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Saudi Arabia underlines Iran's status in the region
2004-11-30
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah said here Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has a high status in the region.
As a target
Crown Prince Abdullah made the remark in his meeting with Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Ja'far Tofiqi.
Ja'far, I picture a dark man with a black turban plotting behind the golden throne.
At the meeting, Abdullah conveyed his warm greetings to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and President Mohammad Khatami, calling Iran as Saudi Arabia's friend and a brotherly country.
He said through clenched teeth, keeping his back to the wall.
"To Saudi Arabia, Iran is of high importance as the next target for the American's a major regional country," he said, adding that Riyadh does its best to promote its brotherly relations with Iran.
Leaving aside those little Sunni - Shiite "disagreements"
Referring to the problems the world of Islam is facing, he expressed hope that the problems will be solved under the joint efforts of Tehran and Riyadh.
It's those joint efforts we're worried about.
At the meeting, Tofiqi stated that Iran is ready to transfer scientific experiences to Saudi Arabia.
Funny, I always thought Pakistan was building the Saudi bomb.
He expressed satisfaction with the expansion of bilateral relations and stressed Iranian authorities' determination to promote Iran-Saudi Arabia all-out relations.
With Iran on top, of course.
Tofiqi conveyed the warm greetings of President Khatami to the Saudi crown prince.
Posted by:Steve

#4  Good fun, A-moose, heh!

This clearly demonstrates the Muslims First Rule... It's funny as hell, but also an amazingly transparent object lesson regards Islam. Keep this unthinkable (a mere 2 or 3 yrs ago) meeting in mind when someone begins blathering about Mythical Moderate Muslims or pretends to understand how to play the Shi'a off the Sunni in a triangulation ploy. Beware - quicksands ahead.
Posted by: .com   2004-11-30 6:16:34 PM  

#3  "And we are then agreed. There shall no more be any mention of that unfortunate goat incident." (Ha, by the hairs on my mother's nose, you eater of dogs and infidel dweller of a dung heap, to the twelfth generation of your idiot offspring.)
Posted by: Anonymoose   2004-11-30 5:43:12 PM  

#2  Quick! The Royal Knee Pads!
Posted by: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah   2004-11-30 4:44:03 PM  

#1  So in the end it comes down to two big Axis of Evil players---Saudi Arabia and Iran. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, at least for now. It is inevitable that the West will have a showdown with these clowns. They are flush with petrodollars and Euros. They are about to get nuclear weapons. They think that they are in the catbird's seat with the EU's appeasement.

If Iraq is cleaned out of terrorists enough for the country to start turning around, then Iran is doomed. If Iraq is maintained in a destabilized state through Iranian and Saudi (with Syrian proxies, too) resources, then Iraq is doomed and we have one hell of a situation on our hands.

Failure in Iraq is not an option. We need a successful Iraq. And then we need to dismantle Iran and Saudi, one way or another. What makes this war tough is that we are fighting against our own money, so to speak.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-11-30 4:37:29 PM  

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