Posted on 04/04/2006 3:59:39 PM PDT by SJackson
Saudi ambassador salutes 1981 strike on Iraqi nuclear reactor
Saudi ambassador salutes Israeli 1981 strike on Iraqi nuclear reactor www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3236054,00.html Turki al-Faisal, speaking in San Francisco, says Israel's 1981 strike on Iraqi nuclear reactor was 'certainly a positive move'
Itamar Eichner YNET 4 April 2006
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States Turki al-Faisal expressed support for Israel's strike on the Iraqi Osirak nuclear facility in 1981.
Al-Faisal said that the destruction of the Iraqi nuclear reactor by Israel was certainly a positive step, during a speech on foreign relations in San Francisco.
The prince said that a region clear of nuclear weapons would also serve Israel and increase its security. He said that it was known that Israel had nuclear weapons, and that that Arab world felt threatened by Israel, rather than the other way around.
Faisal added that Israel possessed the best army, air force, and navy in the Middle East, and that these have been well used in the past.
After becoming aware that Iraq was planning to construct nuclear weapons, Israel launched a surprise aerial attack on June 7 1981 on the Osirak facility near Baghdad, and destroyed the Iraqi reactor.
The move was initially widely condemned, but was widely supported in subsequent years.
(04.04.06, 12:20)
Days are probably numbered...
Maybe the Prince knows something....
"The destruction of the Iraqi nuclear reactor by Israel was certainly a positive step...for security in the region."
Is this a signal that Saudi Arabia will wink at taking out the Iran nuclear works.
Thinking the samething.
Hmmmm---it sounds like the Saudis are giving a not-so-subtle "go-ahead" to Israel to make a similar strike on Iran. I suspect Saudi royal family likes the Iranian mullah-ocracy as little as the US and Israel do.
You get to read that line 5 times before actually encountering the meat of the story.
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Mere dressing for Turki al-Faisal's real point - Israel needs to disarm its nukes. He is cloaking it in praise for Israel's former action on Iraq.
"The prince said that a region clear of nuclear weapons would also serve Israel and increase its security. He said that it was known that Israel had nuclear weapons, and that that Arab world felt threatened by Israel, rather than the other way around."
nothing to see here, move along.
Thinking the same thing.
Ahmadinejad probably is too!
Naturally. The last thing any of the gulf states want is a nuclear armed Iran, even if they bellyache about Israel they know Israel won't use them in a first strike, and certainly won't invade them.
Can't say the same about Iran.
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