As Bibi addresses Congress, the Saudis play a more subtle game on Iran

Bruce Riedel
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plays center stage at the Congress this week to slam the Iran deal-in-the-making, the Saudis are playing a more subtle game.  King Salman bin Abdulaziz has summoned the Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to Riyadh. The highly unusual and urgent public invitation is being linked to "strategic cooperation" against Iran in the Pakistani press. Salman visited Islamabad a year ago as crown prince and gave Sharif a $1.5 billion grant to reaffirm Saudi-Pakistani strategic accord.http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2015/03/02-riedel-bibi-addresses-congress-saudi-king-salman-summoned-pakistan-nawaz-sharif-on-iran?utm_campaign=Brookings%20Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16328401&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-81_cl7ChgDhA7bypYwEsAk6fcpn_MHq4eO8p-AWoevp_BR24iFiEqClDE-8-txnXkY5_k-HbtZXUIhCZPHRnN0UpJYMA&_hsmi=16328401