The year 2016 kicked off in the Middle East in somewhat stunning fashion because of the news Saudi Arabia executed 47 people including an Iranian mullah named Nimr al-Nimr. That execution is very clear that the medieval kingdom of Nejd or the Saud's evil empire is bent on having a PR stunt on showing to the world it wants to root terrorism but on an Iranian mullah? Seriously Saudi?
A prominent state-affiliated Iranian cleric, Ahmad Khatami, said the execution of Nimr al-Nimr was something to be expected from “criminal” Saudi Arabia, Iranian Fars agency reported. He added that Saudi ruling family would be “wiped from the pages of history” for executing the cleric, Mehr reported.
An MP from the ruling Shi'ite coalition in Iraq said Nimr's execution aimed to “set region on fire,” Sumaria TV reported. The Lebanese Supreme Shi'ite Council has condemned al-Nimr's execution, calling it a serious “mistake.” Nimr, along with six others, were accused of orchestrating anti-government protests between 2011 and 2013 in which 20 people died. Earlier this year, the kingdom's Supreme Court rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed on the Shia cleric.
The Interior Ministry statement announcing the executions began with verses from the Koran, justifying the use of the death penalty, while state television showed footage of the aftermath of Al Qaeda attacks over the last decade. Shortly afterward, Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh appeared on Saudi Arabian television, hailing the executions as just. In its statement, the ministry listed the names of all those it said were convicted on charges of terrorism, Al Jazeera reported, including Al-Qaeda-affiliated Faris al-Zahrani, who was once on the list of Saudi Arabia's "most wanted terrorists." Last year a Saudi Arabian court sentenced him to death, and ordered his body to be displayed in public after the capital punishment was carried out.
The Saudi's PR stunt is somewhat nothing new but was too dangerous that it could spark a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia and drag, yes I will mention it Russia and United States of America on another proxy war. War is senseless but driven by selfish stunts like that, saying he was involved in terrorism but even Hezbollah would not even attack Saudi Arabia up front because it doesn't desire a costly war but just, a holy war against Wahabism and it's funders.
Final thoughts on this one: It's clearly a PR stunt to show everyone Shiites induce terrorism but hides the fact they are more of a threat than a help to the world we live in. It's angering that Saudi thugs would do this and Iran never even tried to send a terrorist directly to America or even to Saudi Arabia. Another Double Standards.
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