Secret War
Strategy Page is reporting that the Saudi government is supply a lot of funding and assistance to groups opposing Iran in a number of hot spots in the Middle East. If true, it is about time they started paying attention to the threat Iran poses to the entire region and to the world itself.
With the Shia majority in Iraq now running the country, the Arabs now have to confront Iran directly. And that they are doing. Saudi Arabia is supporting the Palestinian Fatah organization against the Iranian supported Hamas. Saudi Arabia is also using its money to support Sunni Arab, and Christian, factions in Lebanon, against Hizbollah, the Shia minority and its Iranian backers. Saudi Arabia is also giving support to the Sunni Arab majority in Syria. For decades, the Saudis tolerated the Shia minority that ran Syria. No more. The situation has changed, especially with Iran gaining speed in its effort to build nuclear weapons.
The Saudis are even, secretly, cooperating with the Israelis. Iran has always been seen as a greater danger to Israel than the surrounding Sunni Arab nations. Hizbollah, which is a Lebanese Shia organization, made a name for itself during its disastrous attack on Israel last Summer. Although Hizbollah lost by every measure, they won in the arena of public opinion. Both the Israelis and Saudi Arabs (and Sunni Arabs in general) hated that.
The removal of Saddam has already crippled al Qaeda throughout the Islamic world. The sight of American troops in Iraq enraged al Qaeda, and Islamic radicals in general. This was the one thing these maniacs could not tolerate. They all flocked to Iraq, began killing lots of Moslems, and after a year or so of that, plummeted in the popularity ratings throughout the Moslem world. Now the Saudis are mobilizing against that other terrorist backer; Iran. The Saudis are committing over $100 billion to this battle, and doing it out of the purest of motives; self interest.
Unless they want to become a province in the new Persian Empire, they better keep working against Iran. The Frankenstein's monster of international terrorism has been allowed to grow unchecked for too long. Iran is one of the prime movers behind it and they now have aspirations to acquire nuclear weapons. It really is about time the Saudis woke up.
War, World news | Gaius Thursday, 25 January , 2007
By Quilly Mammoth, Thursday, 25 January , 2007 @ 3:31 pm
There are rumors of a “Sunni Alliance” that is being forged between Jordan, SA and Egypt. Some of this got serious when Mubarak stopped Iran from sending a minister to an _Arab_ Foreign Ministers summit and also condemned Hizbullah.
I’m guessing that they think that Iranian movement ot inviting in the 12th Imam leaves little room for Sunnis..whom Shia’ consider apostate.