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November 29, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-saudis-iran

Saudi Arabia Urges U.S. Attack on Iran to Stop Nuclear Program

(Guardian-UK) Ian Black and Simon Tisdall - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly urged the U.S. to attack Iran to destroy its nuclear program, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables that describe how other Arab allies have secretly agitated for military action against Tehran. "He told you [Americans] to cut off the head of the snake," the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel al-Jubeir said, according to a report on Abdullah's meeting with U.S. Gen. David Petraeus in April 2008. The leaked U.S. cables also reveal that officials in Jordan and Bahrain have openly called for Iran's nuclear program to be stopped by any means, including military.

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