What is the Saudi King up to?

These are all reports, not the interview itself so they may be missing some context, but I find it hard to believe the Saudi king would say something like this without fully intending the consequences.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia accused Britain on Monday of failing to act on information the Saudis provided that might have averted London's deadly July 7, 2005, suicide bombings, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.....

"I believe that most countries are not taking this issue too seriously, including, unfortunately, Great Britain," he said through a translator. "We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks in Britain, but unfortunately no action was taken and it may have been able to avert the tragedy."

Also in the Guardian, and, of course, the BBC which gives the version friendliest to the British government.