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How did Iraq amass its chemical weapons during the 1980s Iran-Iraq War? This deep dive explores the billions in financial lifelines provided by Saudi Arabia and the covert supply networks of Western corporations that built Saddam Hussein's deadly arsenal. Read more to uncover the international architecture of proliferation. #History #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #IranIraqWar #SaudiArabia

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@_theHuzaifa So far the score is zero. Name one successful strategic endeavor in the last 5 years, and I will name a few unsuccessful ones. The sad part is we keep repeating history.

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So far, from every Pakistani account here on X, the government of Pakistan and religious circles from Pakistan have only made empty threats, speeches, and rallies against the Houthis, in favor of Saudi Arabia and as the savior of Islam, but I have yet to see boots on the ground; no flights are leaving from Pakistan with the mujahadin. During the late 70s and early 80s, there used to be flights from Saudi Arabia, landing in Peshawar with fighters from all across the Arab world to cross the border into Afghanistan and to fight the infidels at the time. Why can't Pakistanis show the same spirit? Why do they only bark with no bite?

[Patricia Marins @pati_marins64]

Saudis dump the Chinese, cut a deal with Trump and wait for military help

The Saudis announced the cancellation of mBridge, a central bank digital currency system designed to reduce U.S. dollar reliance.

SAMA (the Saudi Central Bank) joined as an observer in 2023, piloted the project in 2024, and wrapped up formal membership in May 2025.

The kingdom offered a flimsy excuse, claiming it had already walked away from the program long ago and that the relationship never went beyond a test.

The problem is that through May, June and July 2026 the Financial Times itself, the Hong Kong press and analyses such as Forbes were still treating SAMA as a member. In September, a policy paper still listed Saudi Arabia in the project. There is no official SAMA note from May 2025 saying they had left.

What exists now is Riyadh telling the FT that the pilot ended on May 13, 2025, and that after that it was no longer a participant. That is obviously not how governments handle an exit from programs like this.

And it isn’t only that. With the F-35 purchase, the Saudis will also have to give up more of the Chinese 5G networks.

Official contracts for the sale of sensitive technologies like the F-35 come with rigid clauses on data encryption, network security and physical access control at military bases.

The Pentagon formally requires that no communications technology from rival countries interact with, or share networks near, the aircraft’s ecosystem.
They warn that the presence of those companies creates risks of electronic espionage and reverse engineering of F-35 systems.

No question this is a setback for the relationship China had been building with the Saudis.

But what did Trump actually offer the Saudis in this current negotiation?
Trump folded and handed over the nuclear program, now the F-35s, but weeks ago he refused to join the Saudi naval coalition against the Yemenis, and more recently he refused to bomb Yemen to help MBS, who has taken recent hits with the Houthi advance against his allies.

The Houthis then stepped up the bombing of Saudi installations, pushing oil above $105, and that is what brought Trump back to stitch together a deal with Bin Salman.

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@_theHuzaifa A typical rhetorical response from a Pakistani who tends to forget its own history.

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On one hand, MBS is running to China to help them in the war against the Ansar Allah, and on the other hand, like a lapdog to the Americans, he pulls out of the mBridge program only to secure the position of USD, which is most likely one of the Trump conditions to assist the Saudis in this conflict. MBS is clueless and needs to be replaced as the head of the Kingdom.

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While Saudi Arabia is busy fighting a war and the UAE is quietly watching it unfold, Emiratis are playing a long-term game. The Ansar's capture of the Hanish Islands was a major setback for the Emiratis and the Israelis, but they will try to recover.

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Saudis want the Al-Mocha Port in Yemen, and the Emiratis want the Berbera port in Somalia to control the egress point of the Bab el-Mandeb. This battle is for regional hegemony between the Arabs and the rest of the world is going to pay the price. In all of this, Pakistanis will be the biggest losers.

The Saudi Air Force carried out a "limited" airstrike on Yemen's Mukalla port on December 30, 2025. Two ships arrived from the UAE port of Fujairah and allegedly unloaded unauthorized weapons and combat vehicles allegedly for the Southern Transitional Council (STC). In the current scenario, while Saudi Arabia is fighting Ansar Allah in Yemen and aiding STC, it doesn't make any sense why the Saudis attacked the arms shipment to STC and 9 months later they are fighting with them against Ansar. Either that weapon was meant to move further to Somalia, which Saudis didn't want or it was a race to see who would come to STC's aid first.

In either scenario, the plan in Yemen is very sinister and Pakistan will be the ultimate loser now, regardless of when the Pakistanis take part in this conflict or not.

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@intel_view Fake news and fake video.

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"Across the Gulf of Aden, Yemen's Houthis are warily watching Israel and the UAE entrench themselves at a military base here. Meanwhile, to the south, Somalia, flush with new arms from Turkey, sees Berbera typifying the independent ambitions of Somalilanders which need to be stamped out."
https://t.co/b4IDMahNoP

[Shuraim @TateAlSalafi]

Makkah if the houses of the Companions were kept and preserved

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While there are three dedicated Patriot sites in Riyadh, two in Al-Kharj that is south of Riyadh, not too far from it, and 2 dedicated THAAD sites in Riyadh as well. There are zero Patriot bases in Makkah or in its vicinity. The closest one is in Jeddah. Let this sink in all Saudi jiyale. Saudis are more worried about saving the King than the Harmain Sharfain.

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@Hawkss_eye 😂😂😂. This doesn’t make any sense. After the false flag Makkah attack news, Taliban we’re condemning the Ansar-Allah. What changed and what is the source of the above news?

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I am sorry but this sounded more like a rant than a coherent reply to his threat which is real. When Ansar start lobbing missiles to Karachi Oil refinery or KANUPP in Karachi then we all will be singing a different tune. All our three naval bases are within their reach as well. So the advice Pakistani should be giving to Asim Munir should be stay the hell out of Yemen and make Neanderthalic threats that doesn’t get us anything. Posting Fatah Missile system photos will not accomplish anything Saudis also have Ballistic missiles and it hasn’t achieved anything.

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No one asked them to unite against Khomeini or Iran. The perceived threat has largely been rooted in the longstanding fear among Wahhabi-influenced Arab states that Shia Iran seeks to challenge their political and religious influence. Under the Pahlavi monarchy, Iran was considerably more secular and socially liberal, and its regional posture generated far less concern among these states. Consequently, Iran attracted much less attention as a perceived ideological or strategic threat.

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Pretty much a Trump condition to get involved in the war and to come to their rescue

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

Saudis who still deny their F-15SA was shot down in Yemen, despite evidence, are making up a story about Saudi special forces that would have carried out an operation in Sanaa, when all they did was sending an ISIS terrorist with a motorcycle and an explosive device.

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@TahirAshrafi is getting ready to fight for the Harmain Sharfain. My question to the Pakistanis is: when are you going to wake up?

[Jimmy Virk - Imranian 🇵🇰 @JimmyVirkk]

میں سعودی شاہی خاندان کے لئے سب سے پہلے اپنی قربانی دوں گا:
علامہ طاہر اشرفی

[Anshuman Narang @anshu217]

Another Chinese PIESAT-2 Launch completing its 16 SAR satellites requirements for regional coverage. It aims at total 100 satellites.
Pakistan has also signed a deal with Chinese PIESAT for 20 satellites. That will be a significant development. As of now too, PIESAT-2 satellites may provide it continuous coverage since deal is in place for Pakistani owned satellites later

https://t.co/HpUtSfbcTN

"China successfully launched the Zhuzhou Space Interplanetary PIESAT-2 13~16 satellites into their predetermined orbit using a Long March 2D carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The launch mission was a complete success.

This mission marks the 668th flight of the Long March series carrier rockets.

The PIESAT-2 constellation is part of the Nuwa constellation project under Aerospace Hongtu, developed by Zhuzhou Space Interstellar Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. It consists of 12 X-band SAR satellites and 4 C-band SAR satellites, for a total of 16."

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Current traffic through #BabElMandib and #Hormuz

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides were allegedly paid to transform Qatar’s public reputation in Israel by arranging press junkets, inventing sources, and planting stories that brazenly inverted popular views. From Qatar’s perspective, the campaign was a success: the Qataris became crucial players in peace talks over Gaza. Within Israel, though, it has become the center of a nearly unprecedented scandal—a legal case, now known as Qatargate, that involves a sweeping police investigation and potential indictments of several members of Netanyahu’s innermost circle. Of all the corruption accusations that have plagued Netanyahu over the years, “the charge that his aides doubled as influence agents for Qatar may be the most politically damaging,” Ruth Margalit writes. https://t.co/IiUq02xlsy

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@Shirink_13 He has been trying since 2015. Only a losing party makes such kind of statements.