Jul. 25, 2006 14:53
Saudi king warns of Mideast war
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
Saudi King Abdullah appealed to the world Tuesday to stop Israeli
attacks on Lebanon, saying that if peace moves fail, the Middle
East could be engulfed in war.
In a statement read out on state television, the king said: "if the
option of peace fails as a result of Israeli arrogance, then the
only option remaining will be war, and God alone knows what the
region would witness in a conflict that would spare no one."
The statement, issued by the royal court, said that the Saudi
government had been trying to bring a halt to the violence since it
began on July 12, when Hizbullah guerrillas snatched two Israeli
soldiers in a cross-border raid from Lebanon.
"It must be said that patience can't last forever, and if the
brutal Israeli military continues to kill and destroy, no one can
foresee what may happen," the king said.