This almost tops the King of Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago decrying terrorism and destabilisation in support of General al Sisi putting down The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
And get this! Saudi Arabia is apparently willing to "stand by the will of the Syrian people". Yet 70% of Syrians support Assad but Bandar bin Sultan wants to chem them!
I wonder if this is in response to the BBC early this morning interviewing a Professor of International Relations (I think that was his title) from Salford University who referenced the Gale Davlak article in which residents of Ghouta and rebels stated that the deaths of hundreds were due to the rebels mishandling chemical weapons they had been supplied with by Bandar bin Sultan?
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it was time for the world to do everything it could to prevent aggression against the Syrian people, and that it would back a U.S. strike on Syria if the Syrian people did.
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal made his comments as the United States prepares strikes against the Syrian government, blaming it for a chemical gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians.
"We call upon the international community with all its power to stop this aggression against the Syrian people," Faisal said in Cairo, where he was attending a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers to discuss Syria.
On the prospect of a U.S. strike, he said: "We stand by the will of the Syrian people. They know best their interests, so whatever they accept, we accept, and whatever they refuse, we refuse." The meeting was expected formally to blame Assad for the gas attack.
[source : Saudi Arabia says it backs U.S. strikes if Syrian people do, The Daily Star, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Sep-01/229541-saudi-arabia-says-it-backs-us-strikes-if-syrian-people-do.ashx#ixzz2defrvSyW, 1st September 2013]
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