Contributed by Michael
King Abdullah has ordered all necessary measures to protect Saudi Arabia against potential “terrorist threats” after chairing a security meeting to discuss the fall-out from Iraq.
The world’s top oil exporter shares an 800 km border with Iraq, where terrorists of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have seized towns and cities in an advance this month.
Riyadh has long expressed fears of being targeted by terrorists, including some of its own citizens, who have taken part in conflicts in Iraq and Syria, and earlier this year decreed long jail terms for those who travel overseas to fight
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| Lieberman says extremists in Iraq will try to challenge stability in entire Gulf region. |
| Middle East Online |
 PARIS – Israel offered Thursday to help moderate Arab nations threatened by a lightning offensive by Islamic militants in Iraq, as the country’s top diplomat met with US Secretary of State John Kerry. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Kerry at a meeting in Paris that “the extremists currently operating in Iraq will try to challenge the stability in the entire Gulf region, first of all in Kuwait,” a statement from his office said. |
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