anti-graft commission headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

"All those suspected... will have full access to legal resources, and the trials will be held in a timely and open manner," Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said in a statement.

"A great deal of evidence has already been gathered, and detailed questioning has taken place."

The information ministry on Sunday said the bank accounts of those arrested will be "frozen" and any assets related to the corruption cases will be registered as state property

Meanwhile, the anti-corruption probe appeared to be widening on Monday after the founder of one of the kingdom’s biggest travel companies was reportedly detained.

Shares in Al Tayyar Travel plunged 10 percent in the opening minutes of trade after the company quoted media reports as saying Nasser bin Aqeel al-Tayyar, who is still a board member, had been held by authorities.

The company gave no details but online economic news service SABQ, which is close to the government, reported Tayyar had been detained in an investigation by a new anti-corruption body headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The front page of Okaz, a leading Saudi newspaper, challenged businessmen on Monday to reveal the sources of their assets, asking: “Where did you get this?” in a bright red headline.

Pan-Arab newspaper Al-Asharq Al-Awsat reported that a no-fly list had been drawn up and security forces in some Saudi airports were barring owners of private jets from taking off without a permit.

The allegations against the men include money laundering, bribery, extorting officials and taking advantage of public office for personal gain, a Saudi official told Reuters. Those accusations could not be independently verified and family members of those detained could not be reached.

Detained Saudi elite to face trial as purge widens




Sounds like a money grab

 

[ZoeGod]

Are they really gonna go in there like that? I don't think even the most hardline Israelis believe they can eliminate Hezbollah without a massive ground invasion and huge relaxation of the rules of war

I personally think the Israeli/Gulf objective is to hammer Hezbollah targets in Lebanon hard enough to get them to fall the fukk back from Syria

On some, how much is the Shia Crescent nonsense worth to you? Enough to lose your home base?

The thing is the war is winding down in Syria. Hezbollah has already stated they are going to leave in 2018. The Israeli military has said repeatedly they want to go all out in Lebanon. It is a foolish goal if they go down that route.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Saudi Corruption Purge Snares $33 Billion of Net Worth in Riyadh

 

[thatrapsfan]

I think Israel, with Gulf backing, is making a move on Hezbollah and the Lebanese govt as a whole

Saudis told Hariri to step down to avoid what's coming, and allow him to step in and fill the political void after

IMO the Hariri move is more about Saudis trying to accelerate a second war between Israel and Hezb. Hariri broke the deadlock in Lebanon by finally approving Aoun as President - by resigning the void returns again, but in a Lebanon where Sunnis feel as they have no representation, where Hezb has gotten more powerful, and in which effects of Syrian war are direct ( 1 million refugees, unstable border, Assad looking like will retain power) All those factors raise the possibility for domestic/ international conflict, as government will likely be deadlocked again without agreement on replacement PM (has to be a Sunni in their system)

 

[thatrapsfan]

Detained Saudi elite to face trial as purge widens







Detained Saudi elite to face trial as purge widens




Sounds like a money grab

It is, theyre about to seize the assets of the richest guys in the country. Saudi Marxism incredible


My impression is this is very much a populist move and that young Saudis and general population are supportive so far ( just from reading social media) I think his language about modernizing, anti-corruption, and changing how things are done sounds appealing to many Saudis.

The problems will set in when the economic targets he is selling fail, and he has a royal family thats divided, along with many other embittered elite. This raises the prospects of domestic instability in the future big time IMO - hes simply creating too many enemies, and selling too many unachievable targets. The old MO, which has worked for the Gulf rulers so far, was to handle competition internally through patronage and balanced concessions. Can this turn to one man rule overnight, while their future economic prospects are not the brightest? Im doubtful but so far it must be stated that hes popular.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Saudi Prince, Asserting Power, Brings Clerics to Heel
Saudi Prince, Asserting Power, Brings Clerics to Heel - NYTimes.com
Saudi Prince, Asserting Power, Brings Clerics to Heel

This isnt surprising to me. I think many (including the clergy themselves) overestimated how popular they are with the general population.