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Saudi king backs Egypt's military
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King Abdullah calls on Arabs to stand together against "attempts to destabilise" Egypt.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called on Arabs to stand together against "attempts to destabilise" Egypt.

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its people and government stood and stands by today with its brothers in Egypt against terrorism," he said in a statement read on state TV on Friday, backing Egypt's military leadership.

"I call on the honest men of Egypt and the Arab and Muslim nations ... to stand as one man and with one heart in the face of attempts to destabilise a country that is at the forefront of Arab and Muslim history," he added.

He also said that they are confident that Egypt will recover.

Saudi Arabia was a close ally of former president Hosni Mubarak and has historically had a difficult relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood.

It pledged $5 billion in aid to Egypt after Mohammed Morsi of the Brotherhood was ousted from the presidency last month.

I think king abdullah is afraid if the muslims in the peninsula also rise up in arms.

Some background. There is more going on. And look at the denials.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 94,00.html

This Debka report has detail I haven't seen elsewhere:

http://www.debka.com/article/23197/Saud ... terference

Abdullah is trying to keep the Westerners out by reinforcing the military to deal with the unrest. He never has gotten on with the MB and clearly wants them out of politics.

Proof that king Abdullah is secularist.