[classygreeneyedblonde]

It's funny that everything always points back to the Saudis hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Magician]

It shouldn't surprise anyone that the Saudis would help pay for arms for the Palestinians. They are as virulently anti-Israel as any Muslim country.

[Southern Federalist]

Good post. This seems perfectly believable and would explain Prince Bandar scurrying back home. With DEBKA I like to wait a day or two and see what becomes of the story. Sometimes they get it right ahead of the pack; sometimes, well, they don't.

But even if it is wishful thinking, we still have plenty of reasons to know that the Saudis are not our friends.

[Republic]

It's funny that everything always points back to the Saudis hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Ya know, try as I might not to, I am getting more and more suspicious of the Saudis. They have made such meager efforts to help us in our hour of need. aaa

Actually, I don't think they have made even ONE honorable effort to clamp down on the terrorists, many of whom are Saudi nationals, nor do I think they have been upfront about admitting the underhanded support they have offered to various terrorist factions.

I don't know if they do this to protect their royal arses because they are afraid of um, or if they support terrorists because they too, hate our way of life. But they sure don't mind sending their richest over here to gain American educations, and they sure don't mind coming over here to play at the horse tracks or casinos or to shop in our fabulous cities. I find them to be hypocritical and unethical. But mostly I find them to be cowards. Dictatorial, pompous creeps.

And, they treat women like $hit.

And I think they are genuinely afraid of losing the sick hold they have over women (they must be very little men inside) and the power they hold over their fellow citizens.

Onward to ANWAR and phooooooooeeeeeey on the Saudis!

[Buckeroo]

And you gals/guys blamed Arafat for this! Thank you for your concession thread!

[weikel]

Told you the Saudis were the new mothership of terror( someone say this article actually originated in Debka so I could be wrong but...).

[usconservative]

But ... But ... But ... the Saudi's are our friends!

.../sarcasm

[Heuristic Hiker]

I'm reading a good book by Yossef Bodansky, "The Man who declared War on America." Its about bin Laden and around page 100 Bodansky draws some interesting connections believe the PLA, Iran and the Saudis. One thing he points out his that their is a lot of political manovering going on in the Kingdom. With Prince Abudallah supporting the fundamentalists and the Prince Bander being pro-American - a not so simply part of the world. Both parties are wrangling for the the throne, which King Faud is holding weakly.

[Orion78]

Saudi Arabia funds `behind Taleban' (9/3/98)
Iran Pledges Continued Support to PLO Radical Groups and Hizballah (5/15/99)
Iran ships long-range rockets to Hizbullah in Lebanon (2/28/00)
Saudi Arabia, Iran to sign security pact (2/2/01)
Iran, Russia Defy U.S. With Pact (3/12/01)
Iran favours strong regional ties "Iran, India, China and Russia needed to strengthen their ties" (4/12/01)
Castro Ends Visit to Iran (5/10/01)
Russia, China sign historic friendship treaty (7/16/01)
Saudi Arabia Was The Center Of Hijack Planning (10/17/01)
Iran's Rafsanjani suggests nuclear attack on Israel (12/19/01)
Bin Laden Sought Iran as an Ally, U.S. Intelligence Documents Say (12/30/01)
Official (Iran) calls for setting up Islamic fund for Palestinians (1/10/02)
Iran Arming Lebanese Terrorists With Anti-Aircraft Missiles (1/12/02)

This goes alot deeper than most are willing to admit. These small "terrorist" countries like Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia are nothing compaired to who is really behind all this.

[Bush2000]

I say we nuke the bastards and turn their country into a huge parking lot. They're no friends of ours...