Saudis will allow Israel to bomb Iran's Nuclear Site

Premier British intelligence agency, MI6 chief, has been told that Saudi Arabia will permit Israel to fly over the kingdom to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites.

The MI6 chief discussed the issue in London with Mossad chief Meir Dagan and Saudi officials after British intelligence officers helped to uncover the plant, in the side of a mountain near the ancient city of Qom.

Both Tel Aviv and Riyadh see the site as a major threat. Details of the talks emerged after John Bolton, America’s former UN ambassador, told a meeting of intelligence analysts that “Riyadh certainly approves” of Israel’s use of Saudi airspace.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband acknowledged that the danger of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East was “particularly potent” and refused to rule out military action altogether, but he insisted: “We are 100 per cent focused on a diplomatic solution.”

Girl wins beauty contest with Burqa on

Saudi beauty queen Aya Ali al-Mulla trounced 274 rivals to win a crown, jewellery, cash and a trip to Malaysia, and all without showing her face.

With her face and body completely covered by the black head-to-toe burqa mandatory in the conservative Muslim kingdom, 18-year-old Mulla was named "Miss Moral Beauty" on Friday.

There was none of the swimsuit and evening gown competitions and heavy media coverage of beauty pageants elsewhere when the contest was decided in the eastern city of Safwa. Instead, the winner and the two runner-up princesses had to undergo a three-month test of their dutifulness to their parents and family, and their service to society.

This included a battery of personal, cultural, social and psychological tests.
Miss Moral Beauty, which was inaugurated last year, is Saudi Arabia's first pageant for women. The only pageants being held earlier were for goats, sheep, camels and other animals, aimed at encouraging livestock breeding.

Mulla and other contestants spent nearly 10 weeks attending classes and being quizzed on themes including 'Discovering your inner strength,' 'The making of leaders' and 'Mom, paradise is at your feet' --a saying attributed to Prophet Muhammad to underline that respect for parents is among the faith's most important tenets.

The contestants also spent a day at a country house with their mothers, where they were observed by female judges and graded on how they interacted with them. It was unclear exactly what Mulla did to pip her rivals in the huge field, but Saudi newspaper Al-Watan reported that the high school graduate had good grades and hopes to go into medicine.

She raked in a 5,000-riyal ($1,333) prize, a pearl necklace, diamond watch, diamond necklace, and a free ticket to Malaysia with her win.

Beauty contests focused on physical beauty are non-existent in segregated Saudi Arabia, where women can not mix with unrelated men, and must appear in public completely covered -- even in photographs. "The real winner in this competition is the society. The winners represent the culture of the society and its high Islamic morals," one of the organisers told Al-Watan.