From Egyptian Gazette
''Riyadh recalled its ambassador from Cairo at the weekend in a spat that underlines the misgivings of the robed princes who rule the world's top oil exporter and who have watched Egypt's revolution and its often chaotic aftermath with alarm.
They fear that political uncertainty in Egypt, which votes in a presidential election this month, may undermine a decades-old strategic bond between the two pro-US Arab allies, a bond already shaken when Egyptians toppled their ruler last year.
"The Saudis viewed the ouster of (President) Hosni Mubarak as a very negative development," said Robert Jordan, the U.S. ambassador in Riyadh from 2001-03.
"They're concerned about the Muslim Brotherhood and the uncertainty of the leadership.''
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