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Kadhafi
Says Saudi Arabia “Struck Alliance With Devil”
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"Who
exactly brought you to power? ... You are a liar and your grave
awaits you," Abdullah charged
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SHARM
EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, March 1 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Saudi
Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz, stormed
out of the Arab summit Saturday after a heated public row with Libyan
leader Moamer al-Kadhafi over the kingdom's ties with the United
States.
Egyptian
state television cut its feed of the summit's proceedings before the
walkout, but part of the exchange between the two Arab leaders was
carried live, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
Kadhafi
charged that Saudi Arabia's King Fahd had been ready to "strike
an alliance with the devil" to defend the kingdom after Iraq's
1990 invasion of neighboring Kuwait.
Crown
Prince Abdullah then cut in, retorting that "Saudi Arabia is not
an agent of colonialism" and demanding of Kadhafi: "Who
exactly brought you to power? ... You are a liar and your grave awaits
you."
At
that point, the live coverage ended but delegates said the Libyan
leader refused to drop his accusations, railing against the base
facilities granted by Saudi Arabia to the United States, AFP reported.
Crown
Prince Abdullah then walked out of the conference room, forcing the
temporary adjournment of the summit, while other participants tried to
calm down the Saudi and Libyan delegations.
However,
efforts from some of the delegations including the Egyptian and
Lebanese convinced the Crown Prince to return and the session resumed
without media coverage, reported Qatari based Al Jazeera Satellite
Channel.
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