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"Saudi King criticizes Arab divisiveness"
By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writer
21 minutes ago
" Saudi King Abdullah opened the summit with a strongly worded speech, painting a bleak picture of the crises and bloodshed in the region — Lebanon, Iraq and Sudan — and lecturing the leaders that it was time to act.
"The real blame should be directed at us, the leaders of the Arab nation," he said. "Our constant disagreements and rejection of unity have made the Arab nation lose confidence in our sincerity and lose hope."
He pointed to the bloodshed in Iraq, where he called the U.S. military presence an "illegitimate occupation" and warned that "abhorrent sectarianism threatens a civil war." He also called for the lifting of the "oppressive" international financial embargo on the Palestinians "as soon as possible so the peace process will get to move in an atmosphere without oppression."
Washington's Arab allies are increasingly worried that the region's crises are building up to a point of disaster, with fears of disintegration in Iraq, increasing Iranian power in Iraq and Lebanon, and growing militancy fueled by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Saudi Arabia has taken a leading role in trying to mediate an easing of the tensions, particularly in the peace process. The kingdom brokered the formation of a Palestinian unity government between the moderate Fatah party and the militant Hamas group, hoping it would be able to enter peace talks with Israel and prompt the West to end the financial embargo on the previous Hamas-led administration.
Israel, which rejected the Arab peace initiative in 2002, now says it could accept it if it is amended, particularly to water down provisions calling for a "just solution" to the issue of Palestinian refugees. "
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_re_mi_ea/arab_summit;_ylt=AlP5QFlVz9EhpVEQUETJF9VvaA8F
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