Posted on 06/11/2010 6:01:40 PM PDT by Strategy
Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran's nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran.
To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom's air defences will return to full alert.
"The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way," said a US defence source in the area. "They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren't scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the [US] State Department."
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They don’t want Iranian hegemony over the Middle East.
Seriously though, this could be a leak by the -22bama regime to thwart a real Israeli plan.
Saudis are more afraid of Iran then even Israel.
Uhh. What about coming home?
‘What’s in it for Saudi Arabia?’
Dominance of the Persian Gulf. This story sounds strange, but the Times is a good source.
The Saudi’s view Iran as a threat but don’t have the Military to do anything about it. As usual, it will be up to the Israeli’s to save the world.
Yeah, I’ve heard that too- and don’t believe it. They continue to support radical Islam just like Iran. They’re two peas in the same pod.
I have a friend who’s leaving for Israel in a week for a 4 week stay... I told her she’s crazy but she’s going anyway.
Yep, they did. Saudi and most of the ME oil nations know that Iran/Syria want control of the oil nations....so for a long while these nations have “secretly” supported whatever measures are taken to keep Iran from going nuclear....even though they may be supportive of Iran in the news.
That is true and they also used a 737/747 transponder.
Looks like we’re just waiting for the Bilderberg to give the “go” code now.
The Saudi’s are afraid of Iran... I bet foggybottoms memo’n everything that happening to Achmedimanutjob.
IMO, leave it to the press to broadcast something like this. Why? This kind of stuff should never be trusted to the press prior to any event, as we all know that they will tell the target. It should have been held until after the raid.
“What’s in it for Saudi Arabia?”
One less “twelver” and a few less nukes in the region.
They may believe the same thing, at least religiously, but the Saudis don’t won’t a nuclear power next-door, especially run by fanatics. Saudi Arabia is a strong and staunch supporter of Islam. But it is like the old joke about certain aspects of Christianity, I believe in the afterlife, I’m just not ready to go today ... or something like that.
This is really nothing new.....
Saudi Arabia firmly believes that a nutcase with nukes is a threat to them and they can’t attack Iran themselves without angering the other Muslim countries. Besides, I believe that this is just another move to try to get the Iranians to stop enriching uranium without violence.
Still don’t trust them. And when Iran is eliminated, they’re in the power seat, both economically AND religiously.
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