DISADVANTAGE/PROLIFERATION

SAUDI ARABIA SCENARIO: SAUDI ARABIA WILL NOT PROLIFERATE

STORIES ABOUT SAUDI NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION FROM PAKISTAN ARE DANGEROUS LIES SPARKED BY ISRAEL

SAUDI GAZETTE, Middle East Newsfile , August 11, 1999 , HEADLINE: Editorial: Commitment to peace // Inu-acs

THERE are hostile forces which want to create tension in the Mid-east and cause misunderstanding among the nations of the region. Turmoil and dissension in this area serve their interests. One such plot was frustrated by HRH Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, Vicegerent, when he called on "all countries" to sign the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT). In fact, all the Arab states have signed the treaty, but Israel has not and Western experts say it has as many as 200 nuclear warheads. Moreover, Israel refuses to open its nuclear facilities for international inspection. This should explain who would benefit from the accusation that Saudi Arabia was seeking nuclear arms from Pakistan. The purpose of these fabrications was to place both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in a bad light.

SAUDI ARABIA WANTS THE WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

SAUDI GAZETTE, Middle East Newsfile , August 11, 1999 , HEADLINE: Editorial: Commitment to peace // Inu-acs

The position of Saudi Arabia regarding weapons of mass destruction is very clear. The Kingdom wants the world to be a safe place by eliminating all such weapons. This is despite provocations from Israel which possesses these weapons in addition to the delivery systems that enable it to reach distant targets.

SAUDI GOVERNMENT DENIES REPORTS THAT IT IS TRYING TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM PAKISTAN

Jane's Defence Weekly , August 18, 1999 HEADLINE: IN BRIEF - Saudi minister denies Pakistan deal // Inu-acs

Saudi Arabia's second deputy prime minister, defence and aviation minister and inspectorgeneral, Prince Sultan Bin Abd al-Alziz, has denied reports of Saudi attempts to acquire nuclear arms from Pakistan. Reports emerged after Prince Sultan visited Pakistan's Kahuta nuclear missile plant. He denied viewing secret sites within the plant and insisted that Saudi Arabia, as a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is seeking a region free of nuclear weapons.

SAUDI ARABIA DENIES NUCLEAR INTENTIONS, BUT HAS THE MISSILES TO DELIVER NUKES

Richard Norton-Taylor and Ian Black, The Guardian (London), August 9, 1999; Pg- 112 HEADLINE: North Korea's war-game plan drives a global weapons race; Pyongyang's aims may be political, but the implications are frightening // Inu-acs

Western governments are also worried that pro-western Saudi Arabia, already equipped with Chinese missiles, is interested in acquiring nuclear technology from Pakistan, despite Riyadh's angry insistence that it has no nuclear ambitions.