Monday, July 30, 2007

U.S. ambassador criticizes Saudi Arabia over Iraq

from the Associated Press

Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (former U.S. ambassador to Iraq) said Sunday that ally Saudi Arabia was undermining efforts to stabilize Iraq ... Iraqi officials have accused Saudi Arabia of allowing a flow of funding to support Sunni insurgents and failing to prevent would-be suicide bombers from crossing the Saudi border to infiltrate Iraq ... Two House Democrats, Reps. Anthony Weiner and Jerrold Nadler of New York, said Sunday they would introduce legislation to block the Saudi arms deal. Said Weiner, "Saudi Arabia should not get an ounce of military support from the U.S. until they unequivocally denounced terrorism and take tangible steps to prevent it."

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