Saudi Arabia: Iraq a Major Terror Base

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Saudi Arabia's interior minister on Sunday called Iraq a major base for terrorism, a sign of growing alarm over the neighboring country where U.S. forces are struggling to prevent Sunni-Shiite violence from escalating into full-scale civil war.

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif said the situation in Iraq is deteriorating daily and the country has become a threat to the whole region.

``There is no doubt that Iraq now forms a main base for terrorism,'' he told the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya television station in the capital Riyadh.

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The minister also said Saudi youth were being lured to fight in Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi officials have long complained about Saudi extremists crossing into Iraq to join the battle against American and coalition forces. U.S. officials announced last April that Saudis were one of the top five nationalities among foreign fighters captured by coalition forces in Iraq.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6210460,00.html

[buddysmellgood]

1. Hey great! I feel safer! So the Saudis are going to step up now, right?

[Jacobin]

2. Time for the Wolf to come fix Iraq

(obscure: DU thread on Pulp Fiction guy who fixed the "Bonnie Problem"---jim baker on Iraq)

[IntiRaymi]

12. If I am curt with you, it is because time is of the essence,

So, pretty please, with sugar on top.....

[Captain Hilts]

3. It is NOW. nt

[grytpype]

4. I feel so f*cking safe I don't know whether to sh*t or go blind.

[bemildred]

5. Yep. All them "insurgents" are going to be looking for work. nt

[lovuian]

6. The Whole PNAC plan is a Disaster and karma is at work

Its really ironic... Saddam wasn't as bad as they thought after all

[StClone]

16. LOL That's exactly my thoughts

Take out the bad and replace it with Hell. Typical.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Israel wanted us to topple Saddam.. They should be happy in Jerusalem!

Now they want us to bomb Iran. Nothing like throwing gasoline on a fire.

[CJCRANE]

13. Saudis wanted it too.

The Neocons are an unholy alliance of contradictory groups.

[PittPoliSci]

8. that's like the pot calling the kettle black.

[LynnTheDem]

9. And you know who to THANK!

George W. bUsh. Putting the ERROR in TERROR since 2001.

[daleo]

10. The 911 hijackers were Saudi (so we are told, anyway)

Yet, they lecture other countries about terrorism?

[CJCRANE]

14. 9/11 was their gift to the neocons

the "new Pearl Harbor" needed to kickstart the PNAC/BFEE agenda.

It worked pretty well for a while there (Saddam gone, oil prices up etc). Reality bites back in the end though.

[IntiRaymi]

11. Terrorists gathering in Iraq? Let's invade!!!

[truthisfreedom]

15. we were already attacked on our soil. "Saudi Arabia: A Major Terror Base"

think about it.

[KansDem]

19. I agree, we went after the wrong people...(eom)

[cassiepriam]

17. Can we give Iraq back to Saddam?? nt

[Robeson]

18. Gee, ya' think? Wonder how the hell that happened?....

...:think:

[Martin Eden]

20. Where's that damn lid to Pandora's Box?

And who the hell let a deranged chimp pry it off in the first place?