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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 04:16 PM Oct 2015

Gunfire after police seal Saudi Shiite town: resident

Source: AFP

Gunfire erupted in a Shiite town in Saudi Arabia Wednesday after police sealed it off with armoured vehicles, a resident said.

Awamiya, near Dammam on the Gulf coast, has been the scene of repeated incidents since protests by the minority Shiite community began in 2011.

The resident said he saw black smoke rising over farms in the community of about 30,000 people when police moved in mid-afternoon.

"It was seen in all Awamiya," he said after black armoured vehicles sealed off the area.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/gunfire-police-seal-saudi-shiite-town-resident-202107622.html

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Gunfire after police seal Saudi Shiite town: resident (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 OP
sounds like a modern day pogrom. Javaman Oct 2015 #1
How about a no-fly zone over Saudi Arabia daleo Oct 2015 #2

daleo

(21,317 posts)
2. How about a no-fly zone over Saudi Arabia
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 10:48 AM
Oct 2015

And maybe some safe zones, where their government can't attack them.

Oh, yeah. Those rules only apply in some countries, not others.

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