Saudi king warns West will be jihadists' next target
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has warned that the West will be the next target of the jihadists sweeping through Syria and Iraq, unless there is "rapid" action.
"If we ignore them, I am sure they will reach Europe in a month and America in another month," he said in remarks quoted on Saturday by Asharq al-Awsat daily and Saudi-backed Al-Arabiya television station.
"Terrorism knows no border and its danger could affect several countries outside the Middle East," said the king who was speaking at a welcoming ceremony on Friday for new ambassadors, including a new envoy from Saudi ally the United States.
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has prompted widespread concern as it advances in both Syria and Iraq, killing hundreds of people, including in gruesome beheadings and mass executions.
Lack of action would be "unacceptable" in the face of the phenomenon, King Abdullah said.
"You see how they (jihadists) carry out beheadings and make children show the severed heads in the street," he said, condemning the "cruelty" of such acts.
"It is no secret to you, what they have done and what they have yet to do. I ask you to transmit this message to your leaders: 'Fight terrorism with force, reason and (necessary) speed'."
President Barack Obama has yet to decide whether the United States should launch raids against positions held by the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria to follow US air strikes on IS activities in Iraq.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday for a global coalition to combat Islamic State fighters' "genocidal agenda".
Writing in the New York Times, Kerry said he and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet European counterparts on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Wales next week, to enlist assistance.
They will then travel on to the Middle East to build support "among the countries that are most directly threatened".
"With a united response led by the United States and the broadest possible coalition of nations, the cancer of ISIS will not be allowed to spread to other countries," Kerry said in Friday's op-ed piece.
Asharq Al-Awsat said the king urged other countries to join the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre, set up in 2011 to respond to new threats, and to which Saudi Arabia has made a grant of $100 million.
Everytime the west wants to bomb the middle east, they do this,' you'll be attacked in 15 mins crap'. Yes, the west is at risk. But I hardly see how bombing the fuckers will make us less so.
Whenever you have an argument with someone, there comes a moment where you must ask yourself, whatever your political persuasion, 'am I the Nazi?'
But I hardly see how bombing the fuckers will make us less so.
That is because we don't have the balls to do what is necessary. Any bombs we use are just 'surgical'. In reality, sadly we need another Hiroshima, in order to have another 70 years of 'relative peace'.
That is because we don't have the balls to do what is necessary. Any bombs we use are just 'surgical'. In reality, sadly we need another Hiroshima, in order to have another 70 years of 'relative peace'.
Wrong kind of war.
Black Panther
31 Aug 2014, 09:37 AM
Dont forget all the Manpads the West donated to them so that Syria couldn't use its Airforce to counter them.
Wonder why we are hesitant.
Plus they haven't finished their original job for the West, to knock Syria off.
Too bad they turned on us, right fella's.
Or have they really, how come they arent going after Israel.
If they arent knocked off soon, its because their real controllers dont want them to be.
The Wests outcry is just a parody for the Sheeple.
Everytime the west wants to bomb the middle east, they do this,' you'll be attacked in 15 mins crap'. Yes, the west is at risk. But I hardly see how bombing the fuckers will make us less so.
Indeed one has to be very careful, the foundation of what became the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group was the American occupation of Iraq in 2003. I heard of them years ago and thought them so extreme that they wouldn't last, but instead they flourished.
The problem here is that Western interventions are seen as attempts at colonial imperialism. This will create a virulent opposition every time.
We were far better off with the secular and nominally socialist regimes like those of Saddam.
The next trick of our glorious banks will be to charge us a fee for using net bank!!! You are no longer customer, you are property!!!
Indeed one has to be very careful, the foundation of what became the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group was the American occupation of Iraq in 2003. I heard of them years ago and thought them so extreme that they wouldn't last, but instead they flourished.
With the big wars of the past, you knew who your enemies were and where they lived. To defeat Nazi Germany, you headed straight for the capital and took out the leadership. Same with Japan. Game over.
Conveniently, those we were fighting against wore uniforms, had marked vehicles and were on the other side of a line. It also helped that for the most part, the enemy soldiers were only fighting because they were told to fight and truth be told most of them would rather be at home doing their day jobs.
ISIS is not such a simple affair. They could be living next door to you and you wouldn't know. They don't fear death and they don't follow any conventions. For every Jihad fighter that has left Britain or Australia to head to Syria or Iraq, there will be a dozen at home planning a way to hit back at the west from within.
The yanks could launch a typical yank shock and awe war like they did in Afghanistan where it was all over in five minutes (but it wasn't).
But ISIS will just disperse, re group, come up with another name and do it all again.
This story will run for generations.
Matthew, 30 Jan 2016, 09:21 AM Your simplistic view is so flawed it is not worth debating. The current oversupply will be swallowed in 12 months. By the time dumb shits like you realise this prices will already be rising.
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