House of Saud analyzes foreign policy

"For Saudi Arabia, the Shi’a in Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries represent an Iranian-directed fifth column ready to act at Tehran’s behest. Saudi Arabia often relies on inflammatory sectarian rhetoric to paint Iran and Arab Shi’a in the region as hostile forces. Just days before Saudi-led GCC forces entered Bahrain, for instance, the Saudi daily al-Jazirah published a series of articles entitled “Safavid Iran’s plans for the destruction of the Gulf States”" (thanks Malik)