NEWS: Saudis Warn Region is On the Brink of War

Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal has warned that the region is "hurtling towards disintegration". He also said an upcomming election will not make a difference. Turkey is nervous about the Kurds, Iran is backing the Shias in the south and the Saudis are bretheren with the Sunnis.



So... umm... how's that war going Mr. President?

Here we have a very high level Saudi government official (wiki on Saud al-Faisal ) in Washington since last Thursday to talk "to everyone who will listen" in the Bush Administration about the situation slipping out of control and it's not even on the media's radar (apparently it made page 7 in the Guardian ).

As Iraq becomes the flashpoint for the entire region falling into war, what's the next move?

Here's a hint.

The United States just deployed the entire 101st Airborne.
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[edit on 9/26/2005 by Gools]

Well this seems quite interesting. I wonder what Israels role will be in the event anything actually happens?

Prince Saud, "Sultan Blair, as you can see we are on the verge of holy war and without numerous weapons, we cannot keep any promises that the oil will continue to flow." wink wink nod nod

Britain, Saudi in talks on $71 bln arms deal-report

This is just as I feared. If the entire middle east falls into war, then it's all but guaranteed that the US involvement will make it another world war. If that happens, we all better bend over, lick our knees, and kiss our asses goodbye. The next world war will most likely go nuclear, and it'll most likely be the US making the first nuclear strike. I'd advise getting some SPF 10,000 sunscreen, and hoping for the best.

Interesting. From the article linked by Regenmacher:

Britain has held secret talks with Saudi Arabia to try to secure an arms deal worth up to 40 billion pounds, the Guardian reported on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has visited the kingdom to urge the Crown Prince Sultan to buy the Eurofighter Typhoon jet...

Two Saudi Crown Princes talking with both the Americans and the British at the same time.

I guess there's no doubt who the Anglo-American alliance will back in the region (wink.. wink.. nudge.. nudge..).

edit: brain fart
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[edit on 9/26/2005 by Gools]

"A referendum on Iraq's new constitution is planned for Oct. 15 and a general election in December. The US and Britain hope that the election will be a watershed. "

How sad that our "leaders" are such neophytes of history and psychology. The US Constitution was formed in a time of peace among the signers to counter external threats (or at least that was the excuse).

A better example is the coerced Constitutional changes that happened after the US civil war. Of course, it wasn't the Constitution or democracy that saved/ruined the day, but superior firepower resulting from a couple of strategic blunders/bad luck of the South.

George W.M.D. Bush seems to think the words Constitution and democracy contain some kind of magic. Simply uttering them causes everything to be all better. Go to bed dear Georgie, it's time for the adults to talk.





[edit on 26-9-2005 by spamandham]

So... all of the escalating violence is due to the upcomming referendum and hatred of freedom.

The Saudi warning has been totally ignored by the mainstream media.
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[edit on 28-9-2005 by sardion2000]

I personally don't see a region-wide conflict emerging out of the chaos in Iraq. I do; however, think there is a better than even chance of a civil war erupting in Iraq. Should that happen, Turkey might well sweep into northern Iraq against the Kurds. I don't think Iran or Syria would be foolish enough to overtly aid any of the different parties to a civil war though.

The Saudi's are prudent to be worried about the developing situation in Iraq though. for if a civil war does develop in Iraq, there would be enormous dissension inside Saudi Arabia that could topple the house of Saud. Therefore, you can expect the U.S. & U.K. to provide whatever arms the Saudi's think they need to survive because it is not in the interest of either country to see the Saudi's overthrown.

[edit on 28-9-2005 by Astronomer68]