Col. W. Patrick Lang — — Let the Russians or the Chinese fight over Saudi money, not us!

Mister President, in the patois of your native New York City, pull your head out of your ass concerning the Middle East. The Saudis AND their government are nearly all religious fanatics of the Wahhabi, Sunni variety. The Al- Saud family run an absolute tyranny justified by their defense of the fanatic, medievalist brand of Islam that they live by as well as by the support of tribal groups who keep the Al-Saud secure as they always have.

Wake up! All the world is NOT a market place. Some things that cannot have dollar signs attached to them are more important than money. The men who fought in The Bulge, on Okinawa or in the Ia Drang Valley knew that. Why do you not know that?

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Let the Russians or the Chinese fight over Saudi money, not us!
Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.)
At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and later, the first Director of the Defense Humint Service. At the DIA, he was a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service. He participated in the drafting of National Intelligence Estimates. From 1992 to 1994, all the U.S. military attachés worldwide reported to him. During that period, he also briefed President George H. W. Bush at the White House, as he had during Operation Desert Storm.

He was also the head of intelligence analysis for the Middle East for seven or eight years at that institution. He was the head of all the Middle East and South Asia analysis in DIA for counter-terrorism for seven years. For his service in the DIA, Lang received the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive. — Wikipedia

Col. Pat Lang — The Entry of the Commoner Scapegoats in Wahhabeeland

Human sacrifice to the Trump god.

Sic Semper Tyrannis
The Entry of the Commoner Scapegoats in WahhabeelandCol. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.)

At the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lang was the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for the Middle East, South Asia and counter-terrorism, and later, the first Director of the Defense Humint Service. At the DIA, he was a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service. He participated in the drafting of National Intelligence Estimates. From 1992 to 1994, all the U.S. military attachés worldwide reported to him. During that period, he also briefed President George H. W. Bush at the White House, as he had during Operation Desert Storm.

He was also the head of intelligence analysis for the Middle East for seven or eight years at that institution. He was the head of all the Middle East and South Asia analysis in DIA for counter-terrorism for seven years. For his service in the DIA, Lang received the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive. — WikipediaMoon of Alabama

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Mustafa Abu Sneineh — The Saudi death squad MBS uses to silence dissent

MEE exclusively reveals details about the Tiger Squad, a team of assassins targeting Saudi critics at home and abroad....

In new revelations, a Saudi source with intimate knowledge of his country's intelligence services told Middle East Eye about a death squad that operates under the guidance and supervision of Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince.

The Firqat el-Nemr, or Tiger Squad, is well-known to the US intelligence services. It was formed more than a year ago and is comprised of 50 of the best-skilled intelligence and military operatives in the kingdom.

The group was recruited from different branches of the Saudi security services, channelling several areas of expertise. Its members are unflinchingly loyal to Riyadh's young crown prince, commonly known as MBS.

MEE can exclusively reveal details about the Tiger Squad, after speaking to a very well-placed source. The source detailed to MEE the squad's makeup, targets, actions and personnel.

Although MEE was not able to confirm the information disclosed, the source was independently verified....

Middle East Eye

REVEALED: The Saudi death squad MBS uses to silence dissent

Mustafa Abu Sneineh

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Footage of Saudi wearing Khashoggi's clothes released by Turkish investigators

RT
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Tyler Durden

James M. Dorsey — Whither Wahhabism

We will be hearing a lot of women's right and suppression of women in Iran, but women are much free there under the combination of liberal democracy and Shi'ite theocracy and the society is also more open then in Sunni-dominated countries like Saudi Arabia that follow the tenets of Wahhabism.

This posts examines how Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman al-Saud may change that. The conclusion is probably not all that much, although any change in a rigid culture like that stands out owing to the sharp contrast.

Conversely, in Iran women are "repressed" because they must dress and behave decently in public and wear the hijab (head scarf covering the hair). The contrast with Saudi Arabi could not be greater. Let's get some perspective here.

Lobelog
Whither Wahhabism

James M. Dorsey | senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and co-host of the New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast

Zero Hedge — "His Body Was Badly Swollen" - Chilling Account Of Death, "Coercion And Abuse" At The "Riyadh Ritz-Carlton"

"Liberalization," Saudi style.

Zero Hedge
"His Body Was Badly Swollen" - Chilling Account Of Death, "Coercion And Abuse" At The "Riyadh Ritz-Carlton"
Tyler Durden

Pepe Escobar — A coup in the House of Saud?

Gives "MBS" new meaning. It's no longer mortgage backed security but Mohammad bin Salman.

But just as MBS were involved in the global financial crisis that began with the housing bubble in the US; so too, Mohammad in Salman is poised to initiate a global political crisis. Pepe Escobar explains.

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A coup in the House of Saud?

Pepe Escobar

Pepe Escobar — House of Saudi Cards: The Inside Story

Backgrounder.

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