Saudi Arabia calls Iraq war "illegitimate occupation"

Saudi Arabia calls Iraq war "illegitimate occupation"

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One of America's closest Arab allies has attacked the war in Iraq as an "illegitimate foreign occupation." Speaking at the start of a summit of the Arab League in Riyadh, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hit out at the Bush administration. He accused it of putting Iraq at risk of a civil war and trying to unilaterally write the future of the Middle-East.

It is set to be a very politically charged two day meeting. King Abdullah also demanded the immediate lifting of the international embargo againsa

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Dammmn! you don't expect one of your allies to say something like that. It seems that the Saudi-American relations are pretty shakey at the moment, especially since King Abdullah took charge.

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Its about time the rest of the world started speaking out, with Bush promising to veto the Iraq timeline. The illegal war we are waging in the middle east needs to end.

I'd have prefered a Western country have said it, or atleast Israel or Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia, well they should never have been considered an ally in
the first place.

Originally posted by iori_komei
I'd have prefered a Western country have said it, or atleast Israel or Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia, well they should never have been considered an ally in
the first place.

Agreed. The Saudis are Not very good friends of the US at all. In fact they undermine the Us quite a bit through third and fourth parties IMO.
Good to Hell with the Saudi Gov. I say pull all our military assets from their protection of Saudi duties, submit them a bill for services rendered and allow the people of Saudi to take back their country from probably the most selfish and rich Arab ruling party out there. We have more Military at their disposal than we had on 911. Makes you think.


[edit on 28-3-2007 by VType]