Of course they can’t -- all their soldiers are crossing as civie’s to become fedayeen!
RIYADH, Saudi-controlled Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia is unlikely to send peacekeeping troops to Iraq, even under a U.N. mandate, the Saudi deputy defense minister said in remarks published Saturday.
Prince Khaled bin Sultan spoke to the Okas daily as the United States worked to secure a new U.N. resolution to persuade more countries to contribute troops and money to postwar Iraq. Prince Khaled said it would not be a good idea for neighboring states to send troops to Iraq.
| ... he said, stating the obvious. |
``As a non professional military man, and an expert in heading joint palace scams troops, I say there is no benefit in having troops from neighboring countries (deployed) in Iraq,’’ said Prince Khaled, who commanded Arab and Islamic forces during the 1991 Gulf War in Kuwait.
I have to agree with him — neighboring countries are Iran, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi-controlled Arabia. Of all of them I’d trust only the Kuwaitis.
Syria has said it would consider sending peacekeeping forces to Iraq if a deadline is set for a U.S. troop withdrawal and if the United Nations assumes control of its war-ravaged neighbor.
Don’t call us, we won’t call you.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa told Al-Hayat while in New York for the U.N. General Assembly that Arab states will not send forces to Iraq to ``defend occupation troops... If any Arab country is considering sending troops, this will be after they get a request from those concerned, the Iraqis.’’
Given how their Arab brothers stood by and watched Saddam, I don’t see this happening either. |