Saudi Suggests 'Squeezing' Iran Over Nuclear Ambitions

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Source: Wall Street Journal

A leading member of Saudi Arabia's royal family warned that Riyadh could seek to supplant Iran's oil exports if the country doesn't constrain its nuclear program, a move that could hobble Tehran's finances.

In closed-door remarks earlier this month, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal also strongly implied that Riyadh would be forced to follow suit if Tehran pushed ahead to develop nuclear weapons and said Saudi Arabia is preparing to employ all of its economic, diplomatic and security assets to confront Tehran's regional ambitions.

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Iran's "meddling and destabilizing efforts in countries with Shiite majorities, such as Iraq and Bahrain, as well as those countries with significant Shiite communities…must come to an end," Prince Turki said, according to a copy of his speech obtained by The Wall Street Journal. "Saudi Arabia will oppose any and all of Iran's actions in other countries because it is Saudi Arabia's position that Iran has no right to meddle in other nations' internal affairs."

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah sent troops into Bahrain and Yemen over the past 18 months to help support allies there against what Riyadh has described as Iranian-backed political rebellions. Saudi officials have criticized the Obama administration's public support for democratic movements in Egypt and Bahrain, arguing that they served to strengthen Tehran's regional hand. "A lot of people in the kingdom are talking along these lines," said a senior Arab official briefed on Prince Turki's speech.

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[dipsydoodle]

1. They would

wouldn't they.

Its called selfish self interest.

[Diclotican]

2. bananas

bananas

Yeah, as if not Saudi-Arabia have no ambitions when it came to nuclear power/weapons on their own?... They are for the moment building at last ONE reactor in the desert, with the ambition of been a player in the arabic world after the oil is going down... And it is also rumored, that the nuclear reactor they are buling, are not just for the electrisity, but to make material for bombs.. And even tho it is not comfortable to have a nuclear powered Iran in this area of the world. It is a nuclear nightmare to have Saudi-Arabia with nuclear weapons..

Diclotican

[leveymg]

3. As long as Pakistan has had nuclear weapons, the House of Saud has nuclear weapons

Who do you think paid for Pakistan's nuclear programs, constructed while the Bush wing of the CIA looked the other way? It was part of the "Safari Club" deal between G.H.W. and Prince Turki.

The Saudis are merely threatening to obtain something they already have as a de facto nuclear power.

[Diclotican]

4. leveymg

leveymg

Of course.. Who paid for Pakistans Nuclear weapons program.. My wild" wil be the House of Saud... Or at least parts of that Kindom, as they are using it as tools to play hardball with the rest of the world. If someone in Washington DC, in high enough positions have had the balls to prove what most peopole allready know in bits and bolts, it would be the end of Saudi-Arabia as a nation.. Or at least a credible nation.. Saudi-Arabia is ruled by a gang of thieves, who is playing all sides becouse they have the money, and the religious zealus to do it.. The Whanabit-sect theory, who by the way is the ruling government in Saudi-Arabia is so far away from mainstream ISLAM, that most islamic theologs is not welcome in Saudi-Arabia. As they have been seen as "infedels" by the Whanabit-sect.. Their interception of what is Islamis faith is far away from the other "schools" in the islamic faith - and they are using their petro- dollar to outdo the more educated parts of the Islamic faith to muster their own power.. Withouth the oil, and the power they is getting from the oil, most of Saudi-Arabia would still just have been a desert - and for the most part, populated by beduins, and a few towns here and there. Ryad exemple was untill 1970s just a small desert City, withouth any signiface at all.. And the biggest habour towns, was just some dusty towns, with a lot of habours and nothing else.. My dad was sailing on the Persial Gulf in the 1950-1960s, and have told a few things about "the rugged thiefs" who was the norm of the day.. Everything that wasen't closed down, and bolted to the deck, was in danger to be stolen from them... And even tho Saudi-Arabia and IAE have changed a lot since my dad was on the sea - the ideas is more or less the same to many of them.. What they can't get by legal menas, they do with other menas...
Bush Sr, and CIA have managed to get a lot of troubles to the middle east, by coosing up to the most extreme parts of the Saudi-Arabian government.. Do you really all this extremist would have been able, if it was not for the direct contact between CIA and xtreme groups..?.. I would not belive that.. And now everyone is paying that price, as we have to fight a lot of extremist on many fronts - and Im not sure if we are to be victorius in the end - we who are liberal, democratic and suporters of liberal ideas, like democracy and freedom of speach.. I fear the dark days forward - but Im also sure about one thing, even if it is dark, a bright light wil be there to show where to go, and to restore our freedom, our liberty, and our rights as human beeings.. History is showing this time and time again.. It is not the first time, the last 150 year, that the powerfull elite belive they can play us for fools, and get what they want - but all this time, in the end, if they are not carefull, they end up loosing more than they was wanting to loose.. Untill 1917, nobody belived that pessants could sucessfully overtrown a modern government. Last time that happend, was in 1776 and 1789... But 1917 happended, and for more than 100 year, the elites was scared as hell, becouse the pessants was able to overtrown the elite rulers..

The Saudi-Arabians is just playing a game, a game where they want "the west" to wage a war against Iran, on behaf of the Saudi-Arabian monarcy (or should we say despoti) But im not to sure about if the west are willing to wage a war with Iran.. Compared to Saudi-Arabia or Iraq, Iran is a modern nation, with all the tools to BE a democratic socity, they have a working Parlament, tradition for woting and all that.. What they need is reforms, to make it able to go from what they are now, to a working parlamentaric Democratic State.. And it can happend in our lifetime, becouse most iranians is feed up with the old regime, and want shanges, and the posibility to wisit other nations, on a ordinary way.. It is in our grasp, to support the liberal minded peopole outside and inside the Iranian government - if we are not willing to go to wars that is. But I somehow doubt that, the powers to be, is able to understand if Iran just get time, they can and are willing to reform, and prosper as a democratic Country.. They have the tools, they just time to reform.. Iraq are NO democracy, even tho they have had ELECTIONS now and then... Iran is far more stable than Iraq.. And is also a country, who is educated and given time, wil make it...

Diclotican

[Roland99]

5. The whole point of invading Afghanistan and Iraq was to put a "squeeze play" on Iran.

[avaistheone1]

6. Ah those Saudis keep spreading the love.

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