Saudi warns US over Middle East

[WoodPeckr]

Even the Saudis are piling on Dubya now that he's gone!....

Saudi warns US over Middle East

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7847753.stm


A senior member of Saudi Arabia's ruling family has warned the US that it needs to change attitudes over the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief and former ambassador to the US, said a failure to alter policies could threaten links.

The prince said ex-President George W Bush had left a "sickening legacy" in the Middle East.

He accused the US of contributing to the killing of Gazans.

Special envoy named

The prince made his comments in an interview with the London-based Financial Times newspaper, following a post-Christmas outbreak of violence between Israel and Palestinians that left more than 1,000 people - mostly Gazans - dead.

On Thursday Barack Obama made his first public statement on the Middle East as US president.

He named former senator George Mitchell as a special envoy to the Middle East.

Correspondents say President Obama's first statement did not significantly depart from earlier US policies.

 

[Mia.Colpa]

Old news. Those comments are ongoing, no big deal.

 

[Aardvark154]

Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud also has a convoluted history of involvement with al-Qaeda, and was removed as the head of Saudi Intelligence at least in part because of the feeling by the King and more senior Princes that he was not entirely behind the idea that al-Qaeda is a terrorist organization and a threat to Saudi Arabia.

 

[WoodPeckr]

I see.
Sort of like when Reagan, Cheney, Rummy to name a few worked with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda back when they were allies against the USSR in that 80s Afghan war....