Report: Saudis May Allow Israel's Use Of Air Space

Report: Saudis May Allow Israel's Use Of Air Space

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Western security sources believe Saudi Arabia will readily let Israel use the country's airspace to strike neighboring Iran if a war breaks out between the archenemies.

Prominent German news magazine SPIEGEL claimed in a Tuesday article that there exists a strong unity between Israel and Persian Gulf's Arab states against Iran.

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Another interesting report leaks out, and source seems to be Spiegel, which PressTV claims to publish these reports with will of Israeli government - why? - to scare Iran?

I remember in gulf war 1991 it was most scared situation, that Israel would start missions against Iraq, after been hit by Scuds - and how that would effect very badly to Saudi-US cooperation, even broke up coalition that time...

Has really world change so much, that these days Saudis not condemn anymore, but even help Israel to carry its violent missions against other countries in ME?

"Israeli planes flying over Mekka to bomb another Islamistic state?" Hmmm.... That sounds strange.

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This reminds of a story I recently read on DEBKA (which is not known for its reliability - I am just posting it as food for thought)

US will raise the heat until Israel toes the line on Iran While exploiting Israel's ill-timed announcement of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem for concessions to the Palestinians, Washington will keep the hullabaloo against Israel at top pitch until the Netanyahu government toes the line on Iran, debkafile's Washington sources report. This issue goes way beyond a campaign to unseat Netanyahu, in which Washington and Israeli elements have happily joined forces. The Obama administration is at odds on its Iran stance not only with Israel but Saudi Arabia, too, as well as the moderate Arab regimes of the Middle East, none of whom buy its new line.
Had Netanyahu's political reflexes been sharper, he could have removed the immediate pretext for the crisis, the Jerusalem housing announcement during vice president Joe Biden's visit, by firing a couple of bureaucrats and apologizing on the spot. But that would not have averted the crisis.
The Obama administration failed to arrest Iran's race for a nuclear weapon in months of diplomacy and was unable to persuade Russia or China to join stiff sanctions. Yet the US president is flat against any military action against Iran's nuclear installations, and will stop at nothing to stop Israel taking matters in its own hands. It is hammering Jerusalem with the bluntest instruments in its diplomatic armory to a degree unheard of against a friendly government.
This four-day battering follows the failure of two top US officials, Biden in Jerusalem March 9 and defense secretary Robert Gates in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi March 10-11, to persuade US Middle East allies to accept the new Obama take on Iran, which consists essentially of letting Iran take its nuclear program forward while administering mild sanctions from time to time to keep it under control.
Neither the Saudis and their Gulf neighbors nor the Israelis trust in this strategy for keeping Iran from becoming a nuclear power, a standing which would in enhance the capacity of the most radical Middle East elements, Syria, Hizballah and the Hamas, for destabilizing the region and generating terrorism to an alarming degree. Israel and Saudi Arabia would be first in their sights.
Strengthening Iran as a player in the international energy market would also weaken America's hand because Russia and China would have gained leverage as champions of the winning side with kudos for averting both military action and harsh sanctions against it.
Both Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arabs and Israel are aghast at this prospect and are therefore deeply reluctant to line up behind Barack Obama on Iran.
The US president is playing for high stakes. A White House which capitulated to Iran is hardly the slogan Democratic candidates need for their midterm race against Republican rivals. In fact, it could cost the Democrats their majority and even place Obama's second term in jeopardy when he faces the electorate in 2013.
With this in mind, the White House is going hard after Israel and its government to force Netanyahu to line up behind the Obama line on Iran. The pressure from Washington will be unrelenting and the arrows keep coming day by day until Israel folds.
Washington cannot wield this battery against Riyadh. In fact Gates ended his mission to Riyadh on the receiving end of Saudi ire, a fact which both sides preferred to keep quiet, except for two telltale signs: No joint communiqué was released at the end of Gates's visit to King Abdullah's farm outside Riyadh and, second, the Saudis publicly repudiated Gates' statement after his arrival in Abu Dhabi that he had obtained Saudi consent to come aboard US diplomacy on Iran and play its part by leaning hard on China to endorse sanctions.
On March 13, the royal house issued this bulletin: "This issue is not true, it was not discussed during the visit of the secretary of defense who was in the kingdom recently."

Failing to make headway with the Saudis, the US administration is putting all its weight behind extracting from prime minister Netanyahu an unequivocal commitment to refrain from military action against Iran. This commitment could then be used to persuade Riyadh that there is no hope of a military solution for Iran's nuclear threat and that both Israel and Saudi Arabia must learn to live with a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic.

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Should maybe rename this add a few more links and call it, Is WW3 Imminent?
I cant believe given all of the recent news globally that those thats running the show cant see the fact that very soon it will all kick off big time!

reply to post by JanusFIN


would the saudis risk it?
their own people dont like their leaders

all i see if this happens is a large internal conflict and i doubt saudi could handle it, would be a clear sign to the extremists with a nice new reqruitment drive.

Israel will fly over any country they'd like. They been hanging over Hungary the last few days with not one bullet shot at them....

US will tell the Iraqi military to stand down when Israel does their fly over.

reply to post by CanadianDream420


what military would that be? does Iraq even control any anti air system
would like to know what they would be standing down.

[edit on 19-3-2010 by illusive man]

Originally posted by illusive man
reply to post by CanadianDream420

 

what military would that be? does Iraq even control any anti air system
would like to know what they would be standing down.

[edit on 19-3-2010 by illusive man]

Im not sure, but I remember last year when the same topic come up that the Iraqi Government stated they would not allow it and would react instantly...


I dunno what they mean "react instantly".. maybe look up and stare in awe... "Wow.. nice jets!! wish we had some!!"


=)

reply to post by CanadianDream420


"I dunno what they mean "react instantly".. maybe look up and stare in awe... "Wow.. nice jets!! wish we had some!!" "

Ahhhh, that's the funniest thing I've read today!
Thanks 420!

reply to post by illusive man


Saudis may be Oilzlims not Muslims, these so called arabs, will do anything to secure their wealth, they are money hungry scum, that will do anything if it leads to them filling their coffers up, with American dollars

reply to post by CanadianDream420


They been hangin over Hungary aye?
About time they went back home!