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| Princeling sez West to blame for Iranian nuclear situation | |
| 2006-01-16 | |
| Saudi Arabia has said the West is partly to blame for the current nuclear stand-off with Iran because it allowed Israel to develop nuclear weapons. The Saudi foreign minister told the BBC statements made by Iran's president were "extreme" but that diplomacy was the way to resolve the crisis. Prince Saud al-Faisal was giving a rare interview while in London for a two-day terrorism conference. He has chosen this visit to call for a nuclear-free zone in the Gulf. Prince Saud told the BBC that the West was partly responsible for the current stand-off with Iran over its nuclear policy because, he said, it had helped Israel develop its own nuclear arsenal. But when asked how Saudi Arabia would respond if Iran acquired nuclear weapons, he ruled out joining the nuclear arms race. He said nuclear weapons benefited no-one and that if Iran were ever to use them against Israel, it would end up killing Palestinians.
He said progress had been made in tackling al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia but that his government was concerned about the return of Saudi militants who had been fighting in Iraq. Gaining the support of the public was crucial, he said, in winning the fight against terrorism. On the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Prince Saud said he planned to thank Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday for Britain's role, which he called both constructive and important. | |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #10 Say it ain't so, Joe. Sir, you're j-dam dinner is served courtesy of Mother Condi. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-01-16 15:40 |
| #9 #8 Penile Centric? (Looking) yes it is in the center. Just shows you're not Japanese... weapon on the left, penis on the right. Yeah, they DID get that anal in the (pre-WWII) Japanese military. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-01-16 15:23 |
| #8 Penile Centric? (Looking) yes it is in the center. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-01-16 13:23 |
| #7 penile centric? Why bring me into this, Joe? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-16 11:21 |
| #6 You know if we had a real president when the twits took the embassy in Tehran, the place would have been glass thirty years ago and we wouldn't have a crisis today. No islamist, the Soviets would have thought real hard before sending troops into next door Afghanistan. Of course no one would like us, but when we spoke, we'd certainly be paid attention to. |
| Posted by: Thruling Thimble1239 2006-01-16 11:09 |
| #5 anti-butter-and-egg incompetent selfish Male Fascist brutes 9.84 |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-16 10:22 |
| #4 I vote for Mother Condi and her baby J-Dams instead. |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-01-16 10:02 |
| #3 We helped Israel develop nukes??? I think that is France that they are thinking of. Maybe a little heavy water, but thats it. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-01-16 09:03 |
| #2 You nailed it right through the heart Joe. gawd forbid Mother Hillary and her Amazon Corps for everythings at stake, will we will be MEN or mice? |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2006-01-16 08:20 |
| #1 NO WMDS in IRAQ = NO WMDS IN IRAN ...SYRIA... NORTH KOREA, etc. Amerika and the world need Mother Hillary and her Amazon Corps to save everyone from themselves and espec from meat-loving, anti-fruit/veggies, penile-centric, abusive power-manic untrustworthy philandering anti-butter-and-egg incompetent selfish Male Fascist brutes, i.e. Americans and error-prone, anti-Perfectionist/Totality anti-Cookie Fascist Socialism. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-01-16 00:58 |