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Tony_FLADEM

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Sun May 8, 2016, 03:34 PM May 2016

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Birds of a feather flock together... Human101948 May 2016 #1
This could be the beginning of the end for the KSA as we know it. MADem May 2016 #2
Not just that, it should be the end of Bibi as well brush May 2016 #3
Oh, Bibi would point to it as a positive: "See? I got them eating out of my hand!" MADem May 2016 #4
If this is true there should be fireworks. brush May 2016 #5
Nice POS source. Did the "journalist" write this while on the John? n/t shira May 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author GETPLANING May 2016 #8
Really? Al-Masdar News is a POS?? But not Fox, which is partly owned by a Saudi Prince.. got it. vkkv May 2016 #15
POS Anti-Palestine /Anti-Iran Bibi aligning himself with the GOP is okay by you, isn't that it? vkkv May 2016 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars May 2016 #27
Excellent Disclosure McKim May 2016 #7
BS story from BS source oberliner May 2016 #9
Have you seen the responses? aranthus May 2016 #10
Awwww, your little hero Bibi is under scrutiny and someone is Purveyor May 2016 #14
Netanyahu is vile and despicable in every way oberliner May 2016 #20
Is Benjamin Netanyahu related to Dick Cheney by any chance? padfun May 2016 #11
What the WHAT? AzDar May 2016 #12
Robert Parry of Consortium News has reported similiar findings Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #13
..! KoKo May 2016 #21
The Saudis seem to have enough cash to buy most everyone. Duppers May 2016 #24
Whoa. zentrum May 2016 #17
KnR nt chknltl May 2016 #18
Oh dear..... Turbineguy May 2016 #19
This plays into certain narratives I distrust. I'd like to see a real photo of the actual page(s). ancianita May 2016 #22
It's "Complicated"? Duppers May 2016 #23
Fun! Thanks nt vkkv May 2016 #25
Right now this is just an unconfirmed rumor. Little Tich May 2016 #26
 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
1. Birds of a feather flock together...
Sun May 8, 2016, 03:36 PM
May 2016

This is not going to go down well with many of the King's followers and friends.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. This could be the beginning of the end for the KSA as we know it.
Sun May 8, 2016, 03:46 PM
May 2016

If this is true (and there's many a slip twixt cup and lip) there are plenty of factions in KSA--and outside the Kingdom, too-- that would be happy to see a bit of "regime change" going on in that neighborhood.

brush

(58,018 posts)
3. Not just that, it should be the end of Bibi as well
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:10 PM
May 2016

And both could be a good thing for Israel and the region.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
4. Oh, Bibi would point to it as a positive: "See? I got them eating out of my hand!"
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:16 PM
May 2016

People forget that Netanyahu is the walking, talking definition of SHAMELESS.

He breaks all reasonable protocols with the nation that funds him most vigorously by ignoring our POTUS and sashaying into the right-wing Congress. Of course, if he's getting cash on the barrel from KSA, he can afford to be duplicitous.

He'd better watch his six, though--KSA doesn't have friends, they have interests. And if things get too edgy at home, they can swap out a king as quick as we can say "Inshallah!"

brush

(58,018 posts)
5. If this is true there should be fireworks.
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:19 PM
May 2016
 

shira

(30,109 posts)
6. Nice POS source. Did the "journalist" write this while on the John? n/t
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:19 PM
May 2016

Response to shira (Reply #6)

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
15. Really? Al-Masdar News is a POS?? But not Fox, which is partly owned by a Saudi Prince.. got it.
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:52 PM
May 2016

Last edited Sun May 8, 2016, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Their site: https://www.almasdarnews.com/ has many legit articles.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
16. POS Anti-Palestine /Anti-Iran Bibi aligning himself with the GOP is okay by you, isn't that it?
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:56 PM
May 2016

Last edited Sun May 8, 2016, 07:09 PM - Edit history (1)

Bibi is RepubliScum!!!

Response to shira (Reply #6)

McKim

(2,412 posts)
7. Excellent Disclosure
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:32 PM
May 2016

This is excellent disclosure and it is really no surprise. It is good that this is coming out. Netanyahu and the hard liners in Saudi are not good for their countries. Stirring up trouble seems to be all they know how to do. The world will be better off without them.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
9. BS story from BS source
Sun May 8, 2016, 04:44 PM
May 2016

Why do people post this crap here?

aranthus

(3,386 posts)
10. Have you seen the responses?
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:21 PM
May 2016

All the DUers who believe it without thinking or checking?

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
14. Awwww, your little hero Bibi is under scrutiny and someone is
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:50 PM
May 2016

having a sad.😞

😂

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
20. Netanyahu is vile and despicable in every way
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:18 PM
May 2016

That's not really an excuse to post BS stories from BS sources.

padfun

(1,858 posts)
11. Is Benjamin Netanyahu related to Dick Cheney by any chance?
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:25 PM
May 2016

They seem like birds of a feather.

 

AzDar

(14,023 posts)
12. What the WHAT?
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:39 PM
May 2016

Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts)
13. Robert Parry of Consortium News has reported similiar findings
Sun May 8, 2016, 05:43 PM
May 2016

Robert Parry

---- Snip ----

But Saudi Arabia may have found another way to buy influence inside the United States by giving money to Israel and currying favor with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Over the past several years, as both Saudi Arabia and Israel have identified Iran and the so-called “Shiite crescent” as their principal enemies, this once-unthinkable alliance has become possible and the Saudis, as they are wont to do, may have thrown lots of money into the deal.

According to a source briefed by U.S. intelligence analysts, the Saudis have given Israel at least $16 billion over the past 2 ½ years, funneling the money through a third-country Arab state and into an Israeli “development” account in Europe to help finance infrastructure inside Israel. The source first called the account “a Netanyahu slush fund,” but later refined that characterization, saying the money was used for public projects such as building settlements in the West Bank.

In other words, according to this information, the Saudis concluded that if you can’t beat the Israel Lobby, try buying it. And, if that is the case, the Saudis have found their behind-the-scenes collaboration with Israel extremely valuable. Netanyahu has played a key role in lining up the U.S. Congress to fight an international agreement to resolve a long-running dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.

---- Snip ----

https://consortiumnews.com/2015/04/15/did-money-seal-israeli-saudi-alliance/

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
21. ..!
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:23 PM
May 2016

Duppers

(28,260 posts)
24. The Saudis seem to have enough cash to buy most everyone.
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:56 PM
May 2016

Wish they had enough to buy peace.

zentrum

(9,866 posts)
17. Whoa.
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:08 PM
May 2016

This is very incendiary for both sides—Bibi and the King. How can either survive?

Really shocking.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
18. KnR nt
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:13 PM
May 2016

Turbineguy

(38,501 posts)
19. Oh dear.....
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:17 PM
May 2016

This may get more delicious yet.

ancianita

(38,871 posts)
22. This plays into certain narratives I distrust. I'd like to see a real photo of the actual page(s).
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:37 PM
May 2016

And let's say it's true. And names are named.

Then what. Will it result in punishing these people?

Will such knowledge slow down the ME conflicts? Weapons trade? Black market trafficking of humans and drugs?

Reddit doubts its veracity. Actual pdfs of the Panama Papers should be easily available.

Duppers

(28,260 posts)
23. It's "Complicated"?
Sun May 8, 2016, 06:54 PM
May 2016

According to this chart, the Saudi - Israeli relationship is "Complicated."




But according to Israeli law, Saudi Arabia is designated an enemy state.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_passport


So wtf? Too many things in the ME seem duplicitous.



 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
25. Fun! Thanks nt
Sun May 8, 2016, 07:12 PM
May 2016

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
26. Right now this is just an unconfirmed rumor.
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:46 PM
May 2016

I'll comment on this if and when it's picked up by MSM.

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