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posted by chromas on Tuesday April 24 2018, @10:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-one-way-to-fix-it dept.

Saudi issues drone restrictions following palace incident

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry on Sunday instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone near the king's palace in Riyadh.

Amateur online videos of heavy gunfire in the capital's Khozama district on Saturday sparked fears of possible political unrest in the world's top oil exporter. A senior Saudi official told Reuters there were no casualties when the drone was shot down and that King Salman was not in the palace at the time.

A security screening point had noticed the flying of a small unauthorized recreational drone, leading security forces to deal with it "according to their orders and instructions", state news agency SPA had said.


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  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:09PM (2 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:09PM (#671154) Homepage Journal

    They're tremendous with swords. Maybe not so great with guns. But we're making them very safe. Because they're buying a THAAD. The same thing we have in South Korea. On the golf course. But this will belong to the Saudis, they're buying it. Not like South Korea. They're getting it for $15 billion -- a very good price, I negotiated very hard for them on that. And I got them a great deal. Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy nation, and they're going to give the United States some of that wealth, hopefully, in the form of jobs, in the form of the purchase of the finest military equipment anywhere in the world. 💰 Not just the THAAD. They're buying tanks, ships, planes, helicopters and much more. That's what use they are. #MAGA [twitter.com]

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @03:09PM (#671182)

    Saudi airstrike kills 33 at wedding in northern Yemen [wsws.org]:

    An airstrike by Saudi-led coalition jet fighters on a wedding in northern Yemen killed at least 33 people and wounded 55 others Sunday night.

    The bombs, supplied by the United States, rained down on a tent in the northwestern province of Hajjah where women and children had gathered, killing dozens, including the bride. Most of those injured in the attack were children, many of whom were sent to hospital with grievous shrapnel wounds and severed limbs.

    Utilizing American-made jet fighters armed with US-supplied bombs and refueled by the US Air Force, the Saudis have pushed the poorest country in the Arab world to the brink of famine and sparked the worst cholera outbreak in modern history. The US Navy has provided ships to enforce a blockade of the country, which has cut off critical supplies of food and medicine.

    Saudi coalition jets have attacked residential neighborhoods, schools, markets, factories and hospitals, as well as water and electrical systems. No civilian target is apparently off limits for Saudi bombs. Earlier in April Saudi warplanes struck a housing complex for displaced people in port city of Hodeida. Once the attack ended at least 14 had been killed and nine wounded, the victims were predominantly women and children.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @06:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @06:52PM (#671270)

    I sometimes worry that you are too convincing and are actually getting some people to support that guy...