Persia
(Iran), Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah
(Turkey) of the north quarters, and
all his bands: and many people with thee. Be thou prepared, and prepare for
thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou
a guard unto them. After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter
years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and
is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have
been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they
shall dwell safely all of them (Eze.
38:5-8).
Saudis Give Up On U.S., Instigate Direct Gulf Action
Against Iran
"...the king accused US-led diplomacy of
giving Tehran a clear field."
April 24, 2011
Saudis give up on US, instigate direct
Gulf action against Iran
By DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
http://debka.com/article/20858/
After giving up on U.S. and Israel ever
confronting Iran, Saudi Arabia has gone out on a limb against the Obama
administration to place itself at the forefront of an independent Gulf
campaign for cutting down the Islamic Republic's drive for a nuclear bomb
and its expansionist meddling in Arab countries, debkafile's Middle East
sources report. Two US emissaries sent to intercede with Saudi King
Abdullah – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on April 6 and National
Security Adviser Tom Donilon, who arrived in Riyadh six days later – were
told that Saudi Arabia had reached a parting-of-the-ways with Washington,
followed actively by Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman.
Abdullah said he
could not forgive the Americans for throwing former Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak to the wolves in Cairo and for the unrest they were promoting
against Arab regimes. Saudi Arabia was therefore determined to lead the Gulf
region on the road to a confrontation with Iran – up to and including
military action if necessary – to defend the oil emirates against Iranian
conspiracies in the pursuit of which the king accused US-led diplomacy of
giving Tehran a clear field. Monday, April 18, the foreign ministers of the
Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, asked the UN Security Council to take action
for stopping Iran's "provocative interference in their countries' domestic
affairs." This "flagrant interference" posed a "grave security to, and
risked flaring up sectarian strike, in the GCC countries." The resolution
went on to state: "The GCC will not hesitate to adopt whatever measures and
policies they deem necessary vis-à-vis the foreign interferences in their
internal affairs."
The phrase
"measures and policies deemed necessary" is diplomatic parlance for a
military threat. It implies that Saudi Arabia and the rest of the regional
group are confident that together, they command the strategic resources and
assets necessary for a military strike against Iran. Our military sources
report that the Saudis are convinced that their combined missile, air force
and naval strength is fully capable of inflicting in-depth damage on
mainland Iran. Their message to Washington is that the Gulf nations are now
making their own decisions. Iran has taken two steps in response to the
Saudi-led Gulf challenge: Thousands of Iranian students, mobilized by the
Revolutionary Guards and Basijj voluntary corps have laid the Saudi embassy
in Tehran to siege for most of the past week, launching stone and firebomb
assaults from time to time, but so far making no attempt to invade the
building. Then, Saturday, April 16, the Iranian foreign ministry summoned
the Pakistani chargé d'affaires to warn him sternly against allowing Saud
Arabia and Bahrain to continue conscripting Pakistani military personnel.
Tehran claims that by offering exorbitant paychecks, Riyadh has raised 1,000
Pakistani recruits for its military operation in support of the Bahraini
king and another 1,500 are on their way to the Gulf.
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