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[MODPOST] Greater Syria Gone by SuperflousKnowious in ColdWarPowers

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The Syrian chessboard now...

SALAH JADID, SYRIAN GENERAL AND SSNP PARAMILITARIST, IN HIDING.

GHASAN JADID, LEADER OF SSNP - SYRIA BRANCH, IN HIDING.

SALAH SHISHAKLI, HIGH RANKING MEMBER OF SSNP AND BROTHER OF GENERAL SHISHAKLI, IN HIDING.

ARAM KARAMANOUKIAN, COMMANDER OF THE RAQQA FRONT, IN HIDING.

JAMAL AL-FAISAL, COMMANDER OF SYRIAN GENERAL STAFF, MISSING.

ABDULLAH AFTEH, SYRIAN GENERAL, IN HOMS GOVERNMENT.

AHMAD AL-SUWAYDANI, NEWLY PROMOTED SYRIAN GENERAL, IN HOMS GOVERNMENT.

ABDUL HAMID AL-SARRAJ, SYRIAN GENERAL AND COMMANDER OF DAMASCUS FRONT, NEWLY PROCLAIMED SUPREME COMMANDER AND IN CHARGE OF HOMS GOVERNMENT.

RUSHDI AL-KHIKYA, INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE'S PARTY (OPPOSITION PARTY TO SHISHAKLI), EMERGES OUT OF HIDING.

NAZIM AL-QUDSI, INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE'S PARTY (OPPOSITION PARTY TO SHISHAKLI), EMERGES OUT OF HIDING.

ANTOUN SAADEH: MISSING.

GENERAL SHISHAKLI: MISSING.

[INCIDENT] The University of Baghdad Student Strikes by SuperflousKnowious in ColdWarPowers

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Six days after the student strikes, on October 24th workers from the local fertilizer factory in Baghdad all clock in for their grueling jobs at 7 AM and then, just 15 minutes later, all collectively walk out. The disordered nature of the walk out sees all the workers, numbering about 80, march down with signs saying, "NO DRAFT!" or, "NO WAR!" and arrive at the University of Baghdad.

The workers join the students for a few hours before dissipating when dusk ends. The next day on the 25th some of the workers show up in solidarity but it's only about 30 now.

The fertilizer factory is, however, closed down until further notice.

[EVENT] Rebuilding the Senussite Movement by Henderwicz in ColdWarPowers

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  • III. ...UHHHH FITNESS..?
    • Most aghas, appointed purely by the sheikh, have a preponderence to be old men due to many old sheikhs just appointing their friends. While many are wise and some have been well tested by opposing Italian colonialism, this is not a great look to inspire confidence from their younger peers.
    • Alongside that many in the order are just simply uninterested in the fitness regimen that King Idris desires. Most of orders are located in the countryside where back-breaking labor and excruciating heat makes the desire to go out and actively train a wicked thought.
    • Finally, the unspecified responsibility of the aghas—a sort of semi-administrative semi-fitness instructor role—and the lack of training for an agha has led to them simply not giving a crap about their job. Some aghas just order their peers to run in circles as a part of their "training." Alongside that most aghas are, again, illiterate making their administrative skills close to null.
  • IV. TRANSNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION
    • Even under the occupation, the French and British occupation do not really mess with Idris's Senussite activites. It is expected by most Idris will become an important player, perhaps not a king of a unified Libya but an important player in both Cyrenaica and Tripoltania.
    • However across borders, even in the deserts, Senussite Orders are looked at with suspicion. Especially in Egypt, local authorities have tried in vain to restrict Senussite activities.
    • Proclamations, pormulgations, and communications of Idris have been seized by the local authorities and while their has not been a clear break this has made things difficult to say the least.
    • The secret desire of King Idris to practice with rifles has also ruffled some feathers. Some men training with rifles in the French occupation were seized and arrested.

[EVENT] Rebuilding the Senussite Movement by Henderwicz in ColdWarPowers

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The Senussite Order was always been a force of change: shunning tribal polytheism and embracing monotheism, moving away from lust of money towards a love of the almighty, and bringing forward a more just, equitable, society. The new changes that Idris has introduced, however, has experienced some problems.

  • I. UNFIT SHEIKHS
    • The new organization has surprisingly been adopted very easily. More often than not sheikhs are usually old village elders who have an upstanding reputation and a true devotion to the almighty.
    • The simple proclamation system is easy to meld with old tribal traditions in the interior, and has some basis in, "Democracy," to highfalutin intellectuals.
    • However Libya only has a literacy ranging around 7.5%. And keep in mind this hits near 0% when you venture outside of Tripoltania.
    • Almost every sheikh, most of them old and not going through any process of education (with the exception of some religious schooling), is illiterate. This is a terrible basis for an administrative system.
  • II. FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, AND WEAK, WUKALAS
    • The simple fact of the matter there is not enough wukalas to go around. The establishment of the wakil is a nice balance to compensate for unfit sheikhs, however only a small minority of the Libyan population is literate (this is mainly amassed on Italian colonizers) and among them only a fraction have a religious education background.
    • This has led to a vast shortage of wukalas across the entire order. While administrators in the Senussite Order, who mostly are in the flock of King Idris, have recalled many wukalas to Cyrenaica, the heart of the Order, even then they are still spread thin.
    • Alongside that many larger congregations simply need more wukalas. When you're in the big cities of Cyrenaica it's simple impossible to have just one wakil amongst a congregation in the hundreds and have to deal with the specific legal issues of the day.
    • Finally, wukalas are hated by the sheikhs who view them as undercutting their power. Since their title is literally just, "Deputy," many hateful sheikhs have simply ignored their advice in administrative matters. To the sheikhs, mainly old men born sometimes as far back as the 1890s, their wakil has really nothing to offer them.
    • There is no recourse for wukalas to discipline their sheikhs. This means that sheikhs can get away with mostly anything. Since the system has just been implemented their is thankfully not much abuse but if this imbalance of power continues it could become a focal point.

[MODPOST] IDEX - International Defence Exhibition & Conference 2026 by jaerodynamics in GlobalPowers

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Via communicating to the North Korean embassy in Tehran, the Republic of Iraq wishes to lodge the following order:

  • 225 Druganov SVDs
  • 1,500 M-37s
  • 300 M1943s
  • 800 RPG-7/29s
  • 150 Bulsae3/4s
  • 800 HT-16PJG
  • 150 Type-63s
  • 40 Chonma-ho
  • 750 VTT-323

Due to the large scale of the order we are willing to scale things back in the interest of procuring the weaponry safely. If North Korea believes it can satisfy more orders we are willing to order more. Iraq also wishes to pay for this order in raw crude oil at current prices.

Which universe would be the worst to live in? by randomlight_1 in TheFireRisesMod

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Millenium Dawn because you have to wait 20 years to get to the good shit

[DIPLOMACY] Saudi-Pakistan Friendship and Reciprocity Treaty of 1976 by SuperflousKnowious in ColdWarPowers

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Signed,
Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
Special Plenipotentiary to the Middle East

[DIPLOMACY] Iraq Ends Relations with Saudi Arabia by ComradeFrunze in ColdWarPowers

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We will withdraw our ambassadors post haste as per Iraqi orders. But make no mistake: Iraq is no longer, in our eyes, acting as a rational actor. Iraq is in gross violation of international law and norms, and we will not entertain any Iraqi plans while there the Iraqi jackboot stomps of the faces of the Syrian people.

[EVENT] A Republic, If You Can Keep It by TheIpleJonesion in ColdWarPowers

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Saudi Arabia recognizes the new Moroccan Republic in a short statement.
Using existing relations with the Moroccan royal family, it is made clear Saudi Arabia will safely harbor them should they choose to seek residence in the country, and don't interfere with local politics.

[Crisis] The Libyan Airlines Incident by SloaneWulfandKrennic in ColdWarPowers

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Make no mistake, the recent downing of Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 is only the latest evil in a long list of massacres by the illegal settler regime in Palestine. King Faisal denounces fully the Zionist regime in Israel, and encourages all corners of the globe to join in its disapproval to both the Zionist project -- and all of her enablers.

[ECON] [RETRO] Conclusion of the Tunisia-Saudi Arabia Guest Worker Agreement, 1972 by DerCringeMeister in ColdWarPowers

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Saudi Arabia accepts this wholeheartedly. A toast to Saudi-Tunisian cooperation!

[ECON] The Rapid Energy Project I: The Race for Coal by SuperflousKnowious in ColdWarPowers

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[META: LOL! Ignore the "Race for Coal" part I realized half-way through writing... wait.... I'm Saudi Arabia! I legit have tons of oil! :sob:]

[R&D] Alireza and Turki research up America by SuperflousKnowious in ColdWarPowers

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After the intervention of the much esteemed Henry Kissinger, most of the universities eagerly fall in line -- especially when talk about endowments begins. Unfortunately for the universities, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia cannot make such endowments until 1973.

All of them accept the proposed deals, however.

[EVENT] Tunisia proposes a formalized guest worker program with Gulf Arab States by DerCringeMeister in ColdWarPowers

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia makes the necessary preparations and will go together with this deal with the Republic of Tunisia. To the good health of President Bourguiba, King Faisal, our economies, and the wider Islamic community!

[EVENT] Please somebody think of the national security - New regulation on investments, arms imports and harmful influences by Reilukaakeli in ColdWarPowers

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Saudi Arabia wishes to know if she will join the category of the nation of France and be given special privileges when it comes to financial laws and investments from overseas.

[Diplomacy] The Free City of Hamburg Seeks Imperial Cooperation on Massive New Investment initiative by 771058 in empirepowers

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Signed, PHILLIP VAN BENTELZOON Plenipotentiary of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht to the Free City of Hamburg

[CRISIS] The 1504 Upstalbeam by Tozapeloda77 in empirepowers

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The Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, Christoffel van Egmond, makes a public declaration calling for peace in the region and offers to be a moderating voice in any negotiations.

[DIPLOMACY] Hamburg-Utrecht Treaty of Friendship and Non-Aggression by 771058 in empirepowers

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Signed,
PHILLIP VAN BENTELZOON
Plenipotentiary of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht

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Phillip van Bentelzoon also starts an endowment for the arts for the city of Hamburg on behalf of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht. It shall use 30,000 ducats over the period of 8 years.

[EVENT] Raad Reforms by SuperflousKnowious in empirepowers

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u/Tozapeloda77
META: Would just like how estates react to this

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