# Unrest in Saudi Arabia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrest-in-saudi-arabia/800915>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrest-in-saudi-arabia/800915 "2017-11-06T20:58:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrest-in-saudi-arabia/800915/1 "2017-11-06T20:58:59Z")

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Over the weekend there was some … turmoil (?) in Saudi Arabia. Apparently the Lebanese PM resigned, Yemeni rebels launched a ballistic missile at the Saudi capital, and the Saudi government went on some sort of anti-corruption purge, arresting some princes. Should the rest of us be worried about any of this? A lot? A little?

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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrest-in-saudi-arabia/800915/2 "2017-11-06T21:21:08Z")

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrest-in-saudi-arabia/800915/3 "2017-11-06T21:52:10Z")

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We done this already.