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2005-11-28 Arabia

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Posted by Steve 2005-11-28 09:42|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Saudi oil is in very inconvenient places for Yemeni ambitions, if thats whats driving this. Its all on the other side of Saudi from Yemen.

And counterinsurgency weapons aren't very expensive. SCUDs certainly aren't useful for that.

My take is that the kickback thing is the real driver.

Posted by buwaya 2005-11-28 14:15|| 2005-11-28 14:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Buwaya, I am not sure it is safe to dismiss oil from the discussion - the 'outback' of Yemen and adjacent Saudi Arabia are pretty inaccesible and not thoroughly explored, and very well might have oil. Plus, as was mentioned, it is a contested border - just think how things would unfold if oil was discovered in the contested regions.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2005-11-28 21:17|| 2005-11-28 21:17|| Front Page Top

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