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Arabia
Nuclear deal: Pakistan gets free crude oil from Saudi Arabia
2003-11-04
From World Tribune.com
Saudi Arabia has agreed to continue its arrangement to provide free oil to Pakistan as part of their strategic relationship.
Saudi keeps the Paks afloat (we, reluctantly, help too with aid).
Arab diplomatic sources said Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz approved the continuation of an arrangement begun in 1998 for the delivery of free crude oil to Pakistan. The sources said Saudi oil deliveries to Pakistan were part of a strategic relationship in which Islamabad provided weapons, technical help and a nuclear umbrella over the Saudi kingdom.
A future Roentgen Soupbowl™ under Glass
I'm not sure how secure I'd feel living under a Pak "nuclear umbrella."
Riyad stopped charging Pakistan for most of Saudi oil in 1998 after Western sanctions were imposed on Islamabad. The sanctions were imposed in wake of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons tests, Middle East Newsline reported. Abdullah was said to have reached formal agreement by Pakistan to transfer nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia to help face external threats, particularly those from neighboring Iran.
And another to the west?
Abdullah, who visited Pakistan in October, was said to have agreed to continue deferred payments by Pakistan for the Saudi oil. The Saudi loans, estimated at $2 billion, were later turned into grants.
I swear that Iran and Saudi have a death wish. We survived 50 years of nuclear brinksmanship with the USSR, but despite some hair-raising incidents, we did not have a nuclear incident, because, bottom line, both sides were basically rational. With the Turbans, rationality, when push comes to shove, is not there.
Posted by:Alaska Paul

#3  Pakistan were part of a strategic relationship in which Islamabad provided weapons, technical help and a nuclear umbrella

LOL! A man (and a country) gota know it's limitations.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-11-4 7:57:18 PM  

#2  Now for the Loony Liberal Left's reaction to this further proliferation of Nuclear weapons.

crickets chirping...

In other news...
Posted by: Ptah   2003-11-4 7:41:35 PM  

#1  Are we sure the Pakistani side of the bargain is for a nuclear umbrella and not for contract yard work, plumbing services and security?
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-11-4 7:24:19 PM  

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