Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...social order by force," says Khalida Messaoudi, president of an Algerian women's organization. "They start by attacking women because women are the weakest link in these societies." Particularly strict is the Wahhabiyah, a movement founded in the 18th century that counts among its adherents many Afghans and the Saudi ruling family. Wahhabi women live behind the veil, are forbidden to drive, and may travel only if accompanied by a husband or a male blood relative. The demands of the gulf crisis prompted the Saudis to loosen some constraints on women, but it is not clear that such liberalizations will...
Women are less keen about adventures overseas. When Bush moved troops to the Middle East this summer, 80% of American men surveyed favored a military attack on Iraq if it invaded Saudi Arabia; only 55% of women agreed. Nonetheless, Bush's standing among women improved in early fall. In a recent NBC poll, female approval of the President's job performance was just six points below the percentage...
...crisis in the gulf becomes a shooting war, Jordan could be the first Arab country to perish. Precariously situated between the borders of Iraq, Israel and Saudi Arabia, the kingdom of 3.5 million, Jordanians fear, would be obliterated in the cross fire. King Hussein knows that if Israeli forces were drawn into the fighting, there would be little to stop them from marching into Jordan and declaring the entire country a Palestinian homeland. Such an invasion could cause so much devastation and economic chaos that the half- Palestinian, half-Bedouin country might disintegrate into warring factions...
...Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54, explaining his decision to cancel a detail of off-duty police officers guarding Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia...
...knowledgeable and progressive thinkers in foreign affairs. But the days of leaders such as Arkansas' J. William Fulbright are over. Many Democrats who could make a successful Presidential bid have become equivocal on foreign policy. Only three votes were cast in Congress against the American deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia...