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...King of Saudi Arabia, Abd-Al-Aziz ibn Saud, had authorized a team of American engineers to explore the trackless desert bordering the Persian Gulf, an arid landscape marked only by the occasional palm-fringed oasis. He hoped they would find water. A tribal leader with precarious finances, Ibn Saud believed the Americans might discover places where he could refresh his warriors' horses and camels. But the team, from Standard Oil of California, had something else on its mind. Oil had been discovered in other countries in the region, and the engineers thought they would find more in Saudi Arabia...
...brother, Umar al-Gharib, was arrested in the raid in Karachi last September that collared Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni who allegedly ran the logistics for the Sept. 11 attacks out of Hamburg. Other possible replacements for Mohammed include three of his nephews. One is named Ali Abd al-Aziz; the other two--Abd al-Karim Yousef and Abd al-Mun'im Yousef--are brothers of Ramzi Yousef, now serving a life term in a U.S. prison. One of these three men--authorities will not say which--was arrested overseas about a month ago. A counterterrorism official identifies al-Karim Yousef...
...DIVORCING. HASSANAL BOLKIAH, 56, Sultan of oil-rich Brunei and one of the world's richest men; from his second wife, former air stewardess Mariam Abdul Aziz; in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. No reason was given for the divorce, which strips her of all royal titles. Rumors had been rife in recent months that the couple were estranged...
...first gulf War, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker issued a warning to Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz: If Iraq attempted to use unconventional weapons against allied forces, the U.S. would proceed to Baghdad and destroy Saddam's regime. Though the Iraqis used chemical weapons against Iranian forces and rebellious Kurds, Baker's promise was enough to persuade Saddam to hold back during Desert Storm. Now that the current Administration has declared that regime change is its goal, he may not feel so gun-shy. Western military officials and longtime Saddam watchers suggest he won't uncork his deadliest weapons...
...They will be received with bullets, not flowers." Tariq Aziz,Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, on the response to a U.S. attack...