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Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
« on: May 09, 2018, 10:42:03 pm »
Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does


AFP Wednesday, 9 May 2018
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Saudi Arabia will seek to develop its own nuclear weapons if Iran does, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told CNN on Wednesday, amid spiraling tension between the regional rivals.

Asked whether Riyadh would “build a bomb itself” if Tehran seizes on Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 Iran deal to resume a nuclear weapons program, Jubeir said: “If Iran acquires nuclear capability we will do everything we can to do the same.”

Saudi Arabia has long said it would match any Iranian weapons development, but Jubeir’s renewed vow came after US President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of an accord designed to prevent Tehran’s alleged quest for the bomb.

cont at:   http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/05/09/Jubeir-Saudi-Arabia-will-seek-nuclear-weapon-if-Iran-does.html
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Re: Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2018, 10:46:42 pm »
You cannot allow countries to become 'Nuclear', whose leadership and common man on the street believe they answer to a higher power.

...or have promised to obliterate Israel into the sea.





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Re: Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2018, 02:40:33 am »
DC wrote:
"You cannot allow countries to become 'Nuclear', whose leadership and common man on the street believe they answer to a higher power.
...or have promised to obliterate Israel into the sea."

Of course not.
Israel will never permit this to happen.

They've proved that they mean it twice already -- In Iraq back around 1981 (or so), and in Syria just a few years ago.

Not gonna happen in Saudi Arabia, either.
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Re: Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2018, 03:33:03 am »
I don't know if Israel will be able to stop the Saudis so easily, given that they're both strong US allies.
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Re: Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2018, 12:03:26 pm »
Quote from: LauraTXNM on May 10, 2018, 03:33:03 am
I don't know if Israel will be able to stop the Saudis so easily, given that they're both strong US allies.

Better to stop Iran to take away the reason.
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Re: Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2018, 06:37:11 pm »
There was cooperation and intelligence sharing between Israel and Iran to destroy the Osirak reactor in Baghdad.  Don't be terribly surprised if we find out one day the Saudis and Israelis worked together on Iran.
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Re: Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2018, 03:23:13 am »
@edpc Much preferable ;)
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