Tuesday, January 05, 2016

The news Americans never hear. This is from "The Arab News" of Saudi Arabia, not the Tehran Times.

Demonstrators have powerful voices to their government, but, they do not dictate war between hard fought former friends.

Saudi Arabia and Iran need to realize the danger to these very demonstrators if their joint mission against Daesh fails. The problem is that domestic peace is different between the former friends.

I remember a speaker I once went to hear who stated the primary problem with Hamas in Gaza is the very real fact there is generational neglect of the education and sophistication for Palestinans regarding the real world. I can't help but believe that is also true among the citizens of the middle east in general. These are very old patterns between Iran and Saudi Arabia. They manifest among the people and not the governments. It is time to realize Muslim faiths of both Shia and Sunni can flourish in the face of hatred by a genocidal element.

The two former friends need to find ways to more deeply understand each other and commit to talks and a platform of peace. This is a very, very difficult time in the middle east, but, it is a huge mistake to allow old patterns to create a greater war and loss of destiny for it's people.

 
5 January 2016
By AP

Iranian demonstrators threaten revenge during a rally in front of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest the execution by Saudi Arabia last week of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Tehran: Iran has expressed “regret” (click here) over two attacks on Saudi Arabian diplomatic missions and says it will spare no effort in arresting and prosecuting those responsible.
Iran’s UN envoy Gholamali Khoshroo said in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday that the Islamic Republic “will take necessary measures to prevent the occurrence of similar incidents in the future.”
Saudi Arabia severed ties with Iran on Sunday after protesters attacked its embassy in Tehran and consulate in Mashad. Iranian fanatics turned violent to protest Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent opposition Shiite cleric over the weekend, which predominantly Shiite Iran has denounced.
Khoshroo said more than 40 protesters at the embassy have been arrested and handed over to judicial authorities and that investigators are seeking other possible perpetrators....