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No, CNN, Saudi Arabia and Iran Have Not Been Fighting For “1,000 Years”
…but to the Iranian Islamic Revolution, which (1) overthrew a monarchy (and Saudi Arabia is a monarchy); (2) aimed to export Islamic Revolution, which Saudi Arabia interpreted as a direct threat; and (3) attempted to claim the mantle of political Islam, which Saudi Arabia sees itself as the principal representative of in the world. From 1980-1988, Iran fought a war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, which was backed by the Gulf Arab monarchies, especia…
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