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...elections? Was it the popular demonstrations in Beirut two days later that finally forced the resignation of the Syrian-backed Prime Minister and his Cabinet? Or did the start of something momentous come on Thursday, when Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah welcomed Syria's President Bashar Assad to Riyadh and not only told Assad to get Syria's 14,000 troops out of Lebanon but also announced to the world that he had said...
...once a widely feared internal-security chief, Syria said it knew nothing about their capture. The ploy was supposed to buy some time, appeasing Washington without losing crucial support from hard-liners in his own Baath Party who oppose cooperation with the West. By the time Assad flew to Riyadh on Thursday, he had run out of allies. Backed by Egypt, Crown Prince Abdullah read Assad the riot act, told him to get out of Lebanon and then all but issued a transcript to reporters. "That's kind of unbrotherly talk," quipped a U.S. State Department official...
...safe bet that the Abu Ali case never will. The U.S. first got wind of him in the spring of 2003, when close to 70 FBI agents from the Washington field office went to Saudi Arabia to help investigate bombings in Riyadh that killed 34 people, including nine Americans. This time the Saudis were more willing than in previous joint operations to share with their American counterparts evidence from the interrogations of hundreds of suspects rounded up after the attacks. As it turned out, the indictment alleges, two of the most sought-after suspects in that case met with...
...NAMED "NO TO TERRORISM" finished second in the annual race that begins the Janadriya cultural festival. That was probably heartening for Crown Prince Abdullah, who watched the race, since it reinforced the message of his current antiterrorism propaganda campaign. The word is everywhere. There are electric billboards in downtown Riyadh flashing slogans like ISLAM IS MODERATION and SAY NO TO TERRORISM. Indeed, after the camel race--and a banquet featuring tables groaning...
...week with plotting to assassinate President George W. Bush. Crown Prince Abdullah would have us believe that those days are over, and there is some evidence to support him. The Saudis launched a major campaign to roll up local al-Qaeda cells after terrorists brought the war home to Riyadh, attacking housing compounds and killing 34 on May 12, 2003. U.S. diplomats believe that a significant effort has also been made to control the private Saudi charities that fund Islamist radicalism. A temporary ban has been placed on donations going overseas, with recent exceptions only for tsunami relief...