[norton]

"Contacted in a number of Arab capitals, they said Zionist lobbyists in the US are targeting the Kingdom because of its steadfast support of the Palestinian cause"

Yeah, that's where I always go for unbaised opinion and 'fair and reasonable' reporting.

[Guillermo]

Arabs are about as predictable as a rooster crowing at a sunrise.

EVERY negative thing that happens (to them) is a Zionist Plot.

No wonder why Arab leaders don't want resolution to the "problem". It's a lot easier to point to the Jews than to take responsibility.

[Diogenesis]

What else have the terrorist-spawning and terrorist supporting
Saudis done since their attacks against the US on 911?

ANSWER: Telethons to fund more attacks on Western democracies.

[tet68]

the threats in the briefing of targeting Saudi oil fields should not be taken seriously. Although the US is in mess and is suffering from megalomania its madness will not reach the extent of taking such a terrorist and hostile step against a country like the Kingdom which has always been trying to make the world s and America s economy stable,

Just keep on whistling in the dark boys, just a little longer.

[brat]

That's right, its always someone elses fault...not their extremist views, not their money for terrorists and their familys, not their persecution of any Christian they can get their paws on, not their training camps, not their cradle to grave indoctrination against the US and Israel.

[American in Israel]

POLITICAL observers and analysts see the recently exposed briefing to the Pentagon, which branded Saudi Arabia as a terrorist country, as the machinations of the Zionist lobby in the White House.

Do these same unidentified "political observers and analysts" see the fact that 19 out of 20 hijackers on 9-11 were Saudi Nationals also as a "Zionist Lobby plot"? Did those poor Arabs forget to wear their tinfoil turbans to protect themselves from Zionist Mind Control Rays?

[truth_seeker]

What these fools don't understand is the full ramification, of the entire situation. They talk to us, and about us, as if we were stupid, ignorant arabs, who will be intimidated by their hollow threats.

If further provoked, we have the power and the will, to overturn every last government in the arab medeival world. That we didn't do so in the wake of 9/11/01 is due to our humanity and sanity; qualities not present in their "religion" and "culture."

I was very pleased that the subject report was purposely leaked. It keeps the fools (even more) confused.

Ever notice that the dissenting (sane) arab/muslim voices are almost from those safely outside of arab countries? Contrast that with honest debate, from both sides, publicly, in our system. We aren't perfect, but we are better.

My intuition is that unofficially, behind the scenes, the leaders of every arab country are SCARED sh!tless, should another terrorist act be traced to an origin in their country. Therefore, their own police are probably doing overtime, looking for potential terrorists (which is what we ordered them to do).

They saw film of Afghanistan, and of the sneak left hook into Iraq in 100 hours. Will it be by air, land or sea (or all three)?

The arabs have big mouths, and nothing to back it up with. We can back up what we say, and the leaked report put Saudi on notice, for the gravity of the situation.

[Stultis]

We know that the Kingdom s stand in this regard is far-sighted, that a US strike against Iraq will drag the region into a disaster of far-reaching repercussions.

You're damned straight it's "far-sighted". Of course you have to translate a bit. "A disaster of far-reaching repercussions" means the influence of broadly representative governments in Iraq and Iran. The "disaster" therefore is a wave of democratization hitting the Arab world and leading the corrupt Saudi princelings to be tossed out on their ample clymers.

Ignore the bluster. Behind the scenes I suspect the Saudis have been informed that this is their last chance. Either they get on board with the war on terror now, in return for which the U.S. will stand by the Saudi regime post Saddam, or the U.S. will phase out the "special relationship" (as post Saddam Iraq ramps up oil production, and pipelines are built to bring Russian oil to Mediterranean ports) and leave them to deal with the changed conditions in the Middle East on their own.