Saudis Withdraw Ambassador From Libya

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Guardian
By DONNA ABU NASR

Associated Press Writer

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday it was withdrawing its ambassador to Libya and ordered out Libya's envoy in response to reports that Tripoli plotted to assassinate the Saudi crown prince.

The alleged plot against Crown Prince Abdullah was first outlined by U.S. investigators in their case against a prominent American Muslim activist sentenced earlier this year to the maximum 23 years in prison for illegal business dealings with Libya.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud announced the measures, saying the Libyans would be sent a communique later Wednesday demanding that their envoy in Riyadh go home.

He said the Saudi Embassy in Tripoli and the Libyan Embassy in Riyadh would remain open, insisting the kingdom did not want the Libyan people to suffer, particularly with the annual Muslim pilgrimage to holy sites in Saudi Arabia starting next month.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4688018,00.html

[plasticsundance]

1. Finding the posting ...

Well ... looks like I screwed up misquoting the Church Lady and not realizing I posted a duplicate.

I think this story is relevant in the fact that the Bush Administration and others on the right-side of the aisle have been propping up Libya as the poster-child for how a country can be deterred from continuing in seeking and creating WMD. The invasion of Iraq by the US was supposed to have been the impetus for Libya.

I'm not sure where on the list Washington places Libya concerning harboring terrorists, or being with us or against us, but what about assassination attempts? Where on the list does this place Libya in the good-graces of the Bush Administration?

Inquiring minds would like to know.

[MADem]

2. My, my, my

Our "new best friend" tried to kill off our "old best friend?"

I forsee a great deal of unrest in Saudi Arabia in future. That heathen Osama has urged his followers to target oil assets that serve the west. It would not surprise me if we see pipelines going BOOOOM! in Saudi. Then, of course, we will HAVE to go in there, just to "protect the assets for the good of the world" (naah, no profit motive there). We'll take over the country, 'temporarily' of course, and either rehabilitate the Royal Family while pacifying the population with some meaningless bullshit with regard to the Holy Places, or install a fake-religious government that is in our pocket.

Black gold, Texas tea....it's all about the O!!!!