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...Crimson reported yesterday that Harvard police have provided a security detail for Prince Turki bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud at his expense since July. Police sources have said that the protection detail has slowed investigative work at HUPD...
Assistants to Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud's physically assaulted two staff members of The Crimson seeking to take pictures for a report on their activities in Cambridge this weekend, according to reports by Crimson staff and one eyewitness...
...mediation of a land dispute. In a complex and modern society, a handful of senior princes, no matter how conscientious, cannot possibly contend with the myriad demands of their subjects. Nonetheless, even the kingdom's small knot of reformists do not want to depose the House of Saud. "The royal family is important for the stability of the country," says a liberal intellectual. "But we do want a parliament...
Nepotism is rife even in the armed forces. "Every commander has some link to the royal family," notes Anthony Cordesman, Washington's foremost expert on the Saudi military. "Loyalty to the House of Saud is the critical factor, not military proficiency." According to U.S. advisers, many of the princely pilots fly only when they want to. During scrambles early in the crisis, a discouraging proportion of them called in sick...
...Kuwait, and the global coalition against Iraq stiffens. -- If sanctions fail, can the U.S. cripple Saddam for good with a quick strike? -- Lifting the veil on Saudi Arabia, America's secretive ally that is suddenly exposed to winds of change. -- King Fahd, the man who rules the House of Saud...