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...government would like to have Al-Sayegh returned, don't look for any moves that might upset Iran until after the annual Haj to Mecca concludes in mid-April, MacLeod notes. "The pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of devout Muslims is a major source of prestige for the Al Saud family throughout the world, and the Saudi government is determined to make it go as smoothly as possible. It will not be eager to antagonize anybody at such a delicate moment, least of all Iran, which has stirred up trouble at Mecca in previous years...
...government would like to have Al-Sayegh returned, don't look for any moves that might upset Iran until after the annual Haj to Mecca concludes in mid-April, MacLeod notes. "The pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of devout Muslims is a major source of prestige for the Al Saud family throughout the world, and the Saudi government is determined to make it go as smoothly as possible. It will not be eager to antagonize anybody at such a delicate moment, least of all Iran, which has stirred up trouble at Mecca in previous years...
...training center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, last November. Warnings of more outrages had been coming by phone and fax for months, and security measures at military facilities had been stepped up. Troubling long-range strategic questions also demand answers. Is the rule of the royal House of Saud in more danger than the West suspected? Does the presence of about 5,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia bolster or undercut stability in the land? Could it go the way of Iran? Its future matters immensely because it produces 8 million...
...generating a wave of young, middle-class urbanites who are coming out of strictly religious universities to find there are no jobs for them. Unemployment among young people may be as high as 25%. Set these conditions against the high living and charges of corruption in the House of Saud, and bitterness is the result...
...office near Khartoum, bin Laden acknowledges his political opposition to the House of Saud, but belittles the terrorism charges. During the long conversation--interrupted twice for prayers--he explained the accusations against him by saying, "The Egyptians would catch somebody who would say, 'I was trained in bin Laden's camp.' These camps were set up to help the Afghans, but suddenly the Egyptian media is blaming me for anything that happens. It's like blaming a university for students who graduate and go perform bad deeds...