US accuses Saudis of telling lies about Iraq

[babylonsister]

US accuses Saudis of telling lies about Iraq

· First time administration has made concern public
· Claims royal family is financing Sunni groups

Ewen MacAskill in Washington
Saturday July 28, 2007
The Guardian

The extent of the deterioration in US-Saudi relations was exposed for the first time yesterday when Washington accused Riyadh of working to undermine the Iraqi government.

The Bush administration warned Saudi Arabia, until this year one of its closest allies, to stop undermining the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.

The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and the defence secretary, Robert Gates, are scheduled to visit Jeddah next week.

Reflecting the deteriorating relationship, the US made public claims that the Saudis have been distributing fake documents lying about Mr Maliki.

The Bush administration, as well as the British government, is telling the Saudis, so far without success, that establishing a stable government in Iraq is in their interest and that they stand to suffer if it collapses.

Relations have been strained since King Abdullah unexpectedly criticised the US, describing the Iraq invasion as "an illegal foreign occupation".

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,,2136687,00.html

[silverweb]

1. Okay.....

Does that mean we're no longer going to give them $20 BILLION of our tax dollars that they don't need for weapons?

[babylonsister]

2. Makes no sense at all, does it. I don't even know what to think. A

planted story to show us how tough the US is? I just don't know.

[theoldman]

4. I thought they were going to give us 20 billion of THEIR tax

dollars?

[MichiganVote]

3. Gee a government like the Saudi's tells lies. That's...uh....new????

[NI4NI]

5. BushCo pot meet Saudi kettle n/t

[Solly Mack]

6. I'm so tired... if I start laughing I might not ever stop

oh wow

[oldgrowth]

7. The LA times did a story on July 15 but MSM missed it some how?????link

Oh lets send them more $$ and weapons

By Ned Parker, Times Staff Writer
July 15, 2007

BAGHDAD — Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi Arabia, according to a senior U.S. military officer and Iraqi lawmakers.

About 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia; 15% are from Syria and Lebanon; and 10% are from North Africa, according to official U.S. military figures made available to The Times by the senior officer. Nearly half of the 135 foreigners in U.S. detention facilities in Iraq are Saudis, he said.



http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-saudi15jul15,1,6916057.story?track=crosspromo&coll=la-headlines-frontpage&ctrack=1&cset=true

[OHdem10]

8. Fox News reported this evening that GWB is asking Congress

for 20 billion dollars (Military Hardware and large Equipment)
to asisst the Saudia and other Arabic Countries to arm in an
effort to keep IRAN in its place

King Abdullah has rerred to the illegal occupation openly at
one of the Arab League Summits.

The Arab Countries in ME were opposed to our engaging in war
in the ME. Mubarik, Egypt. "You will open the gates of hell
if you invade IRaq"

[Disturbed]

9. The "US", the "Admin", the "Whitehouse"?

Who is really making this announcement? Is it Bushoini, himself?

The US Govt. is going to sell weapons to the Saudi Royals but exactly what sort of weapons and what US corps will provide them? In the meanwhile the Saudi Royals are providing money & weapons to the Sunni Insurgency that kill US Troops and Iraqis.

[autorank]

10. K*R They don't even get along with the people they like! n/t

[VP505]

11. Why is it that I

keep getting the feeling that our policy is the Mid East is no policy at all. It seems like every other report contradicts a previous report, is this a deliberate effort by the White House to convolute what they are doing to keep everyone confused, or is it they who are confused to max incompetence? Whatever the hell is going on, my cynical side say its we the people getting hosed again.