Britons left in jail amid fears that Saudi Arabia could fall to al-Qaeda

The Guardian ^ | Sunday July 28, 2002 | Martin Bright, Nick Pelham and Paul Harris

[prophetic]

Now after years of feeding the baby of Islam it has now grown up and growling at the people that has fed it.

Now aint that dandy, with Saudi Arabia having the latest western military technology plus billions of petro dollars to boot it seems they may end up like IRAN?

I've always held that these pro-western Middle East dictators are all corrupt and spineless to take a real stand against the Muslim/Islamist terrorists in their midst.
methinks Bush should just topple the current Saudi govt and make them a part of Texas :-)

[Texaggie79]

So when Al-Qaeda takes over, Saudi Arabia will be different how, exactly?................

[Michael2001]

There will be trouble ahead.

[gcruse]

 
So when Al-Qaeda takes over, Saudi Arabia will be different how, exactly?................

De jure instead of de facto.  And the focus of the War on Terror.
Sometimes things have to get worse before they can improve.

[MJY1288]

Exactly what I was thinking, IMHO they are Al-Qaeta.

They hold telethon's for the families of suicide bombers
They sent 14 of the 19 hijackers
They fund radical Islamic schools all over the world
They can lie almost as well as William Jefferson Clinton
And They hate the west...

If it walks like a Duck!

[Travis McGee]

We take the Eastern oil fields.

Jordan get Mecca and Medina back.

The Wahhabists get permanently relocated to the Empty Quarter with one tank of gas per SUV.

[Aric2000]

Hey, sounds good to me, if they LIKE Al Queada so much, and they do, then if they take over, it finally gives us an excuse to go in and bomb the place back to the stoneage and take our oil wells back.

The only reason we don't attack them is because of that sea of oil they are on. The prince falls, alquaeda takes over, and it's all OURS baby!! Because then we take them out BIG time....

[ladyinred]

Islam has the stated goal of ruling the entire world. I guess they will do it through "peaceful" means however. (sarcasm)

[Kobyashi1942]

Now aint that dandy, with Saudi Arabia having the latest western military technology plus billions of petro dollars to boot it seems they may end up like IRAN?

We should have let Iraq take them in '90. That would teach the ungrateful scum that makes up the House of Saud. To think we can't even say grace at the same moment we are defending their stinking rat hole.

[SkyPilot]

For one thing, we will pull out our forces if al-Qaeda takes over. We have thousands of men and women at Prince Sultan Air Base right now.

In addition, if this transpires, it will just mean more chaos for the markets, energy prices, and middle east politics.

But, God is still in charge.

[EternalHope]

The Crown Prince's main rival, Prince Sultan, the Defence Minister, has been vocal in his opposition to Abdullah's pro- Western policy.

The author of this article has it backwards. Prince Sultan has been much more pro-American than Prince Abdullah. Prince Abdullah is a Muslim fanatic, and no friend of the U.S.

[motexva]

I imagine we'd make even shorter work of the Saudis than we did with Iraq in 91. If this happens, in a way it makes everything easier. Take out those backstabbing Saudis and the Iraqis in 100 days, and install client state government. As soon as they went al Queda it's open season on them.

[Lael]

The tensions between the royal factions will intensify with the death of King Fahd. The condition of the king, in hospital in Switzerland, is 'unstable', doctors said.

I didn't realize that the good King was in such grave condition. I have a study Koran as a personal gift from him.

Seems to me that the "Tradition" of the next son of Ibn Saud to take over, is guaranteeing more and more enfeeblement as that generation ages. Apparantly that was the same for The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan until, just days before his death, King Hussein changed the succession rules in favor of his son, the now King Abdullah, in keeping with Western notions of Royal Succession.

[Jhoffa_]

"You reap what you sew" is ringing loudly in my ears for some reason..

I do wonder about this though:

Demonstrations across the kingdom broke out in March, triggered by a fire in a girls' school in which 14 pupils died after the religious police stopped them escaping.

What the heck does that mean and if it means what it appears to mean then why does it mean that?

[Jhoffa_]

They will have allot of money and will try to use oil as a weapon against us.

This will happen shortly before we attack them.

[XBob]

Anybody have anything more about a 'current' revolt in Saudi? I have heard nothing about it, other than the normal squabbling.

[XBob]

It means what it says, and is really horrific. There was a fire in a girls school, and the girls tried to escape from the building on fire, however, they didn't have on their face coverings, so the religious police would not let them out and they burned to death.

[Joe Boucher]

Come on now you all ought ot know that stupids like Dashole will never sit still and let us go after Saudi Arabia. But the stupids in Saudi Arabia will learn that America is the only place to sell their only product that fuesl their lifestyles.

As for me, I think we shold just vaporize medina.

[Jhoffa_]

...they didn't have on their face coverings, so the religious police would not let them out and they burned to death.

You're kidding me.

Praise be to "allah" for protecting these girls from their sinfullness.

You know, much more of this and imo, we can walk in not as a hostile military force to be destroyed at all costs, but as liberators who will actually be welcomed.

[Jhoffa_]

As for me, I think we shold just vaporize medina.

My 2 cents: Huge mistake.

You want worldwide outrage till the end of time? Then nuke medina and you will have it.

You will also have terror on a scale never before imagined.