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that Somali lady who gave us the story of the horror of FGM in her home country
after fleeing to Amsterdam; now living in America.
has written a book on what Islam needs to do to become peaceful.
was her name Ashri ?
Anyway she is a truly brave and intelligent lady.
Saying stuff that will upset the hate preaching imams.
she may have a fatwa placed on her head now.
No problems, Billy. She has nothing to worry about. Looper says fatwas don't exist. I wish her well, anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by billy the kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe_cuzsmmHUQuote:
Originally Posted by billy the kid
that's her, yes. thanks.
Any reason ?Quote:
Originally Posted by rickschoppers
Oil and the stable flow of it over rules your, and many others with you, dreams
Not involved ???Quote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
Some memory span there
Yes, apologists will take this blind stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by helgeNot involved ???Quote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
Some memory span there
Apart from his occasional brain haemorrhage, Bsnub usually sees thing with some logic involvedQuote:
Originally Posted by thaimemeYes, apologists will take this blind stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by helgeNot involved ???Quote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
Some memory span there
Maybe he has found himself another Ukraine here, with a self made home side to cheer on
Obviously I was speaking hypothetically about a "dream" solution. Everyone wants the oil, which is why there is so much interest. Not really rocket science, is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by helgeAny reason ?Quote:
Originally Posted by rickschoppers
Oil and the stable flow of it over rules your, and many others with you, dreams
I can still hope the US keeps a minimalist attitude when it comes to air support and boots on the ground. It appears there is an arab coalition being formed to fight the threat in Yemen, so I will wait with baited breath.:chitown:
America will create more problems for themselves by maintaining all sides of these conflicts - have a history of such self-serving foreign policy and militarism ventures.
The backlash will be severe.
Get the socialist commie failed community agitator gone and there'll be a new day born in America :DQuote:
Originally Posted by thaimeme
It matters not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boon MeeGet the socialist commie failed community agitator gone and there'll be a new day born in America :DQuote:
Originally Posted by thaimeme
They're all in step with the same establishment club.
Armaments.
Much in demand, only a few suppliers, they hold the market and trade for what they want.
Suppose they gave a war and no one came.....
What will it take to get rid of ISIS?
The correct policies from the west - no more no less.
This would include the stoppage of creating the entity....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dapper
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Originally Posted by OhOh
How did you come by this bit of fantasy?
What is the biggest threat to Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the region? The Houtis, ISIS, or al Qaeda? I feel that Saudi Arabia and the Arab coalition has made a poor choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by rickschoppers
^^ He was quoting snubs.
Iraquis retook Tikrit from ISIS a day ago, Iran aren't in the mix any more, US gets a clearer target to bomb, outside of Tikrit city.
What threat is that? Yemen has been a basket case for years and years.Quote:
Originally Posted by rickschoppers
Iraqi forces in 'major advance' against IS in Tikrit
Iraqi government forces have made major advances against Islamic State (IS) militants in Tikrit, officials say.
Army officials claimed on Tuesday that as much of 75% of the city had been recaptured, including the city centre and government headquarters.
Iraqi forces were rejoined in the battle by Shia militias, who said last week they would boycott fighting while the US was carrying out air strikes.
IS militants seized the strategically important city last summer.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Twitter that Tikrit, which is Saddam Hussein's hometown, had been "liberated" from IS occupation, but reports said fighting for large parts of the city was ongoing.
Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, an Iraqi army commander Tikrit's Salahuddin province, said his forces fighting in from the west were still 300m (1,000ft) from the city centre.
There are about 3,000 Iraqi soldiers and police fighting to liberate the Sunni city, with support from about 20,000 Iran-backed Shia militias, known collectively as the Popular Mobilisation units, as well as local tribesman and residents.
Some of the militias appear to have reversed an earlier decision to freeze their participation in the offensive while the US-led coalition carried out strikes.
Tuesday's advances are the most significant in the government offensive in the city, which began on 2 March but was stalled as it waited for air support and ground reinforcements.
Ammar Hikmat, deputy governor of Salahuddin province, where Tikrit lies, said pro-government forces were "pushing forward toward the presidential complex and have already entered parts of it".
"I think the whole city will be retaken within the coming 24 hours," he told the Associated Press news agency.
Recapturing Tikrit is seen as strategically vital in the battle for Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Mosul, which is north of Tikrit along the Tigris river, was captured by IS in June last year during a lightning advance across the country.
Iraqi forces in 'major advance' against IS in Tikrit - BBC News
I believe I was referring to a threat to Saudi Arabia since they share a border. There does seem to be a threat, or Saudi would not be bombing the shit out of Yemen right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by OckerRocker
I don't believe there is a real threat to Saudi Arabia from the Houtis. ISIS or al-Qaeda are a more realistic threat to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's only perceived "threat" is likely to be that the Houtis are Shia and not Sunni and therefore they might fall under the sphere of influence of Iran rather than the gulf "monarchies" and the USA.
The rebels/insurgents in Yemen are Shia and the Saudis, Sunnis.
Threat? I don't know.
A perceived threat or simply SA belting the crap out of a bunch of rebels from another sect.Quote:
Originally Posted by rickschoppers
You've lived in Saudi, you claim - and I have no reason to not believe you - so you know how tightly controlled everything is there . . . including the clergy.
This:
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Originally Posted by Neverna
Saudi doesn't want to be seen attacking other Sunni, as much as US doesn't want to be seen interfering or taking sides in the Sunni/Shia conflict, so the proposed multi Arab states' coalition against both the Shia Houthis and Sunni ISIS suits it's purpose of controlling the Islamic world.
The only big threat Saudi's got are Shia Iran and the Sunni ISIs up north.
If Saudi and the new Arab coalition mooted doesn't clout the Houthis, Isis would do their best to keep moving south into Yemen to deal to them and Saudi would have a huge problem on its southern/Yemen border trying to stop ISIS from entering Saudi and taking over, ISIS's big dream, being at Medina and taking over the Saudi caliphacy.
Having worked in Saudi a couple of years, my brief western impression is that they are a very "closed" country and feel any variation from the norm is a threat to their status quo. To get them to a point where they actually take military action against another muslim country is saying a lot.
Whether one uses the word threat or not, Saudi is definitely feeling some pressure from what is happening in Yemen. They could also be using this situation as an excuse to degrade a sect the majority in Saudi do not believe in. It seems most in fighting among muslims is one sect against another, which is not surprising.
. . . and you know that the Wahabi are considered the 'fascists' of IslamQuote:
Originally Posted by rickschoppers
According to CNN, Tikrit has been taken back from ISIS. If this story is true, it is some serious progress against ISIS.
Iraq's prime minister has announced that his country's military forces and allied groups have driven out Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters from the centre of Tikrit city after month-long military offensive.
In a statement on Tuesday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi said troops have retaken neighbourhoods on the southern and western edges of Tikrit and are moving to control the entire city.
He hailed the "liberation of Tikrit", congratulating the forces that took part in the battle.
More.
Iraqi forces take back central Tikrit from ISIL - Al Jazeera English
Well done, lads. Where next? Raqqa?
I'm surprised there is anything or anyone left of/in Tikrit.
Terrible
A wasteland for sure. More to come in the ME. Can't imagine the hell folks have suffered there over the last decade.
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Originally Posted by Neverna
Where those Bethnal Academy runaway girls are .....
Go for it boys!!!!:bananaman:
Islamic State (IS) militants have entered the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, activists and Palestinian officials say.
Clashes erupted between the militants and groups inside the camp, with IS seizing control of large parts of the camp, reports said.
The UN says about 18,000 Palestinian refugees are inside the camp.
IS militants have seized large swathes of territory in eastern Syria and across northern and western Iraq.
Yarmouk residents told BBC Arabic that members of Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis, a group formed by Palestinian militiamen opposed to the Syrian government, were leading the fight against the IS militants, along with some Free Syrian Army fighters.
IS fighters had seized control of large parts of the camp, an official with the Palestine Liberation Organisation based in Damascus, and the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said.
There has been no official statement from IS about the move.
IS militants 'enter Yarmouk refugee camp' in Syrian capital - BBC News
No Sunni threat from within ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ENT
Saudi is gonna tumble
Buy oil options now !
Saudi ain't threatened by any Sunni in Saudi, only by Sunni ISIS up north, many of whom are disenfranchised, bored young Saudi recruits.Quote:
Originally Posted by helgeNo Sunni threat from within ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ENT
Saudi is gonna tumble
Buy oil options now !
Can't see Saudi taking a fall in the near future, it's got arms, money, oil reserves, moving towards a solar energy economy and is sitting on top of the whole Muslim world, dominating it through every means, language, education and financial support.
Oil prices have recently gone up since the Yemen crisis started, but not OTT.
^ You've still got a lot to learn.Quote:
Originally Posted by ENTSaudi ain't threatened by any Sunni in Saudi, only by Sunni ISIS up north, many of whom are disenfranchised, bored young Saudi recruits.Quote:
Originally Posted by helgeNo Sunni threat from within ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ENT
Saudi is gonna tumble
Buy oil options now !
Can't see Saudi taking a fall in the near future, it's got arms, money, oil reserves, moving towards a solar energy economy and is sitting on top of the whole Muslim world, dominating it through every means, language, education and financial support.
Oil prices have recently gone up since the Yemen crisis started, but not OTT.