11-21-2013: Thank you to Munzir Naqvi & Robert Fisk for this very educationally informative post, & here is their information following: The Saudis had staked their diplomatic and political capital on regime change in Syria. The monarchy had opened its purse strings liberally in order to make this a reality. It had even offered Russia, Syria’s long-time ally, a $15-billion arms deal and an assurance that it would not oppose Russia’s gas pipeline deals in Europe. Three weeks before the last chemical attack, the Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, met President Vladimir Putin and told him that the situation in Syria was about to deteriorate further and that foreign military intervention in that country was inevitable. frontline.in/world-affairs/tension-in-ties/article5338800.ece
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:36:20 +0000
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