My enemy's enemy is ...er... maybe my friend .. or maybe not

Keep up to date on the response of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Baker report at previous posting "Tales of the Arabian Knights" which has been updated this mornng.

Al Anbaa newspaper in Kuwait today (7th) claims Syria seeks 3 "strange" pre-conditions to undo strategic alliance with Iran: calling off Hariri investigation; Arab financial support; and a Lebanese unified national government.

The Daily Star in Beirut in an Editorial "Iraq report gives Bush a last chance to salvage his reputation " says ....

The long-awaited report of Washington's Iraq Study Group is now in the public domain, and while it offers no surefire remedies, it does represent an opportunity to cure the severe case of denial from which US President George W. Bush's administration has been suffering. The report amounts to a comprehensive indictment of American strategy in Iraq and recommends a series of changes, including a few that directly contradict some of the White House's most dearly held convictions. It is clear, however, that Washington's approaches to Iraq and the broader Middle East have been a colossal and costly failure. The best course to take is by no means obvious, but the need to abandon the current one is precisely that.

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Pic of George with King Abdullah of KSA swapping gardening tips or the value of oil as a lubricant or ...