Saudis worried about someone elses civil war

Telegraph:

Saudi Arabia issued a stark warning yesterday that Iraq was in the grip of civil war which threatened to "suck in" neighbouring countries.

On a day when at least 17 more people were killed across Iraq, Riyadh expressed alarm that events were spiralling out of control.

"Civil war is a war between civilians and there is already war between civilians," Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, said.

"The threat of break-up in Iraq is a huge problem for the countries of the region, especially if the fighting is on a sectarian basis. This type of fighting sucks in other countries."

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Some have said that 9-11 was a spillover of Saudia Arabia's civil war. The Saudi quagmire has had an active year with several internal atacks by "civilians." I also do not recall much concern about the Iraq civil war that was being fought against Saddam's regime for over twenty years. And there wre certainly more people killed in that civil war than in the current war in Iraq.