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JonLP24

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22. I'm not interested in taking sides in the SA Iran rivalry

Wed Jan 15, 2020, 08:37 PM

Jan 2020

If I had to take a side I wouldn't take Saudi Arabia's.

A lot of countries will use diplomats or maybe even an ambassador as a spy because of the diplomatic immunity. I have no idea if that Saudi Ambassador was one but I suspected Bandar Bush because he was also the point man for Iran-Contra and he become head of the intelligence agencies of Saudi Arabia.

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"What happens if he is guilty?" left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 #3

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... the I.C.C., I wonder how it will handle this. Odoreida Jan 2020 #23

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Sorry, the fucker was a terrorist. he was the head of a listed terrorist organization. oldsoftie Jan 2020 #15

Who cares about the Saudi Ambassador? JonLP24 Jan 2020 #20

An Ambassador is an Ambassador. Similar to why the UN in NYC has reps from bad countries. oldsoftie Jan 2020 #21

I'm not interested in taking sides in the SA Iran rivalry JonLP24 Jan 2020 #22

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