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Arab leaders realize that their worst nightmare is about to happen. So after years of tolerating Saddam Hussein's aggression and terror, some of them are turning against him. With the Bush administration signaling its intention to fight a new Middle Eastern war, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal is revealing for the first time details of a Saudi proposal that could isolate Saddam, encourage his overthrow and thereby avert...
...Outlining the initiative in an exclusive TIME interview, Saud said it was aimed at achieving Iraq's compliance with United Nations disarmament resolutions without resorting to a unilateral U.S.-led invasion that could destroy Iraq, destabilize the Middle East and fan anti-Americanism throughout the region...
...Pearl was imprisoned in a small, cinder-block house surrounded by a garden that, in retrospect, was one of the first places in Karachi the police should have searched. The garden was owned by a local businessman, Saud Memon, who was a well-known jihadi with ties to al-Rasheed Trust. This charity was a major backer of the Taliban, and after the regime's collapse, police say, Memon used the garden hut to shelter Taliban and al-Qaeda fugitives. Karim told police that on the day of Pearl's killing, either Jan. 29 or Jan. 30, Karim's boss...
...that Saudi Arabia is actively canvassing support for the initiative among regional players and Security Council members. This week, President Hosni Mubarak and Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul flew into Riyadh to discuss the plan with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Without confirming the details of the initiative, Abdullah told reporters that he believed war would be avoided. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal also refused to comment on the initiative, saying only that Arab states want a final opportunity to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis before the first shot...
...special treatment? Critics of the Administration point to the Bush family's chumminess with the House of Saud and the array of lucrative business deals the Saudis have struck with the Republican power elite. (George Bush Sr. serves as an adviser to the Carlyle Group, a Washington buyout firm with ties to the Saudi government.) But at least some of the reasons for the Administration's softness on the Saudis are strategic. The U.S. hopes to use Saudi bases in the event of a war against Iraq and may need the Saudis to boost oil production should a war rattle...