Region on brink of explosion, says Saudi King
"The Arab world is like a powder keg waiting to explode, the Saudi King said yesterday as he opened the two-day GCC Summit in Riyadh.
Citing what he said was a potentially explosive situation in the region, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz said in his inaugural speech: "The condition in Palestine and the continuing Israeli aggression, the fight in Iraq where a brother is still killing his brother, and the political tussle in Lebanon that threatens to push the nation into instability are the three key issues that are of great concern to the GCC."
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