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Re:MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy by cuckcuckspruce on Monday May 07, 2018 @12:43PM (#17014183)
Iran is primarily Shi'a and Saudi Arabia is primarily Sunni.
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Re:MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy by mdahlstrand on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @03:30AM (#17019456)
...which didn't use to be a reason for war. I recommend watching Adam Curtis' Bitter Lake. The west has more involvement in shia/sunni split and hate than it'd like to admit.
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Re:MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy by zpatel on Monday May 07, 2018 @02:09PM (#17014959)
This is not a sunni shia battle as portrayed by western media.
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