Topic: Saudi Arabia refuses observing minute of silence for London victims

[downtown]

World Cup Qualifier vs. Australia today.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBsOqpAklEI




Represented by former head of human rights council in UN, current head of women' rights committee in UN, and Leading "Anti-Terror" member of Arab world (sorry that I have to hold my laugh, all in all while bring the biggest state sponsor of ISIS). The c*nts who just got billions of arms deal and May has vowed selling more arms to as apparently "selling arms to Saudi Arabia make British citizens in UK safer".

Okay rant out. I know I may have an anti-Saudi bias because I'm Persian, but I never thought they'd sink THIS low.

Absolutely shocking.....

[Dubred]

Saw this just now in the news.  Lost for words

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

I wish Australia had refused to play following this... But at least they beat them.

[sms1986]

Hope they live long enough to see the oil run out, any Western support for their prick of a king will vanish and vanish quickly.

[The North Bank]

That is absolutely disgusting.

[Red-Soldier]

Hope they live long enough to see the oil run out, any Western support for their prick of a king will vanish and vanish quickly.

This.

Oil is the only reason why the West are interested in the place.

[oojason]

It's around 17 mins in of the video below...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/C_dKK4wYnZM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/C_dKK4wYnZM</a>

or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_dKK4wYnZM


Commentator mentions the 2 Australians who died in the terror attacks


Glad the Aussies beat them, 3-2 in the end.

[Rush 82]

Turds is what they are.

Fuck them.

[sonny crockett]

It's disrespectful to their opponents more than anything.

[Petadroli]

It's around 17 mins in of the video below...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/C_dKK4wYnZM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/C_dKK4wYnZM</a>

or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_dKK4wYnZM


Commentator mentions the 2 Australians who died in the terror attacks


Glad the Aussies beat them, 3-2 in the end.

What most annoys me is that nobody from the commentators calls them out. That's probably the worst.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

What most annoys me is that nobody from the commentators calls them out. That's probably the worst.

Probably just afraid that they had a legitimate reason.

[Steady Eddie]

Well in fairness they did observe the minutes silence, there was just no embrace at the centre circle. If they were making a statement it was a bit lack lustre...

[Lycan]

It's disrespectful to their opponents more than anything.

No. It's disrespectful to the memory of those who lost their lives. Their friends, families and anyone else affected by the tragedy more than anything else.

[Petadroli]

Probably just afraid that they had a legitimate reason.

What could possibly be a legitimate reason to disobey a minute's silence for victims of extremist terror?

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

What could possibly be a legitimate reason to disobey a minute's silence for victims of extremist terror?

God knows but if I didn't know why then I wouldn't be risking my job by being presumptive.

[TheShanklyGates]

Disgusting lack of respect. Glad the Aussies beat them.

[Xabi Gerrard]

The Guardian are saying that it was Saudi "officials" who were behind it.

Adam Peacock, a presenter with Fox Sports Australia, said on Twitter the Asian Football Confederation has approved the minute’s silence against the wishes of travelling Saudi officials. He said the Football Federation of Australia “tried to reason” with the Saudis but were unable to persuade them to participate in the tribute.

[Lycan]

Wankers.

[Linudden]

Inexcusable.

That country needs to be boycotted, and fast. With all that oil in the US and Canada why doesn't the west use that instead if we still need it? 

[markmywords]

What could possibly be a legitimate reason to disobey a minute's silence for victims of extremist terror?

possibly because a terrorist attack of similiar magnitude in their part of the world wouldn't generate a minute's news item, nevermind a minutes silence

not that I support them

[Cliff Bastin]

Scum of the earth country.

[Bend It Like Aurelio]

I've been to Riyadh for work. It's a fucking depressing place. It really is all the stereotypes come true.

[leiva-pool]

I wish we could observe a minutes silence everytime an innocent Arab family get slaughtered as well.


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[downtown]

I wish we could observe a minutes silence everytime an innocent Arab family get slaughtered as well.


[You may have an iPhone but you are still using the free version of Tapatalk and spamming us with that knowledge] Pro

Minutes of silence are REQUESTED by the home side. Same way we have it at Anfield every time a legend passes away / Hillsborough anniversaries. Almost 99% of the time the away side agrees to it and complies. Is it too much to ask for a moment of silence ?

And it's not like the moment of silence was for Tehran attack victims (Whom Saudis hate), it was for UK which is a brother state to Australia.


Do you think if there was a bombing in UAE, and this game was taking place in Riyadh and Saudis asked Aussie officials to hold a minute of silence for the victims, the Aussie team and players would refuse ? Would they fuck ?

Stop making excuses for the inexcusable.

[SP]

Sara Zelenak from Brisbane was one of the victims. The attack had a direct impact on Australia.

And Kirsty Boden from South Australia.

[zero zero]

Minutes of silence are REQUESTED by the home side. Same way we have it at Anfield every time a legend passes away / Hillsborough anniversaries. Almost 99% of the time the away side agrees to it and complies. Is it too much to ask for a moment of silence ?

And it's not like the moment of silence was for Tehran attack victims (Whom Saudis hate), it was for UK which is a brother state to Australia.

Not the entire story. Two Australian nationals died in the attack on London bridge.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/07/london-bridge-attack-last-of-eight-victims-identified-as-xavier-thomas

Stop making excuses for the inexcusable.

Agree with this

[Pistolero]

despicable behaviour.....kunts to a man

[HarryLabrador]

Turds is what they are.

Fuck them.

A million times over. How I loathe this country!
But it's ok Trump loves them.

[puroresu_kid]

Tom Rogic - what a goal!!!

[zero zero]

Tom Rogic - what a goal!!!

Despicable post

[Doc Red]

The Guardian are saying that it was Saudi "officials" who were behind it.

Even a moment of silence has to be some idiotic political stance of some sort.
Tits.

[Xabi Gerrard]

Despicable behaviour given that 2 Aussies died in the attacks and the Aussie request for a minute silent was refused.

I'm reserving judgment on the Saudi players though until I know the full story. It seems to me that this was a call by the Saudi officials, not the players. And given what I know about how some football associations in that part of the world treat their players (e.g. Uday Hussein torturing players when he was head of the Iraqi FA) I'm not going to be so quick to lay into a Saudi player who's probably worried that him/his family might be on the receiving end of some dickhead Saudi Prince's temper if he disobeys him.

[Frizzo]

Despicable behaviour given that 2 Aussies died in the attacks and the Aussie request for a minute silent was refused.

I'm reserving judgment on the Saudi players though until I know the full story. It seems to me that this was a call by the Saudi officials, not the players. And given what I know about how some football associations in that part of the world treat their players (e.g. Uday Hussein torturing players when he was head of the Iraqi FA) I'm not going to be so quick to lay into a Saudi player who's probably worried that him/his family might be on the receiving end of some dickhead Saudi Prince's temper if he disobeys him.

Why be so balanced and thoughtful?

You could just jump on without any information and call every Saudi Arabian a c*nt like others on here.

[redbyrdz]

I wish we could observe a minutes silence everytime an innocent Arab family get slaughtered as well.

Do you really think Australia would have refused a request for a minute's silence, had it been the other way round?

I can't really understand why anyone would refuse, it seems extremely offensive for something that costs you very little.

[ggcc14]

In a country where you can get your head chopped off for practicing sorcery what else would you expect?

[Salty Dog]

Despicable behaviour given that 2 Aussies died in the attacks and the Aussie request for a minute silent was refused.

I'm reserving judgment on the Saudi players though until I know the full story. It seems to me that this was a call by the Saudi officials, not the players. And given what I know about how some football associations in that part of the world treat their players (e.g. Uday Hussein torturing players when he was head of the Iraqi FA) I'm not going to be so quick to lay into a Saudi player who's probably worried that him/his family might be on the receiving end of some dickhead Saudi Prince's temper if he disobeys him.

Agree with every word of this.

[Zlen]

Uncivilised bastards.
Truly a despicable act by supposed athletes representing a despicable country.

[RobbieRedman]

Tom Rogic - what a goal!!!

any need for that?

[kesey]

The Guardian are saying that it was Saudi "officials" who were behind it.

My first thought was possible death threats. Iam always right . Trust me.

[Purple Red]

Absolute bastards.

Appalling disrespect to all the victims and particularly the Australians who lost their lives.