Friday, February 11, 2011

Husni's ouster is a major setback for the Saudis ...


"... As of late Friday, Saudi Arabia's leaders offered no official response to Mr. Mubarak's exit following more than two weeks of protests. But in public statements and conversations with U.S. President Barack Obama, King Abdullah had offered full-throated support to the longtime Egyptian strongman, who has been an important regional partner for the kingdom.On Thursday, the kingdom's veteran foreign minister, Prince Saud Al Faisal, spoke sharply about "interference" in Egyptian affairs in what was interpreted as a rare attack on U.S. policy......"We are astonished at what we see as interference in the internal affairs of Egypt by some countries," the Saudi foreign minister said Thursday in Morocco. "We are shocked to see that there are countries pre-empting even the will of the Egyptian people."Egypt and Saudi Arabia have worked together on attempts to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord and to counter what they see as growing Iranian influence in Lebanon and Iraq...."

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