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FlamingLiberal posted:Yup, straight up purge Whoa, who were these dudes? Is our young hero straight up murdering his cousins?
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Whoa, who were these dudes? Is our young hero straight up murdering his cousins? I mean it's not entirely impossible it really was a plane crash that killed them. Of course if it wasn't there might not be any way to know for sure.
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Nov 6, 2017 01:18
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Oh, boy. https://twitter.com/AP/status/927325658975494144
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Nov 6, 2017 01:21
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How is this different than what was already going on? Or are they shutting off even food shipments?
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Nov 6, 2017 01:23
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Al-Saqr posted:HOLY poo poo ABDULAZIZ BIN FAHAD?! Looking this guy up, seems like he was tight with Saad Hariri. I wonder if that is a coincidence. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/nyregion/at-rape-trial-2-views-of-a-saudi-princes-wealth.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss quote:Saudi Arabia. The company was founded by Rafiq Hariri, who built Saudi Oger into a large company by winning the trust and business of King Fahd. “Hariri used to say, ‘The meat on my shoulder is from King Fahd,’ ” said As’ad AbuKhalil, a professor of political science at California State University Stanislaus, who has written several books and runs the blog The Angry Arab News Service. Mr. Hariri, a former prime minister of Lebanon, was assassinated in 2005. His son, Saad Hariri, took over Saudi Oger and was Lebanon’s prime minister for 14 months before he was ousted last year. The two younger men are known to be close, said Mr. AbuKhalil and Mr. Henderson.
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Nov 6, 2017 01:25
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I don't think the  explanation is the most likely scenario, despite the timeliness of it. From what I've read (French source) it was a helicopter crash near the Yemen border. So if it was shot down, it would seem more probable that the culprits would be Houthis. Of course, if it's conspiracy by the power-mad MBS, then the Houthis will be perfectly convenient scapegoats anyway.Though according to someone from that twitter thread, MBS had no reason to want to get rid of Mansour. https://twitter.com/sunrise121212/status/927324959956979713
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Nov 6, 2017 01:25
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Al-Saqr posted:How is this different than what was already going on? Or are they shutting off even food shipments? While I'd assume that, it's hard to find any details right now. Suppose this is a prelude to something even more insane happening in the near future?
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Nov 6, 2017 01:27
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Whoa, who were these dudes? Is our young hero straight up murdering his cousins? If he's going the full Crusader Kings route, surely the next step is marrying one of the daughters to Barron Trump, thus cementing the alliance.
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I'm not a fan of conspiracy theories as a rule. Proper investigations and evidence are required. That being said, its been a busy loving weekend in Saudi Arabia. 1) MBS arrests a bunch of super rich and powerful people 2) Hariri out of nowhere resigns while visiting KSA 3) Ballistic missile is shot near the capital 4) Some more rich and powerful people wind up dead from an aircraft going down Its conceivable that none of these are connected, and likely that not all of them are. But holy poo poo is it going to be interesting to look into.
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Nov 6, 2017 01:33
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Whoa, who were these dudes? Is our young hero straight up murdering his cousins? Abdul Aziz was the son of the last king. Mansour was the son of a previous crown prince.
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Nov 6, 2017 02:32
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Al-Saqr posted:How is this different than what was already going on? Or are they shutting off even food shipments? you can't fool us, the real Al-Saqr was arrested for corruption
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Nov 6, 2017 02:46
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Freezer posted:If he's going the full Crusader Kings route, surely the next step is marrying one of the daughters to Barron Trump, thus cementing the alliance. Marrying Tiffany wouldn't count because Trump wouldn't care.
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Nov 6, 2017 02:48
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https://twitter.com/HassounMazen/status/927133600297963520quote:A general strike in #Manbij against the forced conscription which has been enforced by #SDF for the residents between 18-37 years old. https://twitter.com/HassounMazen/status/927154911720206337 quote:Clashes between the demonstrators and #SDF (#YPG) in #Manbij city & #YPG arrested some of them after a demo against the forced conscription. Anyone heard anything else about this?
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Nov 6, 2017 02:50
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So, I've got a flight from New York to Bangkok via Qatar in two weeks...should I rethink it? Is poo poo about to hit the fan or am I being ? https://twitter.com/AP/status/927355812888088576
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Nov 6, 2017 03:55
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:So, I've got a flight from New York to Bangkok via Qatar in two weeks...should I rethink it? Is poo poo about to hit the fan or am I being Flying over a war zone is perfectly safe. 
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Nov 6, 2017 03:56
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:So, I've got a flight from New York to Bangkok via Qatar in two weeks...should I rethink it? Is poo poo about to hit the fan or am I being you're going to be fine. if anything is going to happen it will be in Yemen.
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Nov 6, 2017 04:00
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Feel free to drop by Riyadh sometime and get a cheeky Nandos.
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Nov 6, 2017 04:13
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:So, I've got a flight from New York to Bangkok via Qatar in two weeks...should I rethink it? Is poo poo about to hit the fan or am I being You'll be fine.
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Nov 6, 2017 04:15
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Flying over a war zone is perfectly safe. Avoid Malaysian Airlines if at all possible.
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Nov 6, 2017 06:43
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I just want the Saudi civil war goes off when Kingdom tower is getting close to finish. It will be the new Tower of Doom.
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Nov 6, 2017 07:40
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https://twitter.com/ahmed/status/926780844907175936
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Nov 6, 2017 07:45
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Al-Saqr posted:What the hell am I supposed to think? I dont give a poo poo about anybody involved, I am a little more sad about the previous group of arrests done a couple months ago because there were some decent, powerless people who had reformist mindsets, despite how naive they are. Hey are you sure it's OK to write like this? Aren't you still living there? Or do the monitors not care about English writing? I remember a blogger (writing in English) in Venezuela a year or two ago said that state intelligence monitoring didn't know/care about non-Spanish language posts, so he said he was safe.
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Nov 6, 2017 07:49
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:So, I've got a flight from New York to Bangkok via Qatar in two weeks...should I rethink it? Is poo poo about to hit the fan or am I being Youll be fine The biggest danger will be to your wallet. Theres a nice cafe at the beginning of concourse B, order the arabic coffee/qahwa.
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Fuschia tude posted:Hey are you sure it's OK to write like this? Aren't you still living there? I'd say its still dangerous, and Al Saqr is kinda ballsy as far as dissent goes in the middle east. The jacobin article linked earlier in the thread was also written by a dude under a pen name. But on the other hand, people like al saqr (or me) are fat poo poo lords who play video games in their moms basement, we have 0 influence or pose no threat at all to anyone, it'd be a waste of money to arrest us. Well i hope it would, poo poo has been vicious lately.
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Nov 6, 2017 10:38
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https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/927507355578847234
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Nov 6, 2017 13:14
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RIP the only trees within 100 miles.
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Nov 6, 2017 13:21
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1. Holy poo poo a coup/purge in my least favorite country. How likely is this going to bite back hard for the Crown Prince? Can we expect a Saudi-Iran war soon? 2. Can we make an impromptu new thread whose OP can get updated quickly?
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Nov 6, 2017 13:30
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Grouchio posted:1. Holy poo poo a coup/purge in my least favorite country. How likely is this going to bite back hard for the Crown Prince? Can we expect a Saudi-Iran war soon? I reckon it's far more likely we'd have another bullshit proxy war like Yemen.
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Nov 6, 2017 13:39
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DesperateDan posted:couple of 9mm induced brain haemorrhages from a full on purge now quote:it was a helicopter crash near the Yemen border. Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Nov 6, 2017 |
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Nov 6, 2017 13:53
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Fizzil posted:I'd say its still dangerous, and Al Saqr is kinda ballsy as far as dissent goes in the middle east. The jacobin article linked earlier in the thread was also written by a dude under a pen name. I'd say Saudi Arabia treats most of its people like the proles in 1984, if you're harmless and powerless then you can have your freedom to do as you please as long as you keep it to yourself and out of places that matter.
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Nov 6, 2017 15:13
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BTW Al-Saqr, given the current climate I don't think anyone would mind if you go quiet or bland for a while.
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mediadave posted:BTW Al-Saqr, given the current climate I don't think anyone would mind if you go quiet or bland for a while. Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Nov 6, 2017 |
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Nov 6, 2017 15:45
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Still it might be a good idea to hurry up with the new thread, and send that one away in the back of the shop. It's broken anyway.
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Nov 6, 2017 16:14
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Seems to be several protests today against SDF conscription practices. I have a feeling this forced conscription business is gonna come back and bite them in the rear end if they end up fighting SAA forces. A lot of the initial "training" seems to be more ideological than practical, and I suspect that educating conscripts on the benefits of a free society probably rings kind of hollow when you're not actually free to choose whether or not to serve. https://twitter.com/ornekali/status/927464223944466433 "Al Mayadeen reporter @khalediskef says SDF / YPG arrested many locals in#Manbij after the massive protest against compulsory conscription" https://twitter.com/soundandpic/status/927478057530740736 "SDF arrested many civilians in alMansorah town for Conscription" https://twitter.com/24Raqqa/status/927539209887502336 "Fighters of SDF warned civilians in Raqqa about demonstrating against them like Manbij"
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Nov 6, 2017 16:35
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*starts slowly moving the SDF into the Bad Guys column*
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Nov 6, 2017 16:38
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Toplowtech posted:I believe it's called a Turkish suicide. Got any examples for that, the "Turkish suicide"?
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almighty posted:Got any examples for that, the "Turkish suicide"? Toplowtech fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Nov 6, 2017 |
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3839774 okay friends I have made a new thread to tide us over until someone steps up and makes a proper OP or thread.
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