Word: abdullah
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...complain that Washington, biased toward Israel, isn't evenhanded in the Middle East. The Americans--to be accurate, elements within a very leaky intelligence community--say the Saudis have been insufficiently cooperative in the investigations into the Sept. 11 attacks. Though President George W. Bush has assured Crown Prince Abdullah of his undying affection, in some U.S. circles, it has become fashionable to question the stability of the Saudi regime. One intelligence source says Americans should start preparing for "convulsions" in the kingdom...
...destination for millions of Muslim pilgrims each year. They could easily become the rallying point for the sort of global jihad that could quickly turn into a clash of civilizations. For now, that is an unlikely prospect; the Saudi royal family has deep reserves of loyalty, and Abdullah seems to be personally popular. But the U.S. can help ensure stability by being honest with its ally. The real problem with U.S.-Saudi relations is that one strategic issue--oil--needlessly gets in the way of a frank discussion of others...
...will. And for most of two decades, the price of oil has been relatively low. Political tension has been injected into a fragile economy. On television, Saudis see what they believe is a ruthless, U.S.-backed Israeli army shooting their fellow Arabs in the Palestinian territories. Meanwhile, Abdullah has consolidated a hold on the power formally exercised by an ailing King Fahd. The Crown Prince and his advisers are more nationalist, more religiously conservative and less instinctively supportive of the U.S. than their predecessors. Abdullah's advocacy to Washington on the part of the Palestinians, for example...
...chaperone, windows are painted so that females inside can?t tempt passersby and women are stoned to death for adultery. The future of women depends on who ends up running the country. The Northern Alliance, the loose coalition of former mujahedin fighting the Taliban, could play a major role. Abdullah Abdullah, the Alliance?s smooth-talking Foreign Minister, vowed recently that women would be part of any government he helped form. But in the Alliance?s garrison town of Khoja Bahauddin women walk soundlessly in full burka. "The majority of Afghan men do not believe women should have rights," says...
...October 8 Lazed in the sun, trying not to notice the jackhammer noise of the generator, then hung around the Defense Ministry guest house, waiting one and a half hours for the chronically tardy Dr Abdullah the foreign minister. Then, after interviewing a cook - formerly with Dr Abdullah the warlord (I wonder if he knows. I don't think I'll mention it), we headed back to the hills for the bombing...