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...King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has given Harvard Law School $5 million to support the study of Islamic law, Harvard and Saudi officials announced recently...
...With one-fifth of the earth's population living in the Islamic World, it is imperative that study of the highest quality be devoted to Islamic law. The foresight and generosity of King Fahd ensure that the world will always have at Harvard Law School a center for serious, objective academic study of this vital field," Law School Dean Robert C. Clark said in a statement...
...ministries were instructed to draft a variety of options, ranging from a strike on one no-fly zone to a major assault on Iraq's airfields, missile bases and control-and-command structure. During Bush's New Year's Eve visit to Riyadh, he enlisted the cooperation of King Fahd...
...went to work for Mohammed Al-Zahid, owner of the company and a close business partner of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia...
...keen in the Middle East, especially when Israel and Arab states were involved. When American arms destined for Iran and Iraq passed through Israel, for example, B.C.C.I. was frequently the broker and financier. One such transfer involved Iraq's acquisition of Silkworm missiles from China in the mid-1980s. Fahd, worried that Iran was winning its war with Iraq, sought missiles for Saddam Hussein's regime, but was rebuffed by the U.S. and France. B.C.C.I. stepped in and brokered a deal with China as a supplier of the rockets and Israel as a provider of the high-technology guidance systems...