Posted on 08/30/2014 6:50:19 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has warned that the West will be the next target of the jihadists sweeping through Syria and Iraq, unless there is "rapid" action.
"If we ignore them, I am sure they will reach Europe in a month and America in another month," he said in remarks quoted on Saturday by Asharq al-Awsat daily and Saudi-backed Al-Arabiya television station.
"Terrorism knows no border and its danger could affect several countries outside the Middle East," said the king who was speaking at a welcoming ceremony on Friday for new ambassadors, including a new envoy from Saudi ally the United States.
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has prompted widespread concern as it advances in both Syria and Iraq, killing hundreds of people, including in gruesome beheadings and mass executions.
Lack of action would be "unacceptable" in the face of the phenomenon, King Abdullah said.
"You see how they (jihadists) carry out beheadings and make children show the severed heads in the street," he said, condemning the "cruelty" of such acts.
"It is no secret to you, what they have done and what they have yet to do. I ask you to transmit this message to your leaders: 'Fight terrorism with force, reason and (necessary) speed'."
President Barack Obama has yet to decide whether the United States should launch raids against positions held by the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria to follow US air strikes on IS activities in Iraq.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday for a global coalition to combat Islamic State fighters' "genocidal agenda".
Writing in the New York Times, Kerry said he and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet European counterparts on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Wales next week, to enlist assistance.
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With apologies to The Nanny.
Next for ISIS is Saudia Arabia
Saudi Arabia you can go straight to hell
ISIS is not Obama's enemy! His enemies are Republicans, Tea Party Members, Fox, and white Christian males, who believe in God and own guns!
October surprise?
the king should know
HE PAYS THEM PROTECTION MONEY
taupe and change
Saudi has been financing islamists for years and it will bite them in the ass.
This will fit in with obumbler’s plan.
He will then have the excuse, money and support to greatly increase the Dept. of Homeland Security.
And with that will be the end of any freedom we have left.
That's ok, Obama doesn't know anything about borders either.
Let ISIS takeover Mecca first.
So what's stopping you, Abdullah?
They are his kind of statists.
Uhhhhhh, duh...
Do they need any help with transportation to get down there?
Because though they are very expensive, he knows they are also very little use. They will run as fast as the Iraqis did.
And didn’t the House of Saud pay for Obama’s stay at Harvard?
When the Right Wing comes for the ragheads we'll kill em all and let God sort them out.
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