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Saudi monarchy facilitates CIA-led drone strikes in Yemen

droneA political analyst tells Press TV that Saudi Arabia is deeply involved in the Yemen operations together with the elements of the CIA conducting the drone strikes.

The comments came after a new report revealed that Saudi Arabia has used its fighter jets to carry out a number of attacks against Yemen on behalf of the United States.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Bill Jones, Executive Intelligence Review, to further discuss the issue. What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: If the report is correct, is Saudi Arabia aiding the United States here or is it after its own interests in Yemen?

Jones: Well I think the Saudis have been very much involved in the situation in Yemen and in fact you might have a situation of the tail wagging the dog here as it is often the case where the US as the major strategic power is following the script that has been written up for them by others including the Saudis.

I think the story is probably accurate. We do not have all the details .I think the denial maybe the case of the Saudis finding egg on their face and having to deny it but coming from the London Times which otherwise spokes-organ for the British oligarchy which has always been very close to the Saudis exposing this thing, I think gives it a certain amount of accuracy that is generally the case in Times stories.

The fact that the US may have said something, the US intelligence sources may have said something, I think would also be accurate to the extent that there are people in the intelligence community who believe that the policy being conducted in Yemen, the drone warfare, the war in Syria is not in the United States interest and this may be their way of reacting by exposing some of these secrets of this new warfare.

Press TV: And in general just how much has Saudi Arabia been involved in the unrest in Yemen? We know that they have been fighting the Houthis in the north of Yemen for some time now.

Jones: Well they are already at an earlier stage publicly had a direct intervention in Yemen. There was also bombings earlier in the year then they kind of seem to disappear from [the scene], they have always had a very strong interest and a strong participation in what was going on in Yemen probably more so than many of the other countries in which they are involved in.

So I think they have a definite interest, they are pulling strings there and they are working together with the Obama administration in this as in other war areas and I think it is quite accurate that they are very deeply involved in this.

Whether or not they contributed directly in a bombing raid it is still not entirely clear but it is certainly credible to the extent that the Saudis really have their hands and their feet involved in the Yemen operations together with these elements of the CIA conducting the drone strikes.

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