Saudi King Says Terrorists Will Reach Europe In A Month, America In Two

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The king of Saudi Arabia has warned that extremists could attack Europe and the U.S. if there is not a strong international response to terrorism after the Islamic State group seized a wide territory across Iraq and Syria.

While not mentioning any terrorist groups by name, King Abdullah's statement appeared aimed at drawing Washington and NATO forces into a wider fight against the Islamic State group and its supporters in the region. Saudi Arabia openly backs rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad, but is concerned that the breakaway al-Qaida group could also turn those very same weapons on the kingdom.

"I am certain that after a month they will reach Europe and, after another month, America," he said at a reception for foreign ambassadors Friday.

Official Saudi media carried the king's comments early Saturday.

"These terrorists do not know the name of humanity and you have witnessed them severing heads and giving them to children to walk with in the street," the king said, urging the ambassadors to relay his message directly to their heads of state.

Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765658887/Saudi-king-warns-of-terrorist-threat-to-Europe-US.html

[albino65]

1. So what the fuck are the Saudis doing? n/t

[wildbilln864]

9. probably funding them like they did with the 911 hijackers! n/t

[XemaSab]

15. Srsly, why doesn't he just buy them plane tickets?

It doesn't take a month to fly from Riyadh to London.

[HooptieWagon]

36. He'll just fly them over on the Royal 747. nt

[abakan]

38. He's giving them their marching orders. nt

[KansDem]

47. This x 2977 (nt)

[samsingh]

75. that's what i think

[tazkcmo]

77. Funding them

Training them, feeding them, etc.

[Carolina]

81. Funding them?

More than that. Remember 15 of the 19 hijackers involved in 9/11 WERE SAUDI citizens as was Osama bin Laden.

The Saudis do a lot more than fund; they foment, they're train and they are the terrorists!

[mcar]

50. My question exactly

I had this conversation with DH last night. The Saudis have more money than God and lots of US military equipment.

[FreakinDJ]

3. Most of their funding comes from Saudi Arabia - they should know

[Purveyor]

8. Sounds to me like the 'King' is getting a bit nervous, indeed. "Chickens about

to come home to roost", perhaps.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. We'll all have to buy new globes when it's changed back to Arabia....

Iran should change it's name back to Persia at the same time.

[starroute]

30. Iran has been "Iran" for the last 2000 years -- "Persia" is the Greek name

So there's really no question of changing "back."

[Aristus]

51. +1

I have an Iranian friend. He says their language is Farsi, their culture is Persian, but their country is Iran, and always has been...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

67. It would be great PR to deflate McCain's bomb boner.

[LarryNM]

12. +1,000 n/t

[flamingdem]

20. They don't need them as much anymore

SA should limit their funding to the Free Syrian Army. They seem to think that Isis in Syria is less radical?? If you don't mind crucifixtions and heads on stakes!

[LiberalArkie]

25. and Qatar according to reports..

[Voice for Peace]

4. ok we will help if you give us all your oil at half price

[Jack Rabbit]

5. Whatever happened to the idea of draining the swamp?

King Abdullah is a mosquito.

Power to the people of Saudi Arabia.

[HooptieWagon]

6. Might be a good time to release the unredacted report implicating Saudis in 9-11.

[Louisiana1976]

31. +1000

[undeterred]

62. + a brazilion

[JackRiddler]

70. You really think that's all it's going to implicate?

[wildbilln864]

83. + 1000! n/t

[intaglio]

7. Question: who is one of the primary sponsors of IS?

Answer ... Saudi Arabia!

Personally I regard that as a threat by Abdullah, not a warning.

[wildbilln864]

11. yep! n/t

[ozone_man]

84. +1,000! n/t

[bananas]

10. British musicians - the new terrorist threat? nt

[awoke_in_2003]

52. I say we retaliate...

and send them Justin Bieber.

[HooptieWagon]

69. Naw, just send him back to Canada. nt

[louis-t]

13. I think Obama is waiting for Europe and ME to get involved.

If we lead the way, they will back off, thinking we should be the policemen. Their butts are on the line, too. What is Syria doing? What is Iraq doing? What is Iran doing? Is Saudi Arabia helping or hurting the situation? We know what the Kurds are doing. They are fighting back. UK is finally taking action (or thinking about it). We can't just do the neocon thing and go in with guns blazing.

[flamingdem]

17. Also, none of those countries want reprisals

so they'd rather have the US in the lead at least. However in this case they stand to lose a lot when Isil gets going in their countries or furthers their gains where they are now.

Obama is correct, we need to not lift a finger without their involvement, Kurds excepted of course.

[louis-t]

21. Agreed. They are getting hit now.

If they don't want to get their hands dirty, they're in for a long struggle.

[cilla4progress]

37. I agree

and I think it is a sound policy move forward.

[DJ13]

14. Saudi King says he wants higher oil prices

[flamingdem]

16. What he doesn't admit is the main concern -

that the "terrorists" meaning Isis/Is etc will reach his kingdom within the same time frame! What he'd like is to continue business as usual and have the US clean up their mess.

[Louisiana1976]

32. Excellent point.

[Shadowflash]

19. Let's you and him fight.

[Shipwack]

41. +1000

I logged in to make that very same quote... GMTA. It's a favorite of the Arabs in general...

[tularetom]

22. Sorry kingie, your buddies aren't in charge here anymore

And it appears that you can't bribe or scare off the guys who are in charge so why don't you STFU.

Besides, I don't think you really want anybody probing too deeply into where these assholes got their funding, do you?

[Divernan]

23. How about the 15,000 members of the Royal Family either abdicate or join the military?

The Al Sauds also happen to field an unwieldy number of princes and princess; as many as 15,000 living highnesses and royal highnesses are spread across six branches of a family tree whose roots reach back to the 18th century.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/pomegranate/2014/03/saudi-royal-family

[DonCoquixote]

24. terrotsts?

like the 15 out of 19 you funded?

[morningfog]

26. Boogey boogey Boo!

[candelista]

48. +1. nt

[azurnoir]

27. maybe he and Bill O should do a Faux special report

it's bound to be a hit

[still_one]

28. the threat has always been there, they are trying to sucker us in

The only thing we should do.is supply air support for those countries requesting it and fighting ISIS

[happyslug]

54. Including Iran?

The US only started its bombing after some SU 25s did some bombing. Iraq said these were Iraqi SU 25s, but they had none a mouth before and the last Iraqi pilots fly them to Iran during Desert Storm.

Thus the smart money says these were flown by Iranian pilots. Iran "Returned" the planes to Iraq just before Iraq used them to bomb ISIS positions. I suspect this was unexpected by the US, but all the US could do was to provide air support or Iran was going to do it

Iranian air support fir Iraq was unacceptable to the US but the US could not shoot down the "Iraqi" planes for technically we are on the same side as Iraq. Thus the only option open was to provide air support ourselves.

It is getting to be a real mess over there. The more I look at the situation, the US should ally with Iran and leave Iran take over the mess and straiten out the whole mess.

Iran and Turkey could come up with a division that would keep the peace for the next 50 years. Iran gets the oil (most of the oil is around the Persian Gulf), and the Turks gets to decide what type and size Kurdustan Turkey gets on its border. I

Israel may not like this for it would gave the Iranian army on its northern and eastern borders, but we all have to make sacrifices for peace.

[still_one]

64. I doubt they will Ally overtly with Iran, however, I can see a situation where they accommodate each

other. I also can see that happening with Syria, and the Assad government believe it or not

You are right it is a real mess

[DinahMoeHum]

29. Neah neah-neah neah neah. . .

. . .booga booga booga.

[Dems to Win]

33. Step right up and fight ISIS, your majesty. We'll hold your coat.

I'm glad Obama is limiting US response to air support. Time for some Saudi boots on the ground to fight their creation.

Given the US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, they should be able to exterminate ISIS on their own, without any need for US air support.

There are not many people on this planet I despise more than the Saudi royal family.

[elehhhhna]

34. I read that as a threat, coming form their CFO and all.

Fuck that guy. He's a jackass depot and friend of the bush family.

[elehhhhna]

35. oh oh noes. where wil lthe saudi royals go boozing, drugging and whoring if

eu and us are taken into the caliphate?

[roamer65]

39. Why should we go in and clean up YOUR failed black op, Mr Abdullah?

Eff u.

[Jamastiene]

40. I guess he knows because his country trains terrorists...

or at least most of the ones from 9/11 were Saudis, were they not? Any country that flat out treats women that way can kiss my ass. Sounds more like a damn threat than a warning to me, because of the Saudis' history. I don't trust them, allies or not.

[Wellstone ruled]

42. Say what!!!

Deseret/Utah News,wow,these are the people who would not criticize any action by the Saudis or Israel and ran planted story after story from the Bush administration. How ironic that this right wing rag from Salt Lake City would run this story. The truth be known,Saudi Royal Family has and is supporting many of these radical groups. Friggen U.S.press is so chicken shit in covering these terror supporters. All about the Oil...

[2naSalit]

45. ^^^THIS^^^

[Demeter]

43. Saudi King is full of it

It's HIS seat that is up for grabs.

[Tom Ripley]

44. Wolf says there will be howling soon

[Brigid]

46. He oughta know.

He's funding them.

[n2doc]

49. Yes, We should invade and shut down ISIS's funding source countries in the middle east. n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

53. King Abdullah-Bush sez whut?!?!

[SunSeeker]

55. ISIS is YOUR Frankenstein, Abdullah. You put boots on the ground. We're done bleeding for you. nt

[Renew Deal]

56. How much have the Saudis given to "these terrorists?"

[kentauros]

57. Why the arbitrary "two months"?

Are they sailing across the Atlantic in wooden ships? And during the peak of the hurricane season at that!

[rpannier]

60. They're awaiting the results of their embassy interviews

Those can take up to 6 weeks for processing and approval

Then buying tickets, shopping for new clothes, packing, etc

[kentauros]

61. I'm sure Saudi Arabia can afford to fake all of the legal stuff.

Maybe the volcano in Iceland will blow soon and prevent air travel for the next six months due to ash fallout. Then they'll still have to take a boat during hurricane season

[candelista]

65. They have to load all those white Toyota pickup trucks on cargo planes.

And all the ex-US MRAPS, Humvees, .50 caliber machine guns, extra copies of the Koran, camp followers, AK 47s, camels, hijjabs, jalabiyas, kaftans, etc. Rome wasn't built in a day.

[kentauros]

66. I laughed at the Toyota pickup part!

Good point

They are indestructible vehicles, though:

[tazkcmo]

78. It's not arbitrary.

They say two months because according to the Saudi Terrorist Training Schedule their next class will graduate in 2 months and be "mission ready".

There is NOTHING arbitrary about the Saudi terror network.

[kentauros]

80. Because that info was left out of the story,

it comes across as arbitrary. So, either the Saudis were hiding that fact, or the reporter did a lousy job of rooting out the same fact. Probably a little of both

[Agony]

58. the wahabbi shit comes home to roost

suck it up and deal with it king asshole
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alastair-crooke/isis-wahhabism-saudi-arabia_b_5717157.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000051&ir=Religion

"OIL WEALTH SPREAD WAHHABISM

With the advent of the oil bonanza -- as the French scholar, Giles Kepel writes, Saudi goals were to "reach out and spread Wahhabism across the Muslim world ... to "Wahhabise" Islam, thereby reducing the "multitude of voices within the religion" to a "single creed" -- a movement which would transcend national divisions. Billions of dollars were -- and continue to be -- invested in this manifestation of soft power. "

"

Abd al-Wahhab demanded conformity -- a conformity that was to be demonstrated in physical and tangible ways. He argued that all Muslims must individually pledge their allegiance to a single Muslim leader (a Caliph, if there were one). Those who would not conform to this view should be killed, their wives and daughters violated, and their possessions confiscated, he wrote. The list of apostates meriting death included the Shiite, Sufis and other Muslim denominations, whom Abd al-Wahhab did not consider to be Muslim at all.

There is nothing here that separates Wahhabism from ISIS. The rift would emerge only later: from the subsequent institutionalization of Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab's doctrine of "One Ruler, One Authority, One Mosque" -- these three pillars being taken respectively to refer to the Saudi king, the absolute authority of official Wahhabism, and its control of "the word" (i.e. the mosque).

It is this rift -- the ISIS denial of these three pillars on which the whole of Sunni authority presently rests -- makes ISIS, which in all other respects conforms to Wahhabism, a deep threat to Saudi Arabia.
"

abdullah and ISIS are cut from the same cloth and deserve each other.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-declares-all-atheists-are-terrorists-in-new-law-to-crack-down-on-political-dissidents-9228389.html

[candelista]

68. Good post. Just one comment.

Both Saudis and ISIS are Wahhabis. They just disagree about who should be the Caliph--somebody from ISIS or somebody from the Saudi royal family. This point isn't clear from the text.

[rpannier]

59. i.e. give us more planes

bombs
let us violate more human rights
ignore that we have funded many of these groups both directly and indirectly

[GeorgeGist]

63. Says the guy beheading hashish dealers and sorcerers ...

Beheadings in Saudi Arabia, at least 19 die

At least 19 people have been beheaded in Saudi Arabia this month in a clampdown by the authorities on drug smuggling and “sorcery,” according to Human Rights Watch officials.

Four hashish smugglers were beheaded on Aug. 18, the latest in a string of executions across the country since the beginning of the month, Saudi Press Agency reported.

All four were men from the same family, reported the Independent, while another suspect, Mohammed bin Bakr al-Alawi, was beheaded for practicing black magic sorcery.

“Any execution is appalling, but executions for crimes such as drug smuggling or sorcery that result in no loss of life are particularly egregious,” said Sarah Leah Watson, Middle East and North Africa Director for Human Rights Watch.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/beheadings-saudi-arabia-top-19-dead-article-1.1914284

[hedgehog]

71. Two months to get here? Sounds like the Saudis wouldn't spring for airline tickets,

so they had to catch a ride on a freighter.

[Rhinodawg]

72. Is this considered fear mongering ?

[nilesobek]

73. With his unlimited funds

the King can exile his young, radical men to Jihad throughout the world and that's much preferable than for them to come home and be in his midst. If you want to compare beheadings with ISIS his kingdom doesn't come off as morally correct. I can't believe we sold these guys guns and planes even.

[malthaussen]

74. And he should know. n/t

[samsingh]

76. so saudi arabia is getting scared - their support of terror has created something out of

their control

[yurbud]

79. If the Saudis stop giving them money, that would be unlikely.

[magical thyme]

82. time to break out the plastic sheeting and duct tape?