Saudi, Kuwaiti groups helped create Islamist monster in Iraq they can't control

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11. Saudi Arabia: 'This is Iraq’s problem and they must sort it out themselves'

Iraq crisis: Britain and US must not meddle in Iraq, warns Saudi Arabia - live

There are three things that the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia strives for above all others: peace, stability and security, for the international community, for our region, and for our country and our people, whether they are old or young, men or women, Sunni or Shia. These are the cornerstones of our government and at the foundation of our thinking.

The escalating and alarming situation in Iraq is of serious concern to us. These are our neighbours, our friends, and we watch with distress as this terrible situation escalates next to us.

As our foreign minister, HRH Prince Saud al-Faisal, told the Islamic Conference of regional leaders in Jeddah this week, “this grave situation… carries with it signs of civil war that has implications for the region we cannot fathom”. The number of the dead is mounting into the hundreds, maybe thousands, with many thousands of ordinary Iraqi citizens being displaced. These are people who have suffered enough – too much, indeed. Their families have withstood a long war with Iran, a violent and repressive regime under Saddam Hussein and the ensuing civil war, before an uneasy peace was brokered less than a decade ago.

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