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| Saudi newspaper calls to overthrow Gadhafi |
| 2003-03-03 |
| The regime of Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi poses more of a threat to the Arab world than foreign powers and must be toppled, a leading Saudi daily said Monday. The Saudis seem to be a bit upset with old Moamer. "The continuity of this regime and others like it will pose a real and crushing danger to this Arab nation ... more than arrogant foreign powers," Okaz newspaper said in its editorial. "When we say it is time to remove the 'suspicious' regime of Gadhafi and regimes like it, we affirm there is no way to face potential dangers without this courageous and essential step," it added. "Dealing with the madness of Gadhafi and others like him must be the first point on the agenda of a programme to reform the Arab situation, otherwise this nation will go from bad to worse." Gee, are they calling for "regime change"? Saudi newspapers on Sunday accused Gadhafi of serving the enemies of Arabs following his spat with Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz at an Arab summit in Egypt to review the Iraq crisis. Serving the ememies of Arabs? Does this mean Gadhafi is a zionist tool now? Saudi newspapers continued to lash out at the Libyan leader on Monday with hard-hitting editorials, accusing him of deliberately causing a rift among Arabs. Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal was quoted by Al-Jazirah newspaper on Monday as saying that the "era of comity and flattering is over and every Arab official should be held responsible for practices which may harm Arab world interests." Quite a tiff they got going now. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #15 This is prolly due to the recent attempt by Mo to have Soddi Abbdullah via a US-based paleostinian formerly with the AMC. |
| Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-08-21 8:11:06 PM |
| #14 I recognize a steaming pile: A6136 ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-21 7:15:38 PM |
| #13 What the hell is the matter with you people? You don't know crap! |
| Posted by: Anonymous6136 2004-08-21 5:50:42 PM |
| #12 and your grave awaits you,â Sounds like a sierious threat to me! |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-03-04 06:56:41 |
| #11 Boy the Saudis can be quick with regime change! Can't we get Saddam to call Abdullah names? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-03-03 13:59:25 |
| #10 This is what UPI is saying caused it: But Gadhafi's charge that during the 1991 Gulf War, "King Fahd told me that his country was threatened and that he would cooperate with the devil to protect it," was too much for the Saudis. For any good Muslim, let alone the custodian of Islam's holy places, to cooperate with the devil is serious blasphemy. So Crown Prince Abdullah interrupted to tell Gadhafi to shut up, and went on to charge that Gadhafi was installed 35 years ago as a colonial puppet. The Crown Prince concluded: "Your lies precede you, while the grave is ahead of you." An everyday story of Arab diplomacy, with the usual results of angry demonstrations outside the Saudi Embassy in Libya and ambassadors recalled "for consultation." |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-03-03 13:58:15 |
| #9 I think his elite group of female bodyguards is just as offensive to the Saud's as his colonialism comments. |
| Posted by: Jon 2003-03-03 13:33:10 |
| #8 My are things confused. You don't think that Tripoli is doing us some sort of favor to try and get on our good side? Perhaps an oil embargo is being floated and Ghaddafi isn't playing ball? |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2003-03-03 11:58:43 |
| #7 Why is it I keep getting flashbacks of the "arab council" in Damascus from "Lawrence of Arabia"? Confusion to our enemies. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-03-03 10:01:50 |
| #6 The Saudis are peeved because Mo has those foxy bodyguards and they feel that this precident could spread throughout the Islamic arab world. And then what would happen? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-03 09:53:25 |
| #5 LGF of all places has lots more details. Apparently MO got on the Sauds case for letting US forces in in 1990 and 1991. Said some nasty things about Saud not really being independent. Not sure what game Mo is playing, but the Saudis were quite justified in getting peeved if I read what going on correctly. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-03-03 09:44:43 |
| #4 wow. Big mistake for Qaddafi. |
| Posted by: becky 2003-03-03 09:21:15 |
| #3 Wow, what got them so peeved? Or is it just that royalty isn't used to being treated that way? |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-03-03 09:01:34 |
| #2 Here's some more ranting from Riyadh: â(Qaddafiâs) mission at the summit has revealed his real intentions and his secret role of serving the enemies of the (Arab) nation,â Al-Riyadh daily charged in a front-page editorial. The previous track record of Qaddafi indicates âthat this personality needs to be treated by psychiatrists,â the newspaper added. The paper said that Qaddafi was brought to power in Libya in 1969 âby an American tankâ and has exploited the Libyan people under various slogans. âWho exactly brought you to power?â Crown Prince Abdullah asked the Libyan leader, alluding to suggestions that his 1969 overthrow of the British-backed monarchy had US support. âYou are a liar and your grave awaits you,â the crown prince said. Al-Watan newspaper described Qaddafi as a âcomedian heroâ, a âpeacock who rides on lies, deception and forgeryâ of history, and said the âbiggest catastropheâ was for the Libyan people. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-03-03 08:57:57 |
| #1 and your grave awaits you,â Sounds like a sierious threat to me! |
| Posted by: raptor 3/4/2003 6:56:41 AM |