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Exclusive: CIA Helped Saudis in Secret Chinese Missile Deal

By Jeff Stein

1/29/14  | Updated: 1/30/14 

Saudi Arabia has long been a backroom player in the Middle East's nuclear game of thrones, apparently content to bankroll the ambitions of Pakistan and Iraq (under Saddam Hussein) to counter the rise of its mortal enemy, Iran.