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| With US ties frayed, Saudi calls for Gulf union |
| 2013-12-10 |
| [Al Ahram] With its decades-old US alliance strained over the Syria war and a nuclear deal with Iran, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... is calling on the Gulf monarchies to unite for their own self-defence. US Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel, visiting Saudi Arabia on Monday, has assured Gulf states that the agreement struck between major powers and Iran on November 24 will not affect the presence of some 35,000 US troops in the region. But in a speech at the Manama Dialogue security forum in Bahrain, Saudi Assistant Foreign Minister Nizar Madani said "Gulf countries should no longer depend on others to ensure their safety." The oil-rich monarchies "must unite under one political entity in order to face internal and external challenges," said the minister. Riyadh has called for an enhanced union with fellow Gulf Cooperation Council states Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which together account for 40 percent of the world's oil reserves and a quarter of its natural gas. "All countries have realised that blind dependence on a foreign power is no longer acceptable. GCC countries must decide their own futures," said Madani. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 SecDef Hagel is repor looking to expand US ties wid Base-too-far QATAR - read, on the other side of increasingly tenuous US Fifth Fleet HQ Bahrain. * See also WORLD NEWS > [Yahoo News]RISING INDIA SEES NO US-STYLE GULF SECURITY ROLE. Not good news iff India hopes to offset Rising China as a Regional or Geopol Global Power. SOMEONE NEEDS TO REMIND NEW DELHI THAT NO ONE ESCAPES THE MAHAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-12-10 20:07 |
| #2 Brave words from a man begging Israel to save them from the Big Bad Persians. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2013-12-10 12:01 |
| #1 unite under one political entity And that entity is a family named "Saud", no doubt. |
| Posted by: Spot 2013-12-10 07:52 |