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Saudi Nuke Deal Reignites Fears of Middle East Arms Race
Algemeiner ^ | 3-13-15

Posted on 03/13/2015 5:34:22 AM PDT by SJackson

Saudi Arabia has quietly signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with South Korea, according to The Wall Street Journal, reigniting fears that U.S. nuclear negotiations with Iran might drive a Middle East nuclear arms race.

The Saudi deal with South Korea will explore the feasibility of building two nuclear reactors in Saudi Arabia over the next 20 years, according to the report.

Saudi Arabia has consistently voiced worry over the U.S. negotiations with Iran, and has been sending signals that it will seek to develop its own nuclear technology should Iran continue with its nuclear program.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia might even seek to “buy an atomic bomb…if it sees an agreement with Iran as too weak.”

Some believe that Pakistan has already made nuclear weapons for Saudi Arabia. The BBC reported in 2013 that such weapons are “ready for delivery” to the Saudis should Iran cross the nuclear threshold.

The Obama Administration is working to quell Saudi worries about its negotiations with Iran. Secretary of State John Kerry even flew to Saudi Arabia earlier in the month to convince the Sunni nation that the current nuclear negotiations will not lead to Iranian hegemony over the Middle East.


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; lurch; pakistan; pruneface; republicofkorea; saudiarabia; waronterror

1 posted on 03/13/2015 5:34:22 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: SJackson

Great going, Kerry and Hussein.


2 posted on 03/13/2015 5:36:37 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

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3 posted on 03/13/2015 5:37:03 AM PDT by SJackson (“ISIS is now going to regret this … because King Abdullah is not Barack Obama, Rep. Duncan Hunter)
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To: SJackson
Secretary of State John Kerry even flew to Saudi Arabia earlier in the month to convince the Sunni nation that the current nuclear negotiations will not lead to Iranian hegemony over the Middle East.

I hope they're not as stupid as he is.

4 posted on 03/13/2015 5:41:12 AM PDT by McGruff (Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.)
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To: SJackson

Well, they certainly don’t the reactors for lack of fossil fuels.


5 posted on 03/13/2015 5:55:34 AM PDT by I-ambush (Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning)
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To: SJackson
Barkey’s handiwork.
6 posted on 03/13/2015 5:57:20 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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I’ve always thought Saudi Arabia our REAL enemy, much more so than Iran. And I find it hard to believe that they could not just buy several nukes, if they haven’t already; no way have all of the ones of the former USSR been accounted for. I think the bastards are just waiting until they can set one off here and plausibly get the iranians blamed; kill a bunch of infidels AND have the infidels take revenge on an enemy, a win/win for them. Those jets weren’t filled with Rianians or Iraqis.


7 posted on 03/13/2015 6:04:01 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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——Some believe that Pakistan has already made nuclear weapons for Saudi Arabia——

Me for instance. The acquisition is not recent but likely occurred some time ago.

Something and somebody has seriously disrupted the Iranian nuc development and a likely candidate is the Saudi’s


8 posted on 03/13/2015 6:11:34 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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This is what happens when foreign policy fails miserably.

But ‘they’ are led to believe it’s all about ‘the letter’.../s

Puppet gets the credit, but not all of the blame.


9 posted on 03/13/2015 6:21:34 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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“The Obama Administration is working to quell Saudi worries about its negotiations with Iran. Secretary of State John Kerry even flew to Saudi Arabia earlier in the month to convince the Sunni nation that the current nuclear negotiations will not lead to Iranian hegemony over the Middle East.”

BFD. Sending a liar out to the ME to do a man’s job.


10 posted on 03/13/2015 7:52:43 AM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: SJackson
The title is wrong, I fixed it for you:

Saudi Obama Nuke Deal Reignites Fears of Middle East Arms Race

11 posted on 03/13/2015 7:55:52 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: SJackson

Chaos Theory, as applied by the Ophonybama Administration’s foreign policy, WORKS!


12 posted on 03/13/2015 9:31:35 AM PDT by Taxman (I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Saudi Arabia has quietly signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with South Korea... Saudi Arabia has consistently voiced worry over the U.S. negotiations with Iran, and has been sending signals that it will seek to develop its own nuclear technology should Iran continue with its nuclear program... Some believe that Pakistan has already made nuclear weapons for Saudi Arabia. The BBC reported in 2013 that such weapons are "ready for delivery" to the Saudis should Iran cross the nuclear threshold... Kerry even flew to Saudi Arabia earlier in the month to convince the Sunni nation that the current nuclear negotiations will not lead to Iranian hegemony over the Middle East.
IBT-"it's obviously the fault of Israel" scumbags.
13 posted on 03/14/2015 5:58:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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