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| Crown Prince Floats Islamic Occupation Force for Iraq |
| 2003-02-20 |
| The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has recently transmitted a secret proposal to the Bush administration, using one of his own sons, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah as an emissary, rather than officials from the Saudi Embassy in Washington, ABCNEWS has learned. Oooh, secret plans! Tell us more! The Saudis are proposing that after Saddam Hussein's fall, Saudi Arabia should lead a coalition of Islamic nations to occupy Iraq while a transitional Iraqi government is established, with Turkey playing the leading role in the Islamic force. I see, after the US and other nations do the heavy lifting, you want us to had Iraq over to you with the Turkish army under your control. We'll get back to you on that, after we stop laughing. Senior government officials told ABCNEWS that according to the Crown Prince, an Islamic occupation force would defuse the anti-American hostility that is sweeping the Middle East and putting pressure on moderate Arab governments that are allied with the United States. The Saudis would then be free to crack down on the extremist Jihadis in the Kingdom who are allied with al Qaeda or are sympathetic to Osama bin Laden. Uh huh. Right now, Saudis feel a full scale crackdown would look like the Kingdom is doing American bidding, at a time when President Bush is very unpopular there. How about right after hell freezes over? |
| Posted by:Steve |