Is Saudi Arabia the next nuclear power?

Well, well, well, this is going to be interesting. Apparently the Saudis have financed Pakistan's nuclear ambitions, and in the process have acquired a good deal of information (or more) on how to get nuclear weapons themselves:

Saudi Arabia is working secretly on a nuclear programme, with help from Pakistani experts, the German magazine Cicero reports in its latest edition, citing western security sources. ... According to western security services, the magazine added, Saudi scientists have been working since the mid-1990s in Pakistan, a nuclear power since 1998 thanks to the work of the now-disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. ... Saudi bar codes can be found on half of Pakistan's nuclear weapons "because it is Saudi Arabia which ultimately co-financed the Pakistani atomic nuclear programme". The magazine also said satellite images prove that Saudi Arabia has set up in al-Sulaiyil, South of Riyadh, a secret underground city and dozens of underground silos for missiles. According to some western security services, long-range Ghauri-type missiles of Pakistani-origin are housed inside the silos.

It's going to be interesting to see what arguments Bush brings forth to defend his family's closest allies in the Arab world. I think we're going to see a lot of squirming from dear ol' George...