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...Saudis have been trying to contain tensions in the area, hoping that reason will somehow prevail. They are desperately seeking to prevent the conflict, as well as Khomeini's brand of Islamic fundamentalism, from spreading. Says a senior Western diplomat in Jidda: "They are timid balancers. Their power is in their pocketbooks, not their guns." The Saudis can avoid a clash as long as the Iranians limit their attacks to tankers at sea. If they hit ships in the vicinity of the Saudi port of Ras Tanura or the Kuwaiti port of Mena al Ahmadi, a Saudi or Kuwaiti...
...years the taxicab service at the Jidda international airport belied the fact that the city is a booming Saudi Arabian business center. The taxis, often dirty, run down and operated by quarrelsome drivers, gave travelers a poor introduction to the country. Now they have a more genteel alternative, thanks to Jidda Businessman Ibrahim Khonkar. He decided that what Jidda needed was a fleet of London taxis, those boxy, roomy cabs that have become something of a movable landmark in Britain...
Khonkar, 41, a former government weatherman, imported 50 London cabs at about $14,000 apiece and set them loose on the route between Jidda and the airport. With a few modifications, Khon-kar's cars carry their passengers in as stately a manner in the desert as they did in the fog. To fend off the heat, their black bodies have been painted white, and air conditioners have been installed. The steering column has been shifted from right to left, and the chuggy diesel motors used in London have been replaced with smoother-running gasoline engines. Although the London...
...Secretary of State stopped first in Saudi Arabia to find out how much pressure the Saudis were willing to exert on Syria. It is the holy month of Ramadan, and Shultz had to wait in Jidda while King Fahd spent the day at prayer in Mecca. The two finally met after midnight. In the course of the talks, which went on until 2:30 a.m., Saudi officials made it clear that they were not going to lean on Assad; they felt that the Israeli-Lebanese agreement favored Jerusalem...
...grumpy pronouncement that they would not serve as anyone's "tool." Translation: With their characteristic caution, which often borders on gutlessness, the Saudis are waiting for others to do the work for them. That message came through when President Assad visited Saudi Arabia's King Fahd in Jidda, and was emphasized again when U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger met with the Saudi Defense Minister, Prince Sultan, in Paris...