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Are You Fucking KIDDING ME ??? - Your Defense Tax Dollars At Work...
Dempsey Sponsors Essay Competition to Honor Saudi KingBy Jim Garamone
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2015 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has established a research and essay competition in honor of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz hosted by the National Defense University.
The king, who died Jan. 23 at age 90, oversaw the modernization of his country’s military during the time he spent as commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, a position he held from 1963 until he became king in 2005.
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey said the essay competition is a fitting tribute to the life and leadership of the Saudi Arabian monarch.
The king, who died Jan. 23 at age 90, oversaw the modernization of his country’s military during the time he spent as commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, a position he held from 1963 until he became king in 2005.
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey said the essay competition is a fitting tribute to the life and leadership of the Saudi Arabian monarch.
Link: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128034
Most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi... let the essays begin.
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I'm also sure that a website is being set up to publish those that the State Dept., DOD, and the Saudis themselves DO NOT WANT SEEN.
The fact that this idea wasn't smacked down upon it's first utterance... speaks volumes.
Seriously, a military general from the Land of the Free is wasting taxpayer money to honor a dead DICTATOR.
Can't make that shit up even if we tried!
Lasted all of zero seconds. 
Absolute monarch
Wahhabism (Arabic: وهابية?, Wahhābiyyah) or Wahhabi mission[1] (/wəˈhɑːbi, wɑː-/;[2] Arabic: ألدعوة ألوهابية?, al-Da'wa al-Wahhābiyyah ) is a religious movement or sect or form[3] of Sunni Islam[4][5][6] variously described as "orthodox", "ultraconservative",[7] "austere",[3] "fundamentalist",[8] "puritanical"[9] (or "puritan"
.[10] It describes an Islamic "reform movement" to restore "pure monotheistic worship",[11] or an "extremist pseudo-Sunni movement".[12] Adherents often object to the term Wahhabi or Wahhabism as derogatory, and prefer to be called Salafi or muwahhid.[13][14][15]
Wahhabism is named after an eighteenth century preacher and scholar, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792).[16] He started a revivalist movement in the remote, sparsely populated region of Najd,[17] advocating a purging of practices such as the popular cult of saints, and shrine and tomb visitation, widespread among Muslims, but which he considered idolatry, impurities and innovations in Islam.[5][18] Eventually he formed a pact with a local leader Muhammad bin Saud offering political obedience and promising that protection and propagation of the Wahhabi movement, would mean "power and glory" and rule of "lands and men."[19] The movement is centered on the principle of Tawhid,[20] or the "uniqueness" and "unity" of God.[18]
The alliance between followers of ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Muhammad bin Saud's successors (the House of Saud) proved to be a rather durable alliance. The house of ibn Saud continued to maintain its politico-religious alliance with the Wahhabi sect through the waxing and waning of its own political fortunes over the next 150 years, through to its eventual proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, and then afterwards, on into modern times. Today Mohammed bin Abd Al-Wahhab's teachings are state-sponsored and are the dominant form of Islam[3][21] in 21st century Saudi Arabia.
The majority of the world's Wahhabis are from Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia.[22] 46.87% of Qataris[22] and 44.8% of Emiratis are Wahhabis.[22] 5.7% of Bahrainis are Wahhabis and 2.17% of Kuwaitis are Wahhabis.[22]
.[10] It describes an Islamic "reform movement" to restore "pure monotheistic worship",[11] or an "extremist pseudo-Sunni movement".[12] Adherents often object to the term Wahhabi or Wahhabism as derogatory, and prefer to be called Salafi or muwahhid.[13][14][15]
Wahhabism is named after an eighteenth century preacher and scholar, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792).[16] He started a revivalist movement in the remote, sparsely populated region of Najd,[17] advocating a purging of practices such as the popular cult of saints, and shrine and tomb visitation, widespread among Muslims, but which he considered idolatry, impurities and innovations in Islam.[5][18] Eventually he formed a pact with a local leader Muhammad bin Saud offering political obedience and promising that protection and propagation of the Wahhabi movement, would mean "power and glory" and rule of "lands and men."[19] The movement is centered on the principle of Tawhid,[20] or the "uniqueness" and "unity" of God.[18]
The alliance between followers of ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Muhammad bin Saud's successors (the House of Saud) proved to be a rather durable alliance. The house of ibn Saud continued to maintain its politico-religious alliance with the Wahhabi sect through the waxing and waning of its own political fortunes over the next 150 years, through to its eventual proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, and then afterwards, on into modern times. Today Mohammed bin Abd Al-Wahhab's teachings are state-sponsored and are the dominant form of Islam[3][21] in 21st century Saudi Arabia.
The majority of the world's Wahhabis are from Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia.[22] 46.87% of Qataris[22] and 44.8% of Emiratis are Wahhabis.[22] 5.7% of Bahrainis are Wahhabis and 2.17% of Kuwaitis are Wahhabis.[22]
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabism
