Saudi king says 'foreign hands' behind Arab unrest

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah says that "unnamed hands" targeting Islam and the Arabs are behind recent events in the region.

The king, who delivered a televised address Friday night to a conference of prominent Saudis, did not name any country. But Saudi officials have used similar terms to suggest a connection with Shiite Iran.

"There were hands that are known to you all ... behind what has happened in the Arab world, regrettably targeting Islam and the Arabs," he said.

Sunni Saudi Arabia is wary of the wave of Arab Spring uprisings, particularly in nearby Bahrain, where a Shiite majority is demanding greater rights from its Sunni rulers.

However, the kingdom strongly backs the largely Sunni uprising in Syria against Iran's ally, President Bashar Assad.


It's not foreign unrest when it happens in others countries but when in Saudi Arabia it's foreign unrest, Saudi Royals are the biggest Whiners reminds me of the gay Saudi prince who didn't get executed LOL.

 

[RayKalm]

Who would possibly be behind the Bahraini unrest, which is a pro-American country?

 

[Hussein]

Who would possibly be behind the Bahraini unrest, which is a pro-American country?

the people of Bahrain
they have big big reasons to do so: they are second class citizens (i mean the shias)

 

[Tshering22]

It seems MMS and Saudi King have been having a lot of interaction these days. Our so-called PM is also saying foreign hand involved in some of our unrests here for other issues.

 

[A1Kaid]

KSA is behind in destabilizing Syria possibly even arming militants.

 

[Syrian Lion]

A British newspaper showed reports that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting terrorism in Syria, by providing money and weapons, and even sending terrorists.
Bashar AlJa'afari said in the U.N Council meeting, and the world acted like they didn't hear anything.

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

There has been news Radical Islamists from Saudi Arabia want to come to Syria. but again they will receive a bullet a to the skull.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Both syria and Bahrain should be allowed to become democracies . Let them chose their own leaders .

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

A British newspaper showed reports that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting terrorism in Syria, by providing money and weapons, and even sending terrorists.
Bashar AlJa'afari said in the U.N Council meeting, and the world acted like they didn't hear anything.

And the Salafi Terrorists will be killed just like Russia destroyed them when they came with Chechnya.

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

KSA is behind in destabilizing Syria possibly even arming militants.

They have done that around the world most of the worlds problem come from them. Where do you think Groups like Al Shaab, and other Salafist groups in Iraq get their ideologies and support ?

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

Maliki believes Saudis are main sponsors of terrorism in Iraq: WikiLeaks - Tehran Times

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly said that Saudi Arabia is main sponsor of terrorism in Iraq, alleging that the U.S.-backed monarchy intends to stoke a civil war in the Middle Eastern country.

Newly released classified U.S. diplomatic cables by the reputed whistleblower website WikiLeaks reveal details of U.S. State Department cables on meetings between Prime Minister Maliki, General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker in 2008 in which Maliki accuses Iraq’s Arab neighbors of funding proxy groups to foment violence in an attempt to destabilize the country, the Al Jazeera network reported Friday.

Moreover, in a May 2007 cable, the Iraqi prime minister stated to Petraeus and Crocker that “I told Vice President Cheney that (Saudi) Prince Muqrin is funding a Sunni army to oppose the Shia army.”

Maliki then went on to add that the Saudis “have a culture that supports terrorism” and that if the Persian Gulf countries want to address the issue of terrorism then they should start with Saudi Arabia.

“If they (the Persian Gulf Arab states) want to talk about violence, maybe we should have a conference about Saudi Arabia. Most terrorists here are Saudis... The Saudi people have a culture that supports terrorism. The Saudi government cannot control it, and they cannot get rid of the terrorist institutions that are creating and funding terrorism,” the leaked cables reveal.

Since 2003, when former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was deposed in a U.S.-led war on Iraq, independent analysts persistently maintained that Saudi Arabia sponsors sectarian terrorism in Iraq to promote its influence in the region and weaken the civilian government in Baghdad, Press TV reported.

Statistics also seem to confirm that during the past eight years, majority of suicide bombers captured or killed in Iraq were either Saudi nationals or natives of countries that are closely allied with Saudi Arabia such as Jordan, Kuwait, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.

In a meeting at Iraqi prime minister's residence on April 14, 2008, Maliki slammed his country's Arab neighbors, especially Saudi Arabia, and questioned the need for an upcoming “Neighbors' Conference”.

“We have seen nothing positive from Iraq's neighbors; they did not reduce our debt, they did not return their embassies, and they have all interfered in our political, military and financial realms,” Maliki told the U.S. officials.

Additionally, the leaked State Department cables describe the extent of authority that US General Petraeus wielded over Iraq's civilian government as commander of the Multi-National Force in the war-torn country, in areas such as security, foreign policy and domestic issues.

The cables show that at one point, Petraeus even forced the Iraqi government to raise the price of heavy fuel oil (HFO), leading nations such as Jordan and Syria to purchase such fuel from other sources.