Mar 15, 2012 -- 2:58PM, rocketjsquirell wrote:

Our friends the Saudis

    Saudi Daily Calls to Hold Gulf-wide Dialogue with Al-Qaeda

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Perhaps a dialogue with Al-Qaeda is the path to a resolution and to preventing [further] bloodshed. Without [such dialogue], the U.S. will become a direct party [acting in Yemen], which will complicate and escalate the situation – especially since Yemen is in the difficult stage of a war on poverty, [a fact] that plays to the advantage of anyone [wishing] to toy with its security by means of material enticements. Most dangerous of all is that [Yemen] has long been a market for the smuggling, trading, and caching of arms, and its mountain and sea borders facilitate the entry of arms from all points of origin.
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"The government and Al-Qaeda have clashed because Al-Qaeda began growing stronger, contrary to its image as [a band of] small groups seeking an escapade at every chance. The fact that dozens of soldiers, [other] military personnel, and police were killed in a place under their own rule, and their weapons looted, is a very serious matter indeed, and no one can predict the reaction of the government, which is still in a stage of adapting to and dealing with the existing circumstances. What is needed is a Gulf-wide move, before the dangers reach their maximal proportions."[1]
 
Endnote:

[1] Al-Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), March 14, 2012.

www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6179...

This article deals with Al queda in Yemen

I have been on record as disliking and distrusting the Saudi SoB's.