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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 31 Mar 2015

    Q: What did Saudi Arabia offer to get all these Arab countries to help gang up on Yemen? Why the bigger rush to do that than fight ISIL?

    5:44 AM - 31 Mar 2015
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      2. JerryB #7619‏ @BangingChains 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Yemen is their back yard. Do you put out the fire in your backyard or your neighbors?

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @BangingChains

        @BangingChains and that's different from ISIL how?

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      4. JerryB #7619‏ @BangingChains 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel I don't think it's different just more pressing for them. I'm not defending them. I just think they see that as a bigger threat.

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      2. White Oak Queen‏ @WhiteOakQueen 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Money Money Money

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @WhiteOakQueen

        @WhiteOakQueen Well, that's what I assume. I'd just like to know how much and what the terms were.

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      4. White Oak Queen‏ @WhiteOakQueen 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel US is Sleeping with the Enemy http://natmonitor.com/2015/02/04/sleeping-with-the-enemy-new-saudi-king-salman-financed-isis-al-qaeda-and-taliban/ …

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      2. J.‏ @jaraparilla 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel @DeepPolitics seems to me the destablisation of Yemen is a possible prelude to Saudi instability, hence the panic.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @jaraparilla

        @garymlord But that's true w/ISIL too. Moreover, some of these countries aren't stable themselves. Why die to stabilize KSA? @DeepPolitics

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      4. J.‏ @jaraparilla 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel @DeepPolitics From what I understand, Yemen is like Saudis back yard. Their influence there has been huge.

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      5. Culley‏ @culleyetc 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @jaraparilla

        @garymlord @emptywheel @DeepPolitics but an obvious answer is ISIL = mostly Sunni (backed by KSA), Houthis = mostly Shia (backed by Iran)

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      6. J.‏ @jaraparilla 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @culleyetc

        @culleyetc @emptywheel @DeepPolitics Remember who triggered the Shia-Sunni divide and why: http://bushout.blogspot.com.au/2006/02/us-forces-planted-mosque-bomb-i-am.html …

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      7. J.‏ @jaraparilla 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @jaraparilla

        @culleyetc @emptywheel @DeepPolitics More from my old blog, quoting New York Times 2007 (sorry no link): http://bushout.blogspot.com.au/2007/02/us-destroyed-golden-mosque-believe-it.html …

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      8. J.‏ @jaraparilla 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @jaraparilla

        @culleyetc @emptywheel @DeepPolitics and if you want to keep going down the rabbit hole: http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/4583  #DivideAndRule

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      9. Culley‏ @culleyetc 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @jaraparilla

        @garymlord @emptywheel @DeepPolitics I recommend this doco on US creation of Shia militias in Iraq http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-america-iraq-video …

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      1. Ana‏ @ana_veler 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel @ashamsla Q & A

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      1. Bill Jackson Jr‏ @War_Is_A_Racket 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @emptywheel Who says they're fighting ISIS/ISIL at all? So far ISIL's actions appear as those of a proxy force for US/SA/Isr/Tur interests.

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      1. Riocard Ó Tiarnaigh‏ @riocard911 31 Mar 2015
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        @emptywheel Moolah and lots of it!!!!

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      1. J.‏ @jaraparilla 31 Mar 2015
        Replying to @8bitjihadi

        @JihadiNerd @emptywheel including Israel.

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