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...case is particularly significant now because U.S.-Saudi relations are at a critical point as Saudi hesitation about allowing the U.S. to launch military strikes on Iraq from Saudi soil continues, and on other fronts, the longstanding relationship between Washington and Riyadh is under pressure...
...want war speaking up for the other oppressed peoples of the world? The main U.S. objective is to install a friendly, puppet-like regime (probably not a democratic one, considering Iraq's past) that will greatly lessen U.S. dependence on Saudi oil and allow the U.S. to pressure Riyadh on its record of exporting terrorists. GORM BJORHOVDE Tromso, Norway...
...from the Middle East. An American expert in the region concurs that branches of the ultraconservative foundation have funded terrorism around the world?a fact that earned two al-Haramain foreign offices a blacklisting by Washington in March?although probably without the knowledge of al-Haramain's headquarters in Riyadh. "Disreputable folks have penetrated al-Haramain and used its offices, funds and personnel for nefarious purposes," he says...
...Kuwait, but it was not the first time U.S. forces have been targeted in the Gulf since the end of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. In November 1995, confessed Bin Laden supporters from Saudi Arabia set off a car bomb at a joint Saudi-American training facility in Riyadh, killing four U.S. servicemen. In June 1996, attackers with alleged links to Iran detonated a massive truck bomb outside a U.S. Air Force housing complex in Khobar, eastern Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Americans. A few months later, the Saudi-born Bin Laden openly declared a jihad against the U.S., denouncing America...
...Arab Emirates and Oman have routinely allowed U.S. planes to come and go and may see a buildup of U.S. forces in the event of a war, while one of the biggest U.S. contingents in the Gulf is at Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Airforce Base (P-SAB) near Riyadh. The Saudis have spoken out strongly against a war, but have indicated that they will allow the use of P-SAB if the United Nations authorizes military force against Saddam's regime. But because of Saudi sensitivities and because of the tactical geography of the region, Kuwait rather than Saudi...