Word: fahd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Palestinian problem is another matter. The gulf states are quietly urging Syria to normalize relations with Israel. "Bilateral relations are the way to go," says a Saudi assistant to King Fahd. "Not only because ((Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak)) Shamir won't agree to an international conference, but because we don't want to reward the P.L.O. Syria's revolutionary credentials are impeccable. If Syria comes to terms with Israel, the crazies will be less able to scream. If we ourselves did it, you can bet that Libya and the P.L.O. would move to destabilize...
...wide range of political beliefs within the anti-war movement, so no one agenda will be acceptable to all. In our opinion, the U.S. government is the most powerful force stifling democracy and upholding the dictators and autocrats of the region (i.e., the Shah, Zia Ul-Haq, King Fahd, Hafez Assad and before August, Saddam Hussein himself...
...time, Schwarzkopf has demonstrated the talents of a first-rate - diplomat, achieving cohesion not only among the traditionally rivalrous U.S. military services but also among the Arab and Western allies with all their conflicting interests. He is especially careful in his dealings with the Saudis. Only last week King Fahd, worried about an attack on Riyadh, wanted reassurance from the top. Schwarzkopf went to the palace and advised Fahd that his main concern was the possibility that Saddam could fire Scud missiles with chemical warheads at the capital. That was not much in the way of reassurance, but at least...
Egypt's help, however, will not be enough. Security arrangements with the U.S. will undoubtedly be strengthened. As in the past, King Fahd and the gulf Emirs will seek to make those ties as invisible as possible. There may be more ships just off the coast; large caches of American tanks, planes and weaponry will probably be maintained in the event that U.S. troops must return in massive numbers...
Western influence in Saudi Arabia has reached the point at which an agent of obscurantism and xenophobia can now vituperate against foreigners in their own language. The conservative clergy is still a powerful force here, and it is by no means reconciled to King Fahd's decision to ask infidels to help protect the kingdom...