- Jul 9, 2005
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7148555.eceSaudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Irans nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran. To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdoms air defences will return to full alert.
The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way, said a US defence source in the area. They have already done tests to make sure their own jets arent scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the [US] State Department.
Sources in Saudi Arabia say it is common knowledge within defence circles in the kingdom that an arrangement is in place if Israel decides to launch the raid. Despite the tension between the two governments, they share a mutual loathing of the regime in Tehran and a common fear of Irans nuclear ambitions. We all know this. We will let them [the Israelis] through and see nothing, said one.
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=178190
HILARIOUS!
For those who don't remember - Iran made a pact with Israel that it would allow IAF planes to land and re-fuel in Tehran airforce base if it needed a stop-over to bomb Iraq's nuclear facilities.
And now Saudi Arabia, an historic enemy - will do just as Iran did.
The Shia-sunni split has killed millions during the last century..it doesn't surprise me the Arabs have a morbid fear of a nuclear Iran.