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...pessimistic. "Is this going to end, or are my children going to have to accept this as a part of their lives?" Says a Saudi political analyst: "The way people are talking, it amounts to a no-confidence vote for the government." Al-Qaeda's campaign to overthrow King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud and establish a Taliban-style regime has now become a constant assault. The attacks are targeting Western experts and the oil trade - the twin pillars that have propped up the House of Saud almost since the desert kingdom was founded in 1932. The Saudis...
...terrorists to flee. And worries about collusion between al-Qaeda and sympathizers in the security forces are rising. The House of Saud itself is riven with factions. Progress on critical issues - security, democracy, women's rights - has been hampered for close to a decade, since a stroke left King Fahd unable to govern. The government's weak response to the Khobar attack, says a Western analyst in Saudi Arabia, is in part the result of rivalries among the senior princes who control the army, national guard and police - "here you are dealing with different princely fiefdoms," he says. Saudi officials...
...clear, chilly October morning, Mahmoud Abdelwahab leads a group of about 200 Muslim parents as they march on Bonn's city hall to protest efforts to shut down their school, the King Fahd Academy. German counterterrorism and local government officials claim that the academy promotes a radical brand of Islam, and that people affiliated with the school are linked to terrorism. Abdelwahab, 44, a spokesman for parents whose children attend the academy, says that's nonsense. He stops in front of city hall's pink Baroque façade and launches into an angry speech against the city's attempt...
CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH First Deputy Prime Minister Half brother of King Fahd's, he handles day-today government operations...
ISLAM'S HOLIEST SITES King Fahd's official title includes Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of Mecca and Medina. More than 2 million Muslims make the annual pilgrimage to Mecca...