Bending the Third Rail
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Spill Over
This disturbing story is being reported in the LA Times:
QATIF, Saudi Arabia — The conflict in Iraq has begun to spill over onto this hardscrabble, sunburned swath of coast, breathing new life into the ancient rivalry between the country's powerful Sunni Muslim majority and the long-oppressed Shiite minority in one of the most oil-rich areas of the world.

"Saudi Sunnis are defending Iraqi Sunnis, and Saudi Shiites are defending Iraqi Shiites," said Hassan Saffar, Saudi Arabia's most influential Shiite cleric. "There's a fear that it will cause a struggle here."
Note to Bush. This particular area or Arabia is responsible for 11% of the world's oil production.

For those of you who are unaware, Shiites are a minority throughout the Arab world, except in Iraq and Iran. Shiites have a strong sense of oppression that is somewhat justified, and powerful, which is why a spill over from a Sunni/Shiite Iraqi civil war is not much of a tinfoil hat theory.

Now for some good news.

I understand that GEM cars now come in a six seat version.
Written at 3:02 PM by Greyhair.
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