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by gpvos 3170 days ago
That does not address the question of what has changed causing SA to whack at everything Shia now, where it did not do so before.
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wavefunction 3170 days ago
The new Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia[0] is behind this and other 'efforts' in the Kingdom.

[0]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/14/saudi-crown-pr...

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lostlogin 3170 days ago
The lack of repercussion from the world at large must be part of it.
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mobilefriendly 3170 days ago
Iran is rising and the U.S. is unsteady in the region. The reality is that the U.S. hardly needs MidEast oil anymore. North America is more important to U.S. energy markets. The U.S. imports 3x as much petroleum from Canada as from Saudi Arabia. So the House of Saud is both fearful and no longer restrained.
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