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I wondered how the Saudis' felt about having missiles fired over their country. It turns out they're probably relieved that the Houthi have a new target.

"Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unleashed a barrage of drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, water desalination plant, oil facility and power station, Saudi state-run media reported."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/20/houthis-launch-atta...

>>progne+(OP)
They almost hit the formula1 circuit last year.

>>progne+(OP)
Saudi and Jordan have intercepted a few of these drones heading to Israel. Arab twitter is raging.

Neither likes Hamas and Saudi definitely isn’t a fan of the Houthis.

It’s funny how several decades ago Israel was seen as the #1 enemy of the Arab world. But now most Arab leaders see Israel as a (potential) economic partner and see Iran and its proxies as the #1 threat.

The problem is that after decades of inciting their own citizens to hate Israel and Jews, they can’t really speak openly in favor of Israel or against Iran.

>>progne+(OP)
Saudis shot down the Yemeni missiles, this is unironically a cover story. They even went to the US to ask them for more air defence so they can better protect Israel after it happened.

>>geniey+o6
There have been multiple missile attacks. Most were cruise missiles which are easy to intercept. This was a ballistic missile, which the Saudis cannot intercept.

>>brap+I5
granted, considering the historical rivalry for the caliphate amongst Arabs, Egyptians, Turks and Persians, I'm not all that surprised

>>caycep+Aa
>Arabs, Egyptians, Turks and Persians

and don't forget the Sunni/Shia divide, where Iran will support Hezbollah because Shia, but wind up supporting Sunni Hamas because common cause against Jewish Israel usurping a piece of what was for a long period of time Islamdom.

for the deeply committed end of Islamic "church/state unity" thinking, getting back Israel is one step, but they expect Spain back too, just as they would like to "reencompass" secular moslem states.

>>fsckbo+Jf
> and don't forget the Sunni/Shia divide, where Iran will support Hezbollah because Shia, but wind up supporting Sunni Hamas because common cause against Jewish Israel usurping a piece of what was for a long period of time Islamdom.

Irans support for Hamas has from the beginning also (somewhat ironically, similar to Israel’s motives for fostering Hamas in the first place) as an Islamist counterweight to the PLO and its connection to pan-Arab nationalism.