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originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: zilebeliveunknown
We’ll see whether Germany is just talking or not
Whether they’ll stop Saudi financed mosques, I hope they do.
the main market of Saudi Arabia is Asia, Saudi Arabia would love to become a big supplier in Europe
The cries of the rational are coming far too late in this game.
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
A bit late since the Trojan horse is already inside the city gates.
You can either wait to be attacked or push the horse back out.
The cries of the rational are coming far too late in this game.
originally posted by: Asktheanimals
A bit late since the Trojan horse is already inside the city gates.
You can either wait to be attacked or push the horse back out.
The cries of the rational are coming far too late in this game.
originally posted by: Indigo5
a reply to: markosity1973
Yes RT is State Sponsored Propaganda...That means any story they run might be (A) True, (B) Half True or (C) Total BS..
But EVERY story they run will serve the Russian Governments agenda in some way.
What is a unipolar world? However one might embellish this term, at the end of the day it refers to one type of situation, namely one centre of authority, one centre of force, one centre of decision-making. It is a world in which there is one master, one sovereign. And at the end of the day this is pernicious not only for all those within this system, but also for the sovereign itself because it destroys itself from within.”
So, finally someone other than Russia is coming to their senses and realising that some of our 'friends' are stabbing us all in the back.
Saudi-Arabien hat aus Sicht des deutschen Auslandsgeheimdienstes seine bisherige außenpolitische Zurückhaltung aufgegeben und entwickelt sich zur offensiv agierenden Regionalmacht. Entsprechend warnt der Bundesnachrichtendienst vor einer destabilisierenden Rolle des Königreiches in der arabischen Welt. "Die bisherige vorsichtige diplomatische Haltung der älteren Führungsmitglieder der Königsfamilie wird durch eine impulsive Interventionspolitik ersetzt", heißt es in einer internen Analyse des deutschen Auslandsnachrichtendienstes.
originally posted by: Revolution9
a reply to: markosity1973
Oooooo! I bet Saudi are soooo scared, not!
It is not the Saudi state doing it. It is private funding from individual Saudis. Multi billionaire is an understatement of how rich these dudes are.
From: www.forbes.com...
"One third of the billionaires in the Middle East are related to each other."
"Saudi Arabia’s $776 billion GDP puts it in the top 10 percentile of world nation’s gross domestic products. It has seven billionaires – fewer than the U.S. state of Georgia – but is home to the richest man in the region : Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud. His net worth of $20.4 billion at the time of publication comes from stakes in News Corp, Citigroup, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts and other investments controlled through his Kingdom Holdings. (In 2013, Prince Alwaleed sued Forbes for libel in response to an article about him; Forbes has filed a formal response to the complaint.)
Prince Alwaleed’s fellow Saudi national, Mohammed Al Amoudi, made his fortune investing internationally, first in Sweden and then through a diversified portfolio in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. He exports coffee beans to Starbucks and tea leaves to Lipton, in addition to owning oil refineries in Morocco and Sweden and oil fields off the coast of West Africa."
From: en.wikipedia.org...
"Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $26.1 billion Investments
Sheikh Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Juffali $19.8 billion Investments, Diversified
Mohammed Al Amoudi $9 billion Oil
Sulaiman Al Rajhi[3] $8.4 billion Banking
Maan Al-Sanea $8.1 billion Construction, finance
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber $5.3 billion Real estate, hotels
Saleh Kamel $5 billion Diversified
Saleh Al Rajhi $4.7 billion Banking
Abdullah Al Rajhi $3.2 billion Banking
Sulaiman Algosaibi $3 billion Diversified
Khalid Bin Mahfouz & family[4] $2.8 billion Banking
Mohammed Al Rajhi $1.6 billion Banking"
I can see this list is NOWHERE NEAR complete so Wiki are hiding some of them. Bin Ladens are Saudi billionaires. WTF Wiki, why are they not in this list? There are others, too.
Less billionaires in Saudi Arabia than state of Georgia apparently. Surely it is know who among them are sponsoring terrorism. Take the culprit(s) out of circulation then this extremism's financial head is cut off. Stop the oil being sold on the black market by IS then no more money for IS, job done. Of course, the coalition does not want it quite like this. They want it to drag on for political capital.
Here is a general article on Saudi Arabia: en.wikipedia.org...