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1. capable to hunt the perps
2. able to it.
3. gonna pretend like nothing happened and won't feed the trolls.
1) Not Iran directly, Hezbollah
2) Ditto
3) Can't be seen to let this shit slide, there will be revenge. Iran hates these Sunni groups far more than it claims to hate Israel. There will be a bunch of hits, some Sunnis will get slaughtered, some will be guilty, more will be innocent, the world will look the other way because extremists Sunnis are far more of a threat to the Middle East than Iran will ever be and the Sunnis have used up all their brownie points.
Very, Iran has global reach in the non-radicalized Muslim world.
2. able to it.
Very- look for a mini-genocide agaisnt the Sunnis in Iraq.
3. gonna pretend like nothing happened and won't feed the trolls.
Nope, gloves are coming off. Though I expect it is Iraq and the Sunni famiy members that are going to pay the price for the Hajis who went to Syria and Lebanon seeking jihad.
Saudi Arabia and Iraq are investigating an incident in which six mortar bombs landed in a remote area of Saudi Arabia near the border with Iraq and Kuwait.
The Saudis say they do not know who fired the mortars, or from where.
A small Shia militant group in Iraq, known as the Mukhtar Army, has claimed it carried out the attack, although this cannot be confirmed.
The group said it was a warning to Saudi Arabia to stay out of Iraq's affairs.
'Warning'
The militia's commander, Wathiq al-Batat, told Reuters that the goal of the attack "was to send a warning message to Saudis to tell them that their border stations and patrol are within our range of fire".
The mortars fell in an uninhabited area near Hafr al-Batin in the kingdom's Eastern Province.
The mortar fire comes two days after suicide bombers killed more than 20 people outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
On Thursday Saudi Arabia advised its citizens to leave Lebanon following those bombs.
The continuing civil war in Syria is fuelling increased tensions between nations in the region.
Saudi Arabia, which is largely Sunni, backs the rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, whereas Shia Iran and Shia militias in Iraq and Lebanon back the president.
Saudi Arabia asks citizens to leave Lebanon
November 21, 2013
Saudi Arabia has asked its citizens to leave Lebanon due to the risk of political violence in the country, where twin suicide bombings near Iran’s embassy in Beirut killed 25 people this week. “The Saudi embassy sent a text message to (Saudi) citizens in Lebanon advising them to leave, considering the danger of the situation and out of concern for their safety,” the ambassador, Awad Assiri, said. The warning comes two days after a twin suicide bombings killed 24 people near the Beirut embassy of Saudi Arabia’s regional rival Iran. The text messages sent to Saudis in Lebanon read: “Considering the security situation at the moment and the media campaign, the embassy advises citizens to return home, and advises caution.”
A bit of bad news for dozens of Saudi princes and sheiks. Beirut is like that brothel house in the next county. Close, but far enough to prevent the veiled wifey from finding out.
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