This is what the Saudi secret services think, having warned the United States. This information given by the “Wall Street Journal” is part of a context of high tension in the region, fueled by the revolt in Iran.
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According to wall street journalthe information that the Saudi services have shared with their American counterparts is taken seriously in Washington.
At the White House, the National Security Council says it is concerned about these warnings and ready to react. To the point that the United States and several states in the Middle East have raised their alert level.
The threat would relate to targets inside the Wahhabi kingdom but also against the Kurdish region of Erbil in northern Iraq, about a hundred kilometers from the Iraqi border. If Washington is studying this information closely, it is because there are precedents. On September 28, 70 missile strikes and suicide drone strikes against Kurdish factions killed at least 14 people, including civilians. Shots claimed by Tehran. In recent years Saudi Arabia has already been targeted by pro-Iran rebels. Attacks that targeted Saudi oil facilities.
The weakened Iranian regime needs to appoint – outside the borders – organizers of the troubles and also foreign adversaries likely to divert the anger of the Iranians. The first part of this plan has already been implemented, since Iran officially accuses Saudi Arabia, but also the United States and Israel of being behind the demonstrations against the mullahs’ regime. Tehran has even ordered Ryad to limit the coverage of demonstrations in Iran by news channels in Farsi. This request is aimed in particular at Iran International television, a media based in London, supported by the Saudis and widely watched in Iran. An Iranian general even issued a final warning to the designated countries, speaking of interference in the internal affairs of Iran.
The White House makes it known that it will act to defend American interests and its partners in the region. So it’s true Joe Biden badly digested the snub inflicted on him by Saudi Arabia, by reducing his oil production to support prices while the EUnited States had asked him not to do so. But the geopolitical stakes are such in the region that Washington cannot drop its Saudi ally against Iran.