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Headline 1: "Saudi king's brother condemns war in Yemen, blames crown prince for devastating conflict." alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2….

Headline 2: "Saudi royal denies reports that he ‘blamed’ the kingdom’s rulers for Yemen conflict." gulfbusiness.com/saudi-royal-de…
Headline 3: "Saudi royal: Al Saud not to blame for Yemen war. 'Who is responsible?'" And here's the video:

middleeastmonitor.com/20180904-saudi…

Who here speaks Arabic well enough to tell me whether all three headlines can be true? I suspect they can be.
Oh, just for comparison, Al Jazeera: "Saudi royal: 'King and heir apparent' responsible for Yemen war"

aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/s…
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This is a good introduction, in English, to the problem with the Gilets Jaunes. Owing to the domestic chaos in the US, it seems, Americans aren't hearing about any of this in the news, or so some tell me.
That in itself is surreal. It used to be that a story like this would make headlines. "Backed by Vladimir Putin, the far-right and far-left have joined forces in France violently to destroy the French Republic. Their only shared goal is to realign France with Russia."
That's really not an exaggeration, or sensationalism. But I do understand: Who has the bandwidth to think about France right now?
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I agree completely with @NTenzer when he says that violence is consubstantial with this movement. It's not the word I would have chosen in English, but it's correct: the violence is now inherent; it can't be cordoned off or dismissed as "not truly representative."
Allowing them sack Paris once a week as a form of "legitimate democratic expression" is about as a good an idea as letting the Sturmabteilung and the Rotfrontkämpferbund have a regular go at each other and the police on the streets of Berlin.
The police should *never* be so undermanned that they're forced to retreat. They're there to enforce the law. No free nation can retreat from that and remain free.
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I agree--and surely you would, if you gave it a bit of thought--that this was a wasted opportunity. If you had published it side by side with a piece written by people **on whom this plan was recently tested,** readers would have been better informed. @nytopinion #Afrin.
The piece you ran was written by a PR firm hired because of its ability to place editorials like that in the NYT. Why not ask @vvanwilgenburg who he recommends to write a similar piece from #Afrin? And why not commission several more--
Putin: Russia Has a Plan to Restore Peace in Syria
Assad: I have a Plan to Restore Peace in Syria
Khamenei: Iran has a Plan to Restore Peace in Syria
Macron: France has a Plan to Restore Peace in Syria
Guterres: The UN has a Plan to Restore Peace in Syria
MBS: The Saudis have...
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(1) #ToldYouSo Khashoggi was an advisor to Prince of Counterterrorism and Brookings Institute darling Nayef (MbN). Believe it or not this is about MbS/POTUS/Kushner v. MbN/MB/Pet "Rebels" @almostjingo @CarrollQuigley1 @BenKTallmadge @BasedBasterd @909946zill @wynterklaus
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#Khashoggi Case Thread: I am going to ‘pin’ this post to use it as an ‘Info Thread’ on the #Khashoggi Case. I am in #Turkey. I’ve been following the case closely and with access to sources & experts here. This is a very ‘sensitive’ criminal case due to ‘Diplomatic Booby Traps’!!!
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1/ The #Saudi kidnapping of #Khashoggi reminds me of the kidnapping of #Hariri. It is meant to embarrass the other party, this time the gov of #Turkey, and provoke a diplomatic crisis. This is drug Cartel methods. It has no other goal than to assert power over the other.
2/ However, resorting to these methods to assert power in the political and international affairs sphere is always a sign of weakness and a sign of a power in crisis. #SaudiArabia
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