Global War on Terror Watch: Saudia Arabia Threatens Tony Blair

Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair walks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after their joint press conference at the Governor’s Residence in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday Nov 19, 2006. General Musharraf urged Mr Blair to back a massive plan for reconstruction in southern Afghanistan in a bid to prise the region away from the grip of the Taliban.

The Sunday Times: Blair hit by Saudi ‘bribery’ threat

SAUDI ARABIA is threatening to suspend diplomatic ties with Britain unless Downing Street intervenes to block an investigation into a £60m “slush fund” allegedly set up for some members of its royal family.

A senior Saudi diplomat in London has delivered an ultimatum to Tony Blair that unless the inquiry into an allegedly corrupt defence deal is dropped, diplomatic links between Britain and Saudi Arabia will be severed, a defence source has disclosed.

The Saudis, key allies in the Middle East, have also threatened to cut intelligence co-operation with Britain over Al-Qaeda.

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Now, this leads Americans to think about the Saudi royal families’ relationship with the United States.

The President and Congress should re-evaluate the number of student visas granted Saudi students. The 10,000 plus students in American colleges and universities are a disproportionate number and may poise a national security threat.

The number of Saudi student visas was reduced to zero immediately after 9/11 but the sweet-heart deal by President Bush increasing the number is too much. The Congress should call for hearings and legislation if warranted.

Captain Ed has Saudis Play Hardball With Blair

This should be a warning to the West as to the fragility of Saudi support on the efforts to stop radical Islamism … such as it is. They appear to only support the war as long as their endless supply of luxury items, supplied by fraud and corruption, continues without interruption. Counting on their efforts in the long run is a bad strategy. We need to do what we can to avoid antagonizing them, but we had better start working on alternate strategies to work around their petulant obstructionism.

And the Saudi supported American-based Madrasahs – those have to go as well…….

Stay tuned…..

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