Saudi Arabia and Iran Forge Friendship Over Iraq

     Saudi's King Abdullah and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have forged a friendship to deal with the strife in Iraq between the Sunnis and Shias.      Source

   This could be an interesting mix what with Saudi Arabia being a US ally and Iran being the perceived foe of the US. It just keeps getting better and better over in the middle east. Saudi Arabia has said that the nuclear issue with Iran was discussed but that is all the info that was given.

                                   

  Al Jazeera

Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Iran are among the most influential nations of their respective branches of Islam.  "The two parties have agreed to stop any attempt aimed at spreading sectarian strife in the region," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told reporters without elaborating.

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