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spooky24
In the Kingdom, as precept to Islamic law, one can be beheaded for simply lying about anything.
spooky24None of the posters in this thread speak Arabic, have taken the time to try to learn about other cultures or even know what the Koran is much less open it and try to understand it's message of peace and understanding by adhering to the ways of the Prophet.
Yet you sit here with your fatalist know-it-all attitude about the world that comes from the only scholastic ability you have-that is, of course, typing into Google.
The motor of capitalism is the ability to move and sell products by enticing buyers of these products by any deceptive method available.
In the Kingdom, as precept to Islamic law, one can be beheaded for simply lying about anything.
Read these last to sentences and try to understand the gargantuan differences between these cultures, who happen to need each other to survive.
jimmyx
Saudi influence and power?...go to Washington, stand in front of their consulate, pull out a camera and start taking pictures of it....see what happens to you.
That's a pretty ridiculous post. The NY Post has every bit of journalistic integrity as any other news source. Tabloid is just format. It has nothing to do with content. The NY Times is just as capable of printing nonsense and propaganda as any other, and as a matter of fact, have been found to do so on many occasions. There's no trusting any media source 100% or even 50% IMO.
_BoneZ_
I added a disclaimer to the OP. I had no idea the New York Post was a tabloid newspaper. I'm not from New York, and thought NYC had more than one circulating newspaper.
Therefore, the accuracy of the story in the OP cannot be confirmed or believed at this time.
Didn't see your post before making mine, but yes it seems Obama and the Saudis are in a pissing match over Iran. Obama probably has more than one reason to toss a hornets nest into the news cycle. Actually he probably has more than ten.
Bassago
Wonder if this is in any way related to the current tensions we are experiencing with SA. They now seem to be in a big rush to ramp up their military and form tighter ties with some of their neighbors. Supposedly this was due to the Iran negotiations but maybe it's not just that.
Bilk22
For something that was redacted and so top secret, they certainly had an awful lot of details in that article.