Pakistan to send more troops to Saudi Arabia (To replace Americans)

[NNN0LHI]

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2003-daily/03-09-2003/main/main4.htm

BRUSSELS: Civil and military authorities in Pakistan have decided to provide additional military and security personnel to Saudi Arabia to fill the gap created by the withdrawal of the US and other Western troops from the Kingdom, reliable defence sources told The News.

Saudi Arabia has already given a pledge to Pakistani authorities it would welcome additional Pakistani military and security advisers and troops primarily to replace the Western military personnel who have left the kingdom over the last year.

Pakistani military personnel in Saudi Arabia would play an effective role in several projects designed to bolster the defence and security of the kingdom. "Pakistani military and security personnel sent to Saudi Arabia would play two-pronged security related role: first, to replace some of the westerners who have left or leaving the kingdom and secondly, to help in the expansion of the security related projects already being executed by Pakistani personnel in Saudi Arabia," the defence source underlined.

The defence sources indicated that the need of Pakistan military and security personnel in Saudi Arabia would increase enormously in the days to come as the acceptability of the American troops in the Kingdom is affected by the recent cleavage in the US-Saudi relations created by a 28 pages of the joint congressional report on the events leading up to the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, which American refuse to declassify despite repeated requests by Saudi Arabia.

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[lindashaw]

1. Is this sending a fox to guard the hen house?

[NNN0LHI]

2. Any port in a storm

The talk of seizing the Saudi oil fields has become more shrill by the day on cable news from cable news "experts" lately. I would be looking for something to prevent that too, if I were the Saudi's.

Don

[Nottingham]

3. Saudis are gonna love the Pakistanis!....NOT!

I hope the Sheiks are really sure that Pakistan are their Buddies!

Cause if not they are in real trouble!

Osama may be in control Saudia Arabia :bounce:

[atreides1]

6. Remember

That Pakistan and Saudi Arabia both recognized the Taliban government
of Afghanistan.

So what you have here are two allies working together.

[Nottingham]

4. If the Saudis thinks Pakistanis can defend them Better than US

Well they Better Wake up!

Isn't the Pakistanis the ones who helped Bin Laudin!

[htuttle]

5. Maybe that's WHY they can protect Saudi Arabia better

Ever heard of a protection racket?

Besides, Pakistan's military aren't exactly slackers.

[Aidoneus]

7. this relationship goes back quite a ways

Pakistan has been renting armed security for the Gulf petrocolonies for several years now.

[StandWatie]

8. ISI, CIA, and Saudi intelligence all backed the Afghan mujahadeen

Public support for an entity like the Taliban was unthinkable for US consumption but the Taliban were "our" guys in a pissing match played out in Afghanistan against Russia and Iran.