Frail and frightened orphans of Heydan in Saada cry over the dead bodies of their mothers, fathers and sisters as Saudi fighter jets continue to bombard positions near the shared border with Yemen.
The tragic cries of women and children are silenced by the sounds of frightening Saudi rockets and cluster bombs falling from the sky, wounding more powerless civilians and leaving behind more destruction and carnage. Regrettably, the situation is all the same in other Shi’ite populated areas.
1-Since 10 days ago, the Saudi jets have been formally carrying out raids on Yemeni territory targeting Shi’ites of the Saada province and other areas in support of the central government in Sana’a.
The Yemeni soldiers, on the other hand, burn down the bodies of martyred men, women and children, or drag them around by cars in front of frightened children “to teach them a lesson.”
Powerless to face the fearless Shi’ite fighters of Saada on the ground, the coward Saudi pilots take it instead on the defenseless children or elderly men and women. The bloodthirsty Saudi puppet rulers are unmistakably carrying out the very same crimes that were committed against humanity by the criminal regime of Israel in Gaza, South Lebanon, Darfur, Kafar Qasem and many other civilian places.
The situation is so dreadful that prominent journalist Fahmi Hoveydai said, “Saada should be named the Darfur of Yemen. In Palestine we have the Zionists and in Saada we have the Saudis.”
2-Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, the man behind the theory of The Clash of Civilizations, which states that people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world, attended an international seminar on demography in February 2005 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Addressing the participants, he said, “Saudi Arabia, the most repressive regime in the Middle East, is a place where there are no general elections and citizens play no part in politics. A family is ruling the oil-rich country in the style of Dark Ages. It is the closest US ally in the region, though. At the same time, the US remains the arch enemy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is the most democratic state in the region, in which people elect their members of the parliament and government. Of course, I am aware that the American policy vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia and Iran cannot be compared; still, we shall be hearing some interesting news coming out of Saudi Arabia in the near future.”
The Saudi foreign Ministry strongly condemned the comments made by Huntington and the US Department of State summoned him a few days later. However, the Associated Press, which had fully covered the international gathering in Nicosia, ruled out any mistakes in its quotes from Huntington, who passed away recently.
Weeks after Obama got into the White House, Simon Henderson, director of Washington Institute, which a joint intelligence bureau is run by the CIA and the Pentagon but bears the name of “Strategic Studies at the Department of State,” sent a comprehensive report to President Obama.
In his report, he wrote, “We predict major changes in the political arrangement of Saudi Arabia over the next 5 years. The country will possibly see a number of new kings during this particular period.”
Although the report does not talk about Huntington’s 2005 speech in Nicosia, it can still help bring to light some of the points not mentioned. Henderson discusses three major factors that could undermine the internal political dynamics in Saudi Arabia and consequently lead to the likely collapse of the Saudi regime. These three factors are:
A-The Impact of a Rising Iran on Saudi Arabia: Iran has taken huge steps towards technological/scientific advancements and growth despite 30 years of impasse with the United States. The parliamentary and presidential elections in Iran have equally encouraged the people of Arabia, especially young students, to fight for having a democratic country and be part of the political/democratic process.
The report goes on to state that Arab youth are somehow depressed and embarrassed that their counterparts in other parts of the world know that their country is being ruled by a family that decides their fate and they have no say in it.
B-The second factor is the rising wealth of Saudi princes in sharp contrast to the growing number of poor citizens, especially Shi’ites and non-Wahabi Sunnis. The report states that the central government in Riyadh has to some extent introduced social security programs to eradicate poverty and it has even allocated special budgets to improve public welfare and meet housing needs. But the report goes on to argue that these welfare programs have been ineffective in winning the much-needed approval of the general public.
C-The third factor is the close relations of the Saudi royal family with the United States and their pro-Israeli policy – despite the resentment of Muslim world. Accordingly, Muslims have some pressing questions from the Saudis with regard to their support of the Zionist regime – despite the fact that the royal family is caretaker of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest mosque in its holiest city.
Widespread protests as such have intensified, though, especially after the 33-day war on Lebanon and the 22-day war on Gaza by the Zionist regime. Interestingly, Iran, which is the powerful rival of Saudi Arabia in the region, has provided extensive support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Gaza’s Hamas government, thus winning Muslim admiration the world over.
Of course, it is exactly because of such humanitarian support that Iran has been branded sponsor of regional terrorism – a name that only suits the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
3-The above-mentioned report plus a myriad of others point to the obvious fact that the time for the puppet regime of Saudi Dynasty is indeed up and even if Washington seeks otherwise, it still cannot stop the regime from its imminent dissolution. Just as importantly, it seems Washington has got the Saudis involved in the Yemeni war on Shi’ites for a reason or two:
From one hand, Washington seeks to strike at the foundations of Houthi resistance movement by massacring Shi’ite populations in Saada, who have the full support of all Islamic resistance movements in the world – be it Sunni or Shi’ite. On the same token, if the Houthis defeat the Yemeni Army, they can easily become yet another powerful base for resistance in opposition to the hegemonic and pro-Western Arab political current.
On the other hand, the US is trying to hammer the Islamic resistance in Saada at the cost of the diminishing Saudi regime, whose time is running out fast.
4-Contrary to Western and Saudi media propaganda, the Shi’ite groups continue to resist the Saudi attacks coming from air, land or sea borders. So far, the invading Saudi Army has suffered heavy casualties – although its campaign of terror continues. These desperate acts of violence, however, merely draw attention to the inability of Saudi Army in overpowering the resistance.
In summation, many regional/international observers and sources have compared these hopeless Saudi acts to the barbaric invasions of Lebanon and Gaza by the criminal regime of Israel. They predict a similar defeat for the Saudi Army on the ground and an imminent collapse for the Saudi regime in Riyadh.