Thursday, April 05, 2007

Discovery of Serbia Training Camp Draws Attention to Radical Islamists - New York Times

The long reach of Saudi Wahabbist Islamic fundamentalism into the Balkans is touched on by this article... Discovery of Serbia Training Camp Draws Attention to Radical Islamists - New York Times

In a separate story in the Times today, they report on Israeli objections to new sophisticated arms sales to the Saudis, on the basis that Washington's dream of a US-Israeli-Saudi-"moderate" Sunni alliance, with the Saudis as a main player, can just as easily never happen and devolve into the fall fo the Saudi government, and the capture of its military capabilities by an Al Qaeda-like government. The Saudis want to avoid becoming too dependent on the US right now anyway, because the rancor in Congress and the press about our future in Iraq questions our commitment to our "friends" (like the Saudis) in the region -- the real collateral damage of a pullout from Iraq is the warming of relations between Iran and a scared, accomodationist Saudi Royal family, as recently seen at the Arab League meetings, where Iran was invited and warmly received. Did you see that coming, Nancy Pelosi?

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