It is clear that the attack in Khobar is part of a new pattern. These
are not mainly excitatory terrorist activity (although dragging the
dead Brit's body through the streets for a couple of miles before
putting it on display, is clearly for political purposes). It is
economic warfare.
The
It is very difficult to distinguish between elements that have ties to a Zionist agenda that wants an apocalyptic environment so that the crisis in the state of Israel is diluted within a more chaotic sectarian in-fighting milieu or a clear Islamic working class movement that aims to retain