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Americans have long considered

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the one constant in the Arab Middle East. The Saudis banked our oil under their sand, and losing Saudi Arabia would be like losing the Federal Reserve. Even if the Saudi rulers one day did turn anti-American, the argument went, they would never stop pumping oil, because that would mean cutting their own throats. This, at any rate, is the way we looked at the matter before fifteen Saudis and four other terrorists launched their suicide attacks on September 11; before Osama bin Laden suddenly became for the Arab world the most popular Saudi in history; before USA Today reported last summer that nearly four out of five hits on a clandestine al Qaeda Web site came from inside Saudi Arabia; and before a recent report commissioned by the UN Security Council indicated that Saudi Arabia has transferred $500 million to al Qaeda over the past decade.

Five extended families in the Middle East own about 60 percent of the world's oil. The Saud family, which rules Saudi Arabia, controls more than a third of that amount. This is the fulcrum on which the global economy teeters, and the House of Saud knows what the West is only beginning to learn: that it presides over a kingdom dangerously at war with itself. In the air in Riyadh and Jidda is the conviction that oil money has corrupted the ruling family beyond redemption, even as the general population has grown and gotten poorer; that the country's leaders have failed to protect fellow Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere; and that the House of Saud has let Islam be humiliated-- that, in short, the country needs a radical "purification."

"For over sixty years, the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have enjoyed a strong relationship based upon mutual respect and common interests. Diplomatic relations were established in 1933. The U.S. Embassy opened in Jeddah in 1944 and moved to Riyadh in 1984. In addition to the Embassy, the American government maintains consulates in Jeddah and in Dhahran. The United States and Saudi Arabia share a common concern for regional security, oil exports and imports, and sustainable development. Close consultations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have developed on international, economic, and development issues such as the Middle East peace process and shared interests in the Gulf. The U.S. is Saudi Arabia's largest trading partner, and Saudi Arabia is the largest U.S. export market in the Middle East. The United States and Saudi Arabia have a history of technical and educational exchange which has benefited both nations, and the longstanding security relationship continues to be important. As the twenty-first century dawns, the vibrancy of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, based on multifaceted interests in the political, economic, business and humanitarian fields, remains secure. "

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Fri. October 10, 2008

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"We sit on the answer to our own problem," she said at a recent debate. "We have more oil in the United States than all of Saudi Arabia, and that's just in ...

"We have more oil in the United States than all of Saudi Arabia, and that's just in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming in the form of shale oil. ...

He singled out the meat industry, and asked Saudi investors to consider putting up abattoirs in Northern Kenyan districts which had a lot of livestock, ...

He noted that the Saudi government had funded a number of road projects in the country, with others in the pipeline and asked the government to expand its ...

The Saudi royal family had invited the Americans into their country to serve Saudi interests. And far from occupying or trying to rule, the US soldiers ...

He even proposed to the Saudi government that he be allowed to kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, since Saddam was a bad Muslim, and that was enough for bin ...

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NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 10/09/2008 - Build Leaders [Here] an initiative of NexCons with the motive to create a sustainable ...
The main flashpoint is likely to be between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two most important countries in the Gulf. Despite his fiery rhetoric, ...
So it is natural that Saudi Arabia's rulers, who not only control the holy city but also happen to be colossally rich, should adopt the role of peacemakers. ...
Shares also fell heavily in several Middle East exchanges including Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The Saudi slide came despite assurances from ...

According to sources in the area, of the 1320 pilgrims who initially left to Saudi Arabia, only 265 have returned to Gaza through the Rafah crossing, ...
The forecast assumes production in Saudi Arabia of 9.6 million bbl/d in the third quarter, representing a 900000-bbl/d rise from year-earlier levels. ...
KAUST is a new world-class, graduate-level research institution currently under development in Saudi Arabia. It will open in September 2009. ...
But Saudi Arabia, OPEC's largest producer and the country which would be expected to lead any further supply cut, has yet to comment publicly on the oil ...
A.Hakimi/ Afghanistan's Foreign Minister said at the press conference that Clerical Council representatives met with Taliban representatives in Saudi Arabia ...
Tasnee, which says it is Saudi Arabia's second-largest petrochemicals company by output volume, said this year it planned industrial acquisitions and was ...
"Efforts in this direction are being led by Sunni countries, such as Saudi Arabia." Over the next few days, Taliban leaders and officials in Afghanistan ...
(MENAFN - Arab News) Mohammed Jameel, president of Abdul Latif Jameel Company, said yesterday that his company would invest SR3.8 billion on its expansion ...
Dubai, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's economy is facing no liquidity problems and stock market declines are unwarranted, Muhammed al-Jasser, central bank ...
... the One Network system, which will have no roaming charges in 16 countries, including five Arab states - Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Iraq. ...
TCR engineering Services has been appointed as the Third Party Inspection agency by CHEMANOL of Saudi Arabia to inspect the manufacturing of their plant ...
She is an energy expert exactly the same way the king of Saudi Arabia is an energy expert - by accident of residence. Palin happens to be governor of the ...
The question that must always be asked is: if countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt do not act when it comes to Iraq then who will? ...
For one thing, there's an election going on in the United States, making OPEC-leader Saudi Arabia reluctant to cut supplies before the vote, ...
Guardsmen are leaving for Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Mr. Reichow, who served in the Air Force in Vietnam and Guam, commands the Argonne American Legion Post 545 ...
The market in Saudi Arabia sank by over 7 percent while the biggest percentage loss was reported in Egypt, where the key index plummeted by more than 16 ...
Almost a quarter of the respondents said Saudi Arabia would offer the strongest performing real estate markets, driven by a large and rapidly urbanising ...
Saudi Arabia's commercial capital Jeddah is scheduled to gain a desalination plant with a daily capacity of 50000 cubic meters (13.2 million US gallons). ...
The organisers of Cityscape believe that Saudi Arabia is the property 'sleep giant' of the Middle East, with some $260bn new cities underway or in the ...
President Bashar al-Assad snapped back in a speech that those who had conspired against Hezbollah in the Arab world (in clear reference to Saudi Arabia) ...
The Saudi-based Jiwar Real Estate Management & Marketing Company is to launch three new companies with a value of SR2.6bn ($691m). The companies will focus ...
(MENAFN - Bahrain Tribune) Securities and Investment Company (SICO) has initiated research coverage of Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) ...
Saudi Arabia's annual growth of money supply reached 21.8 percent in August this year, an increase from 20.85 percent in July. Data concluded that M3, ...
(MENAFN) Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Petroleum and Mining said in a statement that the Jazan refinery is expected to be operational in the first quarter of ...
(MENAFN - Arab News) Netherlands minister of economic affairs, Maria van der Hoeven, will pay a working visit to Saudi Arabia from Oct. 12 to Oct. 14. ...
markets plunged in nations from Brazil to Saudi Arabia as some indexes saw their steepest drops in 20 years. Precipitous falls halted trading on several ...
7 th October 2008, Dubai UAE: Colliers International, the global real estate consultancy, today launched its Saudi Arabia Real Estate Overview. ...
CNN broke the story in a London [Images] datelined report on Monday quoting authoritative sources that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hosted high-level talks ...
... a discount of $3.40 a barrel below the West Texas Intermediate benchmark, the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia-based producer said yesterday in a faxed statement. ...
Saudi Arabia has not signed the ICCPR. The kingdom has no penal code, and there are only a few statutory offenses, such as drug smuggling and embezzlement. ...
By Julie Taboh A Muslim woman who practiced medicine in Saudi Arabia is traveling the US speaking about her experience under the orthodox rule of the ...
Money supply growth in Saudi Arabia rose to 21.8 percent in August from 20.85 percent the previous month, with M3 -- the broadest measure of money ...
By Luke Pachymuthu Dubai, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Damage from a fire in late August at a secondary unit at Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery has cut output of ...
DU said on Monday that it was looking for international aquisitions including in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey but expansion might be slowed if liquidity ...
The Associated Press reported that he called on his "Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters" to send him free oil. Combs said he can't believe he's flying ...
By Muhammad Muniruddin Those people who had the experience to visit Saudi Arabia during recent Ramazan ul Mubarik they would have definitely seen those ...

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