Talk:Military of Saudi Arabia

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Agh! I have screwed up the bolding in this article. Allow me to reflect upon my misdeeds and try to fix it tomorrow. -Paul in Saudi

This article doesn't really explain why Iran is such a threat to Saudi Arabia. Maybe it should be better explained? FvNK 23:01, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)

This article has way too much opinion and needs help. JD79 02:33, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Does it really need a disputed NPOV tag? The way I see it, it only states facts, IMHO. -- Eagle^amn 02:58, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

isn't it illegal to talk about secret military equipment ? hehehe

"With the collapse of the Iraqi Ba'athist regime in mid-2003, the greatest conventional threat to the Saudi Kingdom was eliminated. The military situation became both less threatening and more complex."

Was this ever REALLY the case. The war happened. But from my understanding Iran has ALWAYS been considered SA's #1 threat. While SA did have a good amount of surveillence equipment on the ground to monitor the iraqi border, they have always had much more in terms to monitor Iran. I think that sentace needs to be removed or down played.

"Despite its at times anti-Western rhetoric," ... wth?? Maybe if we are reffering to the times of King Faisal. But from the gov't what "anti western" rhetoric? Dude this IS A MILITARY article. Not an op ed piece. It should focus on who they traditonaly got there weapons from, history of the creation of the saudi military. Jnusaira 18:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)jnusaira

Contents 1 Al Mujahidoon 2 Can Women be Clerks or volunteers? 3 Infobox 4 Air Defence ! 5 Recruiting 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Saudi-logo.jpg 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Sa army flag.JPG

[edit] Al Mujahidoon

can any one but tha Reference that says that Al Mujahidoon is one of the Military branches of Ministry of InteriorArabian soul 06:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

This is not a militiant or a terrorist group , its a special Border Guard force named Al Mujahidoon.  A M M A R  06:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Can Women be Clerks or volunteers?

I like to knew if they do and if they allowed them to do so.Thanks.

No. However, they may work as medics only in military hospitals. (More like regular doctors and nurses since they are not trained by the military AFAIK) - Eagle^amn 01:18, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

In Ministry of Interior forces only, Such as Airport police of Secret service.  A M M A R  06:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

Ive added an infobox based on the infobox on the Military of Hungary page with the info for the Saudi military. --84.68.189.48 17:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Air Defence !

air defence force DOES belong to the Defence Ministry of Saudi , someone has deleted this fact with a random step Ammar 20:33, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recruiting

Does anyone know how they recruit or what the demographics of their army is ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.53.88.45 (talk) 17:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

According to CIA Fact Book , Armed forces personels are males Saudi national , But i believe the RSAF are using American trainers .  A M M A R  21:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Saudi-logo.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sa army flag.JPG

Image:Sa army flag.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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