Saudi Arabia backs US campaign against Iran

Hannah Bell

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:16 AM
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Saudi Arabia backs US campaign against Iran

Last week, the Sunday Times of London revealed that Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to let Israeli jets pass through its airspace for a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The Times quoted a US defence source: “They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren’t scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the State Department.”

The Times report continued, “The four main targets for any raid on Iran would be the uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz and Qom, the gas storage development at Isfahan and the heavy-water reactor at Arak. Secondary targets include the lightwater reactor at Bushehr, which could produce weapons-grade plutonium when complete...”

The Saudi regime saw the massive oil strikes that led to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and the Shiite populist regime that emerged from it, as a deadly threat, however. The Saudi regime feared that opposition to monarchy and US imperialism could spread to its own population, particularly as Tehran appealed to the marginalised Arab Shiite populations against US-allied Arab monarchies. Despite their hostility to the nationalism of the Iraqi Baath party, the Gulf monarchies backed Saddam Hussein in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, in which they saw Iran as a far more serious threat...

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jun2010/saud-j21.shtml

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Truth2Tell

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:31 AM
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1. Or would it be more accurate to say

Saudi Arabia and the US back Israeli campaign against Iran?

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kgnu_fan

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Mon Jun-21-10 05:33 AM
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4. Or poor people are sacrficed to fight for rich people?

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breadandwine

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Mon Jun-21-10 07:39 AM
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6. The Saudis have long been at odds with Obama over Iran and want more action.

They won't get it. Israel won't bomb Iran without US approval which will never come.

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dipsydoodle

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Mon Jun-21-10 04:15 AM
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2. Last week.............

Edited on Mon Jun-21-10 04:18 AM by dipsydoodle

Saudi Arabia subsequently denied that to be the case.

Saudi Arabia: We will not give Israel air corridor for Iran strike
Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf refutes Times of London report saying Saudi Arabia practiced standing down its anti-aircraft systems to allow an Israeli bomb run.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/saudi-arabia-we-will-not-give-israel-air-corridor-for-iran-strike-1.295672

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Hannah Bell

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Mon Jun-21-10 05:21 AM
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3. the article discusses that public denial and finds it suspect.

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dipsydoodle

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Mon Jun-21-10 06:16 AM
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5. Well think about it

Edited on Mon Jun-21-10 06:24 AM by dipsydoodle

who's more likely to be correct : Haaretz which is a fully accredited Israeli news source or your link simply states opinion.

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Hannah Bell

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:08 PM
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7. the article i posted doesn't simply state opinion. it makes an argument.

you may think that argument is bad or good, but it's an argument.

haaretz repeats what the saudis told them.

whatever the truth, i think it's good to be aware of the politicking.

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sixmile

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:18 PM
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8. Sunni vs. Shia

HOW and WHY are we involved?

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closeupready

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:22 PM
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10. Oil and gas.

n/t

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sixmile

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:25 PM
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11. Sun and Seawater

We'd better figure this out soon. Maybe in the next life.

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closeupready

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:37 PM
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12. A nuclear Iran, in theory, would destailize the region from which we get our energy.

Leading to higher prices and less energy.

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closeupready

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Mon Jun-21-10 02:20 PM
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9. Of course they do. They hate Shia's.

This is not a surprise.

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