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...guiding force of the Arab oil strategy is the shrewd, durable and ascetic leader of Saudi Arabia, King Feisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud. Feisal's raw desert kingdom sits atop the world's richest oil deposit; the best estimates of Saudi Arabia's proven reserves run to 137 billion bbl.?one-fifth of the world's total. Feisal's oil wealth has made him a combination banker and big brother to the Arab nations. He also commands special respect among the world's 471 million Moslems because his kingdom embraces Islam's two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina...