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Nobody could have known that the dinner they were about to eat would one day change history.
Some say it was goat. Others say it was lamb.
And the guest of honor was Mohammed, the controversial founder of Islam.
It was just one bite, that's all it took. He tasted the poison and immediately spit it out. But it was
too late. He would soon die, sparking a bitter and deadly divide.
See, when Mohammed died nobody could agree on who should take over...
On the one side, you've got the Sunni Muslims. They're the ones that run Saudi Arabia, Egypt,
Jordan, and many of the other countries in the Middle East.
On the other, you've got the Shia Muslims. It's the Shia that run Iran. And now run Iraq, as well
as Lebanon and Syria.
Think Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland... Serbs vs. Croats in Bosnia... or even the
religious Thirty Years War that ripped apart Europe in the 16th century.
Only this Sunni-Shia split has built up pressure now for the last 1,354 years.
But it's only now that this pressure has found its ultimate release — with Iran driving a new Shia
uprising smack dab in the middle of the most dangerous place on Earth — the oil-soaked Middle
East.
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Isn't the Middle East already a mess? Yes, it is.
What's different is that too many in the West... right up to the White House and the Pentagon...
don't "get" just how deep this Islam divide could go or how far it could run.
If it's black in this map, it's Shia ground. It's also mostly oil heartland
and some of the most strategic territory in the entire Middle East!
But can you imagine what millions of Shiites with a 1,354-year old ax to grind could do?
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The 162-Million-Man March
Nobody knows exactly how many Shia there are right now in the Middle East. That's because in
all but four Middle Eastern countries, Sunni leaders don't bother to count.
Sunni schools teach that Shiites aren't real Muslims. Shias don't get a seat in government. They
can't become judges or even testify in high courts. In Sunni-run Saudi Arabia, Shias and Sunni
can't even marry.
But now, for the first time in history, they see this as their chance to turn the tide. And how big a
tide is it? Hands down, saber-rattling Iran has the most — 70 million Shia.
But then you've got the "liberated" Shia of Iraq — 22 million. Plus as many as 2 million Shia in
Iran-backed Lebanon. And up to 4 million Shia in Iran's top ally, Syria.
Then you've got another 700,000 Shia in Kuwait... up to 500,000 Shia in Bahrain... up to 400,000
Shia in the United Arab Emirates... 300,000 Shia in Oman... and around 100,000 Shia in Qatar,
according to the Pew Research Center in Washington.
On top of that, as many as 10 million Shia in Yemen... another 7 million Shia in Azerbaijan...
and 11 million Shia in Turkey... not to mention the combined 30 million Shia in Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
But out of between the 147 million to 162 million Shia spread from Pakistan to Lebanon and
Azerbaijan to Yemen, enough do that this is the river of "Secret Revenge" and common blood
running through the entire Middle East.
Here's why...
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"New" Oil War Flashpoint #1:
The Real Reason Iran
Wants the Bomb
Don't forget, Iran used to be Persia.
At one point Persia was the biggest and most powerful empire in history!
Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Egypt — even Israel — the Persians controlled them all. Along with all of
Afghanistan and Pakistan and most of the oil-rich coast of the Caspian.
For 300 years, Persian armies held off the Roman Empire. Their scholars walked with Aristotle
and Plato. And influenced Greek art.
With total control of the Hormuz "oil chokepoint" in the Persian Gulf
and new power in "liberated" Iraq, the Iranians have a brand new foothold
for kicking off the long-awaited "Shia Revolution."
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You'll notice two things.
First, you'll see how Iran's Shia influence has spilled across the border into southern Iraq.
Southern Iraq is where you'll find six of Iraq's eight "Supergiant" oil fields. It's also where you'll
find a key border with Shia Islam's mortal enemy — Saudi Arabia.
For eight years back in the 1980s, Saudi Arabia helped Iraq wage a bloody war against Iran.
Along with other Sunni governments, the Saudis even gave Saddam over $47 billion to launch
missiles and nerve gas attacks over the Iranian border.
(Imagine if Canada or Mexico had given money to Japan to help them bomb Pearl Harbor. Iran
has waited to make the Saudis pay — and now they
have their chance.)
And 90% of all the daily oil shipments from the entire Middle East.
Today, Iran backs Shia militants in Iraq. They give them money and guns. They've even helped
Shia politicians take over the Iraqi government. Why?
Because gaining control in Iraq takes the Iranians one step closer in their twisted plot for secret
revenge. For another one of those steps, just look further south... to Yemen.
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"New" Oil War Flashpoint #2:
Yemen's Ugly Secret
The Pentagon has just tripled its budget on Yemen.
Top U.S. General Patraeus just had a not-so-secret meeting with Yemen's president.
And our own State Department calls Yemen a “threat... to global stability.”
What gives?
Even ABC News just called Yemen the next "top target" in the terror war and a "near-perfect
haven for terrorists." Obama just sent Yemen our troops, ships, and weapons.
Yemen's on/off Shia revolution gives and "Gate of Tears" oil chokepoint
could soon give Iran a strategic "backdoor" attack point into Saudi Arabia...
Yemen might be a failed country... with a collapsing government, a shrinking oil supply, an
exploding population and not much of anything else but lawlessness and chaos.
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It sits just on the tip of the Arab peninsula... south of another key Saudi border and on the coast
of another key oil strait called Bab-el-Mandeb.
Take the $1 billion Tehran now "donates" every year to If that happens, nearly 66% of the
Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. Or the billions they gave world's oil supply will get caught in
Syria's Shia president to build cement factories, car factories, the crosshairs.
power plants, and storage silos.
Soaring energy prices can hit almost
In return, Iran gets Hezbollah's Arabic-speaking terrorists to every aspect of life... and pummel
run militant Shia training camps in Iraq. And gets Syria to any economy... but there are ways
distribute Iran's money and weapons to others in the Shia you can protect yourself, financially.
network. Read on to find out how...
The secret money Iran sends to Shia rebels in Yemen could soon have a payoff too — by opening
up another route for "backdoor" Shia access into Saudi Arabia.
Yemen's rebels have already hit towns across the Saudi border. And the Saudis have hit back,
losing dozens of troops in the process. We’re just in the first innings of this one.
So far, 50 Saudi schools along the border have had to close. Another 240 border towns have
already been evacuated. And Saudi jets have already dropped bombs in Yemen.
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What exactly has the Saudis running scared?
But the threat alone could be enough to kick oil much higher.
For instance...
Our CIA, Britain's M16, and other top spy agencies say Iran could have a working
nuclear bomb within three months...
The Times of London uncovered a confidential document that says Iran already has a
"neutron initiator" ready to test. That's the part you need to trigger a warhead.
And Der Spiegel, the German magazine, says Iran may even have the tech and material to
build a simple nuclear bomb before the end of THIS year.
But the Bomb is just a beginning.
Even if the go ahead to build a nuke never comes from Iran's top cleric, the more immediate
danger is a wildfire of Shia-Sunni unrest... starting in Iran's new hotbeds of Shia support... and
spreading across the rest of the Sunni-run oil states... with the richest oil fields in the world's
richest oil nation as the final battleground.
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As you can see, Saudi Arabia looks like a sitting duck.
Iran has a Shia network that reaches from Afghanistan to Lebanon once again... more
connections building along the Persian Gulf... Yemeni Shias to the south... and Shia connections
along the oil rich Caspian Sea.
You could see this spread to the nearly two million Shia that live and work on Saudi Arabia's oil
fields very soon. Even though that's exactly what the Saudis — and our own Pentagon — hope
will never happen.
As you read this, big and small Gulf states are piling up weapons, stocking anti-missile batteries,
and sandbagging their oil terminals, ports, and water desalinization plants...
Abu Dhabi alone has already bought $17 billion worth of U.S. anti-missile hardware. And the
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia just splurged on weapons, to the tune of $25 billion.
As you read this, our own F-16 fighter jets, Patriot missile systems, giant cruisers and up to
20,000 more U.S. troops are quietly digging in for an epic fight... that could spread past Iraq and
Yemen... and even into Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
Leaders in all three of America's biggest Middle East allied countries — Egypt, Jordan, and
Saudi Arabia — claim the epic Sunni-Shia showdown is in the cards.
But no matter how it starts, Saudi Arabia is where it's most likely to end up. Why?
Not only is Saudi Arabia home to Mecca, Islam's holiest place... but it's also home to the corrupt
and U.S.-allied Royal House of Saud, considered an insult to all Islam.
In a country where they'll cut off your hand for stealing and whip you for holding a glass of
whiskey... Saudi princes gorge on cocaine and prostitutes, gambling, palaces, and more.
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All while the vast Saudi underclass starves on just $6,000 per year and 30% unemployment. And
as many as two million of that underclass is Shia. With a 1,354-year-old ax to grind and billions
of dollars in oil revenues as the prize.
Iran is ready to assert its place in the world. Think Japan or Germany in the 1930s. The
threat is there, it's large, and it's not going away anytime soon.
But I can tell you how oil could respond... by exploding to new record highs. Possibly as high as
$220 per barrel by spring of the coming year... with gas not topping out until it hits as much as
$8 per gallon.
And yet...
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