[[{"content_id":"21454","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Al Saud, shelter for fugitive dictators","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2011-06-08 10:15:00","content_summary":"","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":"Sirus Shirzad: Al Saud, once touting to be the unchallenged power of the region, now sees its position endangered following a wave of ongoing popular protests in the region and a growingly robust Iranian position. The regime has been in fear that it would be its turn after an eventual ouster of the Bahraini regime during the popular demonstrations and therefore it has moved to repress the people of Bahrain by any means.\r\nSaudi people from the outset of the Saudi regime have suffered the pains of living under a hereditary, oppressive rule and most people, especially the Shii people have lived under poverty line. Many are jobless and eight thousand political prisoners are now in prisons without trial. It would be horrifying for the regime then to see a brteakout of such popular protests in the country.\r\nHaving deprived itself of mainstream popular support, the regime has had to resort to foreign support especially that of the US. But the US exchanges its support for several dictats, including an order for hosting any US regional stooges. This Saudi attempt for survival has then led it to lend a refuge to the fugitive regional dictators who have fled their countries after facing popular demonstrations. Saudi first gave shelter to former Tunisian dictator Bin Ali and now has taken Yemeni dictator Abdullah Saleh in its lap.\r\nThe question now is if the fire of regional revolutions domino clings to the regime, where it has to fly to. The Saudi attemmpts would be in tatters as it has brought itself to a confrontation with a mainstream popular movement.","content_html":"


Sirus Shirzad<\/strong>: Al Saud, once touting to be the unchallenged power of the region, now sees its position endangered following a wave of ongoing popular protests in the region and a growingly robust Iranian position. The regime has been in fear that it would be its turn after an eventual ouster of the Bahraini regime during the popular demonstrations and therefore it has moved to repress the people of Bahrain by any means.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

Saudi people from the outset of the Saudi regime have suffered the pains of living under a hereditary, oppressive rule and most people, especially the Shii people have lived under poverty line. Many are jobless and eight thousand political prisoners are now in prisons without trial. It would be horrifying for the regime then to see a brteakout of such popular protests in the country.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

Having deprived itself of mainstream popular support, the regime has had to resort to foreign support especially that of the US. But the US exchanges its support for several dictats, including an order for hosting any US regional stooges. <\/font>This Saudi attempt for survival has then led it to lend a refuge to the fugitive regional dictators who have fled their countries after facing popular demonstrations. Saudi first gave shelter to former Tunisian dictator Bin Ali and now has taken Yemeni dictator Abdullah Saleh in its lap.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

The question now is if the fire of regional revolutions domino clings to the regime, where it has to fly to. The Saudi attemmpts would be in tatters as it has brought itself to a confrontation with a mainstream popular movement.<\/font><\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2011-06-08 10:15:00","content_date_finish":"2011-06-08 10:15:00","content_date_register":"2011-06-08 10:15:00","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"21448","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":null,"attach_date_register":null,"attach_id":null,"attach_file_ext":null,"attach_file_header":null,"attach_img_type":null,"attach_img_width":null,"attach_img_height":null,"attach_file_media":null,"attach_show_watermark":null,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"254","visit_date_last":"2025-05-09 19:56:51","attach_title":null,"node_title":"Commentaries","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":134, \"left\":25, \"right\":26}]"}]]