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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Riyadh will build nuclear weapons if Iran gets them, Saudi prince warns

Riyadh will build nuclear weapons if Iran gets them, Saudi prince warns | World news | The Guardian
A senior Saudi Arabian diplomat and member of the ruling royal family has raised the spectre of nuclear conflict in the Middle East if Iran comes close to developing a nuclear weapon.

Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to Washington, warned senior Nato military officials that the existence of such a device "would compel Saudi Arabia … to pursue policies which could lead to untold and possibly dramatic consequences".

He did not state explicitly what these policies would be, but a senior official in Riyadh who is close to the prince said yesterday his message was clear.

"We cannot live in a situation where Iran has nuclear weapons and we don't. It's as simple as that," the official said. "If Iran develops a nuclear weapon, that will be unacceptable to us and we will have to follow suit."
I remember predicting this some time ago, but I can't find the post. But it didn't take a particularly clear crystal ball to see it coming.

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