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The Saudi Project has failed - ISIS in Iraq
Posted on: September 18, 2017 at 10:33:04 CT
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/18/the-saudi-project-has-failed/
This point is obvious but remarkable in its clarity.
"With the fall of Saddam Hussein, alarm bells sounded in Riyadh and other GCC capitals. He was an unpredictable ally yet one perceived to be adept at stemming ostensible Iranian and hence (according to the sectarian mindset), Shia influence from reaching the Arabian Peninsula. Many Gulf states have sizable Shia Arab populations, marginalized politically and socioeconomically particularly in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Suddenly, a popularly-elected government assumed power on their doorstep. Imperfect as it was, the Iraqi government reflected the demographics of the war-torn, Shia-majority country. The creation and rise of the Islamic State (IS) was part and parcel of their plan to make sure it would not succeed and indeed, implode. Islamic State funding came primarily from Saudi Arabia. Its Wahabi textbooks were published in the Kingdom. "
During the intense terrorism campaign in Iraq in 2007-2008 I said many times that campaigns of that magnitude could not be conducted without the support of foreign intelligence agencies.
Edited by Knucklehead at 10:35:37 on 09/18/17
This point is obvious but remarkable in its clarity.
"With the fall of Saddam Hussein, alarm bells sounded in Riyadh and other GCC capitals. He was an unpredictable ally yet one perceived to be adept at stemming ostensible Iranian and hence (according to the sectarian mindset), Shia influence from reaching the Arabian Peninsula. Many Gulf states have sizable Shia Arab populations, marginalized politically and socioeconomically particularly in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Suddenly, a popularly-elected government assumed power on their doorstep. Imperfect as it was, the Iraqi government reflected the demographics of the war-torn, Shia-majority country. The creation and rise of the Islamic State (IS) was part and parcel of their plan to make sure it would not succeed and indeed, implode. Islamic State funding came primarily from Saudi Arabia. Its Wahabi textbooks were published in the Kingdom. "
During the intense terrorism campaign in Iraq in 2007-2008 I said many times that campaigns of that magnitude could not be conducted without the support of foreign intelligence agencies.
Edited by Knucklehead at 10:35:37 on 09/18/17
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