Word: saud
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John Philby, a noted Arabic scholar who adopted the Moslem religion and became chief adviser to Saudi Arabia's King Ibn Saud, Kim was born to rebellion. An "old boy" of an exclusive British public school, he was recruited by the Communists in 1934 while he was studying German in Vienna. His assignment: to penetrate British intelligence, no matter how long it took. The assignment paid off. After a stint covering the Spanish Civil War from the Franco side for the London Times, Philby made use of his old-boy ties and conservative credentials to get a job with...
Died. Mohamed ben Laden, 53, Saudi Arabian construction king who could neither read nor write but whose computer-like memory for figures lifted him from laborer to Aramco construction boss in his mid-thirties, whereupon he quit to form his own company and with the late King Ibn Saud's patronage built $500 million worth of airfields, dams and highways throughout his nation; of injuries in the crash of his de Havilland DH-125 executive jet; near Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia...
...million from neighboring Libya, which has been fighting a long, losing battle with Egyptian terrorists. He picked up another $28 million from Kuwait, and $20 million more from "private individuals"-half of that amount, a $10 million interest-free "loan" from Saudi Arabia's ex-King Saud, as part of the political rent he pays for his Egyptian asylum...
Grim Example. Saud's chances of ever regaining power in Saudi Arabia are almost nil. The country has made far more social and economic gains under the austere Feisal than it ever did under Saud. Even those Bedouin chieftains whose loyalty Saud won in the old days with bags of gold are not clamoring to have him back. The grim example of the 17 Yemeni terrorists whom Feisal recently had beheaded in Riyadh should also discourage dissident tribesmen from siding with Saud...
...Nasser, his sponsorship of Saud is obviously part of his drive against all the more moderate Arab regimes symbolized and led by King Feisal. In Yemen, Nasser's cause is promoted by Sallal, who last week sent chanting mobs to stone the U.S. AID office in the city of Taiz. Displeased by the low level of U.S. economic assistance, Sallal arrested two U.S. officials on wild charges, said that they would be tried for attempting "to destroy" Taiz by firing a bazooka into an ammunition dump. The U.S. reacted by canceling its aid program and warning Sallal that...