Thursday, July 29, 2010

Is Israel Assisting An Arab Sheik In Taking Over A Strategic Emirate In The Persian Gulf?


Israel Linked To Exiled Sheikh's Bid For 'Coup' In Gulf Emirate Of RAK -- The Guardian

• UK ambassador advising Sheikh Khalid of Ras al-Khaimeh
• Tiny UAE state 'aids trafficking of nuclear parts' to Iran

Israel is aiding an exiled Arab sheikh who is vying to seize control of a strategically important Gulf emirate only 40 miles from Iran.

The Israeli ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, has met Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr al-Qasimi, the exiled crown prince of Ras al-Khaimeh (RAK), who asked him to help with his campaign to oust the leadership of the northernmost state in the United Arab Emirates.

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My Comment: Being tied to Israel is the kiss of death for this sheik's plans to take over this emirate.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sheikh Khalid of Ras al-Khaimeh seeking the American/Israeili/British support to install him to power in the Emirates, on the one hand undermines the ‘Sovereignty’ of the Emirates; on the other hand becoming a candidate for the despised and doomed neo-colonial policies in the Muslim World and overstepping the marks challenging Iranian regime he can either be eliminated by the Emiratis blaming the Iranian agents for that, or be assassinated by the Iranian agents blaming the Emirati agents.
Kiss of Death, indeed!