Riyadh Fears an American Attack on Iran

[bdamomma]

it continues on :scared:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111907G.shtml

just a snip:

"If the Iranians want to hurt the United States, they'll try to shut down our oil supply lines," explains the Saudi Social Affairs Minister.

Fearing reprisals from Tehran against its oil installations, Saudi Arabia has approached Moscow, which has the Iranians' ear in the nuclear crisis.

After betting on dialogue, Saudi officials seem resigned to an American attack against Iran. "We are getting closer and closer to a confrontation," asserts Social Affairs Minister Abdel Mohsen Hakas to Le Figaro. "George Bush's tone makes us think he has decided what he is going to do," adds Rihab Massoud, right-hand man to Prince Bandar ben Sultan, former Saudi ambassador to the United States and very well-connected on the other side of the Atlantic. The implication: the American president will not leave the White House without having "dealt with" the threat Iranian nuclear capability represents.

[marmar]

1. I suspect Riyadh might be encouraging an attack on Iran.....

.... they don't like anyone challenging their OPEC power.