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IS SAUDI ARABIA AS MUCH TO BLAME FOR THE IRAQ CIVIL WAR AS IRAN?

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IS SAUDI ARABIA AS MUCH TO BLAME FOR THE IRAQ CIVIL WAR AS IRAN?


[+] serious ballot by cranky
ACTIVE Fri Dec 08, 06 - Wed Sep 02, 09

Saudi Arabia is the elephant in the room (camel in the tent?) that can’t be acknowledged—and the reason Baker is so desperately anxious to sell America on keeping half our soldiers in harm’s way.

James III wants to seduce or bully Iran into stopping their funding of the murderous Shia militias. But the Shias only shifted into mass killing mode in response to the murder spree by Sunni “insurgents.”

Where do the Sunnis get their money for mayhem? According to a seething memo by the National Security Agency (November 8, 2006), the Saudis control the, “public or private funding provided to the insurgents or death squads.” Nice.

Baker wants us to bribe or blackmail Iran into stopping one side in Iraq’s uncivil war, the Shia. Yet we close our eyes to the Saudis acting as a piggy bank for the other side, the Sunni berserkers. (The House of Saud follows Wahabi Islam, a harsh, fundamentalist sect of Sunnism.)

Why is Baker, ordinarily such a tough guy, so coy with the Saudis? Baker Botts, the law firm he founded, became a wealthy powerhouse by representing Saudi Arabia. But don’t worry, the Iraq Study Group is balanced by Democrats including Vernon Jordan of the law firm of Akin, Gump which represents … Saudi royals.

Of course, the connections between Baker, the Bush Family and the Saudis go way beyond a few legal bills. (See, “The Best Little Legal Whorehouse in Texas” from my book Armed Madhouse.

Baker is more than aware that, two weeks ago, Dick Cheney dropped his Thanksgiving turkey to fly to Riyadh at the demand of the Saudis for a dressing down by King Abdullah. The Saudis have made it clear that they will crank up their payments to warriors in Iraq to protect their Sunni brothers if America pulls out our troops.

King Abdullah’s wish is Cheney’s command—and Baker’s too. The Saudis want 70,000 US troops baby-sitting the Shia killers in Iraq’s Army—and so we will stay.

What gives King Abdullah the power to ghost-write the Iraq Study Group recommendations? It’s not because the Saudis sell us broccoli.

And therein lies the danger. Behind the fratricidal fracas in Iraq is something even more dangerous than bullets in Baghdad: a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia to control Iraq’s place in OPEC, the oil cartel. What is painted by Baker’s Iraq Study Group as an ancient local clash between Shia and Sunni over the Kingdom of God, is, in fact, a remote control proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the Kingdom of Oil. (Greg Palast, GNN)

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Do you agree that Saudi Arabia is just as much to blame for the violence in Iraq as Iran?

Yes, the Saudis are just as much to blame
No, the Saudis are innocent like children and pure like angels
No, but they are no way near perfect.


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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes, the Saudis are just as much to blame
I don't know the details, but they sound very suspicious.
by skylab on Fri Dec 08, 06 10:09pm [+]

Sunni's and Shias have different religious beliefs dont they.

So.. surely they could be funded by anyone worldwide who may hold the same religious beliefs.
by Mr_Susan on Sat Dec 09, 06 12:04am [+]

When will everyone get it through their heads (those in the White House/Oval Office)that this civil war will not end/cease until there is only one person standing(with or without the presence of American troops) no matter if the issue(s) is/are about oil and/or land, etc.
by Barbara_Baby_Cakes on Sat Dec 09, 06 9:59am [+]






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