Word: saud
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...governing council in 1992, he helped put down Islamic radicals who were starting to win elections. Throughout his 40-year diplomatic career, he has shown a preference for stability above all, which makes him a soothing figure for at least some of Iraq's very nervous neighbors. Says Prince Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister: "The role of the U.N. and the confidence he can give to the people of Iraq ... will make or break the work he is doing...
Much of the material is familiar. The film buttresses its arguments from reports in the New York Times and the Washington Post, Craig Unger's House of Bush, House of Saud and Moore's own best seller Dude, Where's My Country? But Moore, a master propagandist and incorrigible entertainer, knows how to assemble footage in piquant ways. He shows a news clip of Bush on a golf course saying sternly, "We must stop the terror," then reverting to country-club form by adding cheerfully, "Now watch this drive." Moore precedes his section on the Patriot Act by noting that...
...were grounded, dozens of Osama bin Laden's relatives were flown out of the country without the FBI being allowed to question them. Much of the material is familiar; the film buttresses its arguments from many TV and print sources, including Craig Unger's House of Bush, House of Saud, and Moore's own best-seller Dude, Where's My Country? But Moore, a master propagandist and incorrigible entertainer, knows how to assemble footage in piquant ways. He precedes his section on the Patriot Act by noting that Attorney General John Ashcroft had lost his U.S. Senate seat...
...process deprive citizens of their liberties. The Bush Administration?s Iraq policy is handmade for Moore?s grievances. Bush and his father have enjoyed a long and profitable relationship with the ruling families of Saudi Arabia, including the bin Ladens. The best-seller ?House of Bush, House of Saud? by Craig Unger, whom Moore interviews, estimates that the Saudis have enriched the Bushes and their closest cronies by $1.4 billion...
...Saudis represent a particularly serious problem. Bush hasn't had very much to say about them. Indeed, the Bush and the al-Saud families have a long history of personal friendship and business dealings-and this relationship may soon become an issue in the presidential election. "Bush has not only been passive regarding the Saudis," says Bob Graham, former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. "He has covered up for them." Graham is infuriated by Bush's refusal to release 21 pages of the Senate's investigation into the 9/11 attacks-allegedly the section dealing with Saudi involvement...