[Peptobismol]

...a dirty business

[Ifroham4]

Israel will still exist long after the Saudi family no longer rules in Arabia.

Saudi Arabia on Friday denied a report in French daily Le Figaro, according to which Kind Abdullah told the French Defense minister that "two states in the region do not deserve to exist: Israel and Iran".

A Saudi official told the government-controlled Saudi Press, "This is untrue altogether", and expressed bewilderment at the French paper's willingness to make such charges without verifying the details.

The official added that Saudi Arabia's position was "clear".

According to the Le Figaro report, King Abdullah made the comment during a June 5 meeting with French Defense Minister Herve Morin, just days after Israel's deadly takeover of a Gaza-bound flotilla.

The report emphasized that "military and diplomatic elements" confirmed that king did in fact make the comment... source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...914294,00.html