Muslim Brotherhood is a ‘terror incubator’
Saudi crown prince defends decision to enter Yemen war and issues stark warning to the world on Iran
Gulf News Report
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has accused the Muslim Brotherhood of being “an incubator for terrorists”.
“We have to get rid of extremism. Without extremism no one can become a terrorist,” he said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Saudi Arabia has taken the Muslim Brotherhood threat seriously.
On June 5 of last year it severed relations with Qatar — along with Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt — accusing it of supporting extremism and giving safe haven to terrorists, including many senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Meanwhile, Prince Mohammad called on world leaders to help check Iran’s blatant violations by squeezing it economically and politically.
“If we don’t succeed in what we are trying to do, we will likely have war with Iran in 10-15 years,”
He urged nations to keep up sanctions on Iran.
Saudi Arabia has been a fierce critic of the deal the Obama administration and other world powers made in 2015 to lift some crippling economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for limits on its nuclear programme.
Under Prince Mohammad, Saudi Arabia has severed diplomatic relations with Iran while other countries in the region have curtailed their relationships with Tehran, accusing it of meddling in Arab affairs.
President Donald Trump, who met Prince Mohammad in Washington last week, has threatened to scrap the nuclear deal with Iran.
European allies have pushed to preserve the deal but have come under increased pressure to amend some of the clauses in order to strengthen it.
Since the nuclear deal was signed by world powers, Iran has been relieved of many sanctions and opened up to foreign investment.
The economic windfall has boosted Iran’s financial reserves which has allowed it to step up its war efforts in the region.
Currently it is supporting Shiite militias in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.
Its destabilising actions have forced Saudi Arabia into a proxy war with Iran in Yemen, which just entered its third year last week.
Prince Mohammad said failure to intervene in Yemen would have caused a bigger crisis.
“If we didn’t act in 2015 we would have had Yemen divided in half between Al Houthis and Al Qaida,” Prince Mohammed said.
If we didn’t act in 2015 we would have had Yemen divided in half between Al Houthis and Al Qaida.”
Prince Mohammad Bin Salman