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Witless

mardatha wrote: »

Some very odd goings-on in Saudi Arabia tonight..

Which?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41872995

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41874117

or both?

[Deleted User]

CNN News were reporting yesterday that a Ballistic Missile had been intercepted over Riyadh but none of the UK news channels even mentioned it and even CNN just had it as a headline, no further explanation.

Karmacat

I saw that mentioned, the missile. ZH? It's been hushed up pretty quickly. There's a lot going on behind the scenes, obviously - nothing that's an immediate danger to us now, but if it breaks out into the open (any further! it's already out, in some ways) things could get very dicey very quickly.

GreyQueen

Karmacat wrote: »

I saw that mentioned, the missile. ZH? It's been hushed up pretty quickly. There's a lot going on behind the scenes, obviously - nothing that's an immediate danger to us now, but if it breaks out into the open (any further! it's already out, in some ways) things could get very dicey very quickly.

I read Witless' BBC links, the stories were there about an hour ago, haven't checked ZH yet.

Karmacat

Thanks GQ, found it again.

ivyleaf

The missile was mentioned on the BBC news website yesterday. i saw the headline but didn't read the piece, as it's "yet another of those depressing things I can't do anything about anyway", iyswim.

Bob I hope Buggalugs turns up today.

mardatha

No, not the missile. The sacking of 11 Saudi princes and 34 govt ministers! It wasn't on the BBC last night but is this morning. The new heir is obviously trying to prove something.. hope he doesn't overdo it and destabilize them.

[Deleted User]

ivyleaf wrote: »

Bob I hope Buggalugs turns up today.

She has, after a fashion.

I found her this morning, sitting on the doorstep, of one of my neighbours.

Saipan

My understanding from reading around recent decisions made by the new Saudi heir (such as women being allowed to drive) is that he is focused on making the economy fit for purpose for when the oil runs out, in particular developing a workforce that can thrive in other industries and compete globally. He seems to be planning for a post-oil period when the thousands of migrant workers who work in oil and generate much of Saudi wealth have left the country, and some sections of the population will have to adapt to a very different lifestyle.

I don't know whether it's connected but as the sackings are reported as being due to corruption, I guess the two things could be linked. I would imagine there would be powerful people hiding funds off-shore, as it were, just as there are everywhere in this sort of situation.

[Deleted User]

That's interesting Saipan I was only this morning thinking that peak oil has all but been dismissed of late and transition towns become yesterdays news. I wonder what the real state of world oil reserves is? there has been much stating that there is oil in abundance still to be extracted from all known sources and much oil as yet undiscovered BUT I wonder??? This action and the reasoning behind it seems to belie that doesn't it?