[Texgreen] Saudis siding with the terrorists on war in Iraq!

[Roger Baker]

What gratitude after we buy all their oil. And just look how good we =20
have treated this very same clown -- here's the photographic evidence:

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bushabdullah_wideweb__430x268.jpg>

-- Roger

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Saudi King Slams =91Illegitimate Occupation=92 of Iraq

by Lydia Georgi
Saudi King Abdullah, whose country is a close US ally, on Wednesday =20
slammed the =93illegitimate foreign occupation=94 of Iraq in an opening =20=

speech to the annual Arab summit in Riyadh.

=93In beloved Iraq, blood is being shed among brothers in the shadow of =20=

an illegitimate foreign occupation, and ugly sectarianism threatens =20
civil war,=94 Abdullah said.

He also said that Arab nations, which are planning to revive a five-=20
year-old Middle East peace plan at the summit, would not allow any =20
foreign force to decide the future of the region.

In the past, Saudi leaders including Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-=20
Faisal have often criticized US policy in Iraq but have never =20
described its presence there as =93illegitimate.=94

If Arab leaders recover trust in each other and regain their =20
credibility, =93the winds of hope will blow on the nation, and then, we =20=

will not allow forces from outside the region to determine the future =20=

of the region, and only the flag of Arabism will be raised on Arab =20
soil,=94 Abdullah said.

Arab foreign ministers meeting ahead of the summit agreed on Monday =20
to call for an amendment of Iraq=92s 2005 constitution to give Sunni =20
Arabs a greater share of power in the war-ravaged country and prevent =20=

its breakup.

But Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari responded by saying the =20
government did not need a =93diktat=94 from the Arabs on how to amend =
its =20
constitution and boost national reconciliation.

The Iraqi government has initiated moves to review a de-=20
Baathification law in a bid to woo former members of the regime of =20
executed dictator Saddam Hussein back into politics and government jobs.

Under a controversial de-Baathification law, tens of thousands of =20
members of Iraq=92s former ruling Baath party were stripped of their =20
posts in government, at universities and in business after the 2003 =20
US-led invasion.

The law has been a major source of grievance for the minority Sunnis, =20=

who have waged a deadly insurgency against US troops and the Shiite-=20
led American-backed government in Baghdad.

Iraq=92s once-ruling Sunnis also want an amendment of the constitution, =20=

which they fear leaves their central regions without natural =20
resources and Iraq=92s oil wealth in the hands of the governing Shiites =20=

and the autonomous Kurds.

Copyright =A9 2007 Agence France Presse.