Cheney, Former President Bush Pay Respects to New Saudi King

[norml]

Cheney, Former President Bush Pay Respects to New Saudi King, Discussing Iraq, Bilateral Relations
Friday, August 05, 2005 04:26:58 PM



A U.S. delegation led by Vice President Dick Cheney paid respects Friday to King Abdullah, a visit intended to show the importance Washington attaches to close ties with oil power Saudi Arabia.

Cheney, former President Bush and former Secretary of State Colin Powell offered condolences on the death Monday of the new monarch's half brother, King Fahd.

Reporters were barred from the meeting at the king's farm outside Riyadh, but the official Saudi Press Agency said the two sides discussed Iraq, bilateral relations, and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Cheney invited Abdullah to visit President Bush at the White House, the agency said.

Spain's King Juan Carlos also met Friday with Abdullah, who embraced him warmly in footage broadcast on Spanish television. Juan Carlos was a longtime friend of Fahd.


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http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8BPSN700&apc=9002

[ironman202]

1. do you suppose Cheney was pitching or catching?

[TomClash]

2. So the new king got both feet kissed?

He's too old for anything else.

[norml]

5. Powell was also there: Cheney, Powell meet new Saudi king

Cheney, Powell meet new Saudi king
By Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press | August 6, 2005

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A US delegation led by Vice President Dick Cheney called on King Abdullah yesterday, a visit intended to show the importance Washington attaches to close ties with oil power Saudi Arabia.

Cheney, former president George H. W. Bush, and former secretary of state Colin L. Powell offered condolences on the death Monday of the new monarch's half brother, King Fahd.

Reporters were barred from the meeting at the king's farm outside Riyadh, but the official Saudi Press Agency said the group discussed Iraq, bilateral relations, and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Cheney invited Abdullah to visit President Bush at the White House, the agency said.

Spain's King Juan Carlos, a longtime friend of Fahd, also met yesterday with Abdullah, who embraced him warmly in footage broadcast on Spanish television.


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http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/06/cheney_powell_meet_new_saudi_king/

[evil eggplant]

3. typical

They won't attend services for our dead soldiers, but they'll (literally) go to the ends of the earth so pay their respect to a foreign leader (who had no use for us)

[bermudat]

4. I was thinking the exact same thing.

Seven soldiers die one day, 14 the next and our repugnantcan leaders can't be bothered to attend a single funeral or memorial service. However, when the leader of the country that produced 15 of the 19 terrorists that brought devastation on 9/11 dies, bush and cheney will attend that funeral. When will the American sheeple wake up?

[TomClash]

6. Of course, the Crime Family knows which side the bread is buttered on