Saudi Arabia, our "Best Bud" in the ME, is preparing to 1. behead; and 2. crucify this young man.

[Smarmie Doofus]

No. I mean literally "crucify."

There's a petition involved: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_saudi_beheadings_loc/?fzPDdcb&pv=103


Sign it... but make it QUICK.

Apparently he was jailed at age 17 for peacefully demonstrating against the regime. ( aka "our second best friends" in the region.)

And it appears, aside from that.... he's the nephew of a Shia cleric.

The Saudi oligarchs can't rule w/o the connivance of DC. If such is the case.... DC can stop this political/religious state-murder.


Only one among so MANY murders by the state. But one has to start somewhere.

The kid's got a wiki page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Mohammed_Baqir_al-Nimr

(BTW: How come the whole world knows about this and we don't?)

[think]

1. signed. Saudi Arabia needs to stop these barbaric practices. /nt

[Orrex]

2. Ghastly.

What a different world it would be if they weren't sitting on an ocean of oil.

[LAGC]

3. If Dubya were smart, he would have invaded them instead of Afghanistan after 9-11.

It was no coincidence that 15 out of 19 of the hijackers were Saudis... there's some serious Islamic extremism coming out of many of those Wahhabi madrasas.

Saudi Arabia is definitely one country that could use some serious "regime change."

Hopefully their own people will eventually get fed up and rise up (a la Libya) rather than us ever having to waste more U.S. blood and treasure on their sorry asses...

[hedda_foil]

7. I've begun to think that the whole "Arabian Spring " mizhegosh was the product of the CIA.

Do I have a shred of proof? No. It's a very strange coincidence, though, that the very countries named by PNAC and Cheney had their relatively stable regimes toppled like chess pieces in the grand game of statecraft. The sole exception is Iran, which is larger, militarily stronger,and threatening to become an atomic power.

Very strange, indeed.

[jeff47]

4. They can rule just fine without us.

The Saudi oligarchs can't rule w/o the connivance of DC.

No, they can rule their country without us. They have plenty of money and weapons (that we sold them).

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Selling weapons = DC Connivance.

And there's no other collaboration?

No, for instance, shared intelligence?

One doubts this.

[jeff47]

6. No, the claim you made was they need DC's help or the regime falls.

The regime has plenty of money and weapons to keep itself in power without DC.

[dembotoz]

8. so didn't georgia just do a prisoner?

[gratuitous]

9. And we're still holding innocent folks at Guantanamo

I don't think the U.S. has any credibility when it comes to condemning the barbaric practices of other countries.

[Smarmie Doofus]

10. For demonstrating against the government?

Not *exactly* the same thing.


I don't THINK.

[LittleBlue]

11. F*ck the Saudis

Barbaric

[hifiguy]

12. Saudi Arabia = the

anus mundi.