WASHINGTON – Reports
from Iran say the Saudi Arabian embassy has been attacked by protesters and set
ablaze after Riyadh executed 47 people including a prominent Shia critic of the
Saudi regime.
In addition, a Saudi
consulate in Mashad was stormed by Iranian protesters and the Saudi flag was
reportedly taken down.
The attacks Saturday,
just hours after Saudi Arabia executed Nimr al-Nimr, a top Shi’ite cleric along
with 46 others in 12 different cities. Some were killed by firing squad, while
others were beheaded amid strong protests by the Iranian government.
Lebanon’s Supreme
Islamic Shi’ite Council called Nimr’s execution a “grave mistake”, and the
Hezbollah group termed it an assassination as Shi’ites took to the streets in
protest from Tehran to Kashmir. Shi’ites in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province
marched through Nimr’s home district of Qatif shouting “down with the Al Saud,”
and several hundred gathered in nearby Bahrain, a Sunni-ruled island kingdom
allied to Saudi Arabia.
In Iraq, former Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki predicted that Nimr’s execution would lead to the
downfall of the Saudi government.
Most of the 47 executed
were convicted of Al-Qaida attacks in Saudi Arabia a decade ago, but four,
including prominent cleric Nimr, were Shi’ite Muslims accused of shooting
policemen during anti-government protests in recent years.
In Tehran, protesters
reportedly broke into the Saudi embassy after launching several Molotov
cocktails into the building.
A Mehr news agency editor
said on his Twitter that police used tear gas to scatter protesters. There are
reports of fires breaking out and a gas explosion in the building. The Iranian
government said Saudi Arabia would pay a "high price" for the
executions.
Shiite Iran and Sunni
Saudi Arabia are major rivals in the Middle East and are arrayed on opposing
sides in several regional conflicts.
Comments
The
chickens have come home to roost on the Muslims. After decades of picking fights with the
West, Middle Eastern Muslim countries are in-fighting. There are more Sunnis
than Shia, so we will have to see where this goes. The Saudis need to deal with Yemen first.
If Obama
caused the Arab Spring, it was pure UN Agenda 21 implementation to destabilize
the Middle East. If Obama destabilized
the Ukraine, it forced Russia to move on the Crimea. If oil prices go lower,
these oil dependent countries will be in deep trouble. The success US oil
companies have had with fracking has changed the game. Peak oil was a myth and $100 /bbl. Oil was a
fluke. “Climate Change is a hoax and that makes building alternative energy
installations incredibly stupid.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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