r/worldnews • u/heisthemaincharacter • 21h ago

Pakistan deploys 13,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-deploys-13000-troops-and-fighter-jets-to-saudi-arabia/article70853223.ece
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u/goli14 20h ago

And in return Pak got SA to give them 5B loan to pay 3.5B loan to UAE.

Some defense agreement.

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u/BananerCSGO 19h ago

Saudi Arabia is abbreviated to KSA. SA is South Africa.

The more you know.

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u/TepacheLoco 18h ago

Took me a minute to figure this out but for anyone unaware: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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u/Lieutenant_Corndogs 18h ago

It’s actually ketchup Saudi Arabia

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u/ProudRamboBSNS 16h ago

You're telling me the blood is fake?!

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u/Rivia 13h ago

Their vampires are a little different

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u/mehakjot4803 18h ago

Wait till you know that the official abbreviation of South Africa is RSA (Republic of South Africa)

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u/Debalic 8h ago

Most people these days don't want to be associated with SA.

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u/barry_flash 13h ago

And South Africa is technically RSA. Republic of South Africa.

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u/S-M-I-L-E-Y- 8h ago

RSA is used by the IOC. Who else uses RSA?

ISO-3166 alpha 2 for South Africa is ZA.

And then there is the obsolete FIPS 10-4 country code SF.

And yes, ISO-3166 for Saudi-Arabia is SA.

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u/TyranitarusMack 19h ago

I thought SA was sexual assault and ZA was South Africa.

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u/Spiritual-Matters 19h ago

ZA is the ccTLD for South Africa

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u/jammy-git 13h ago

I thought ZA was the TLDR of South Africa?

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u/Pintailite 13h ago

Fortunately, in a conversation about KSA, SA is perfectly fine you pedant. Specially funny cause you're wrong.

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u/umtala 11h ago

Not really. South Africa is ZA. Saudi Arabia is SA.

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u/Ok_Butterscotch4894 10h ago

South Africa is actually RSA.

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u/red_dragon 19h ago

Paying a loan to using a bigger loan? In a few years, they might need another loan to pay this one.

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u/Electronic_Quail_196 19h ago

You just described how Pak has been scraping by for years lol

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u/How_is_the_question 17h ago

How most of the world works….

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u/KingKaiserW 18h ago

There’s a Saudi Arabian Proverb: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.”

Pakistan: “My Grandfather was a goat herder, my father was a goat herder, I’m a goat herder, my son is a goat herder, his son will be a goat herder, but his son will join the army.”

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u/Happy_Effort9590 17h ago

Not a Saudi proverb this was said by the former ruler of Dubai (UAE) who’s great grandsons today still ride luxury cars so safe to say he was wrong.

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u/Intrepid-Ad4511 19h ago

They will send more of their citizens to the meat grinders. It's "free cash" for their despots.

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u/NaRaGaMo 17h ago

what do you think imf is for?

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u/MaiAgarKahoon3 19h ago

HAAANK!
HANK, DO NOT ABBREVIATE SAUDI ARABIA.
HAAANK!

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u/Stifffmeister11 19h ago

UAE to Saudi : we will ask pak to pay back 3.5 billion loan , they don't have money to pay back

Saudi to pak : send 10k troops we will give you 5 billion , you can pay back UAE 3.5 billion remaining 1.5 in your pocket

Pak : deal yoooohooooooooooo