DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It was a remark designed to send chills through Washington and its allies: an influential member of the Saudi royal family suggesting the kingdom could someday consider making its own atomic weapons if stuck between nuclear arsenals in Iran and Israel.
The comment at a Gulf security forum in Riyadh by Prince Turki al-Faisal — who has served as intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States — simply echoed Western fears about a runway arms race in the Middle East if Iran ever moves toward a nuclear warhead.
But it also reflects the hardening views among the Gulf Arab states that they must rely on themselves — and not just Western …
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