Saudi Arabia is supporting extremist terrorist groups in Iraq in an attempt to destabilize the country, a political analyst tells Press TV.
“Now the perpetrators [of crimes in Iraq] are the al-Qaeda and also the remnants of the Baathist regime, but the driving force behind this continuous, relentless campaign is actually the Saudi regime,” Zayd al-Isa, Middle East expert from London, said in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday.
The analyst pointed to recent remarks by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who said that Saudi Arabia and Qatar are responsible for the security crisis and growing terrorism in his country.
“Iraqi Prime Minister had acknowledged and confirmed that the principal backers of the sectarian crisis, security crisis and all the financing, arming, logistical support and media support has been coming from the Saudi regime, which has put its money where its mouth is,” he added.
Al-Isa further noted that Riyadh aims to “discredit, derail, destabilize and…dismantle the political process in Iraq.”
He said Saudi Arabia perceives Iraq “as the main…existential threat by inspiring and emboldening its (Saudi) people who are suffering from the West tyrannical dictatorship.”
On Tuesday, over 20 people were killed in a series of car bomb blasts in the Shia-majority areas of Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
The country is currently witnessing a wave of attacks unprecedented in recent years.
Based on official figures, over 1,000 people mostly civilians lost their lives in attacks across Iraq in April.
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