Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were to be commissioned there], we'd be in the front line. I would be an infantry officer and I would defend the oil fields in northern Saudi Arabia, where the war would most likely start. The media has nicknamed the area the "Tripwire,'" said Nigel W. Jones '91, an ROTC Marine, adding that Marines and Army officers are most likely to be on the front lines in combat...
...prepared to go over to Saudi Arabia if thecountry calls on me," said Howard. "I'm not scaredbecause I've been well-trained to do a good job. Iam a good soldier and will make a good secondlieutenant...
...primary energy source. According to Department of Energy figures, the U.S. has already extracted about 121 billion barrels of the 148 billion accessible with current technology. With improvements in extraction techniques, we can get at an additional 18 to 53 billion barrels. That's it. Even Saudi Arabia, with by far the largest proven reserves in the world, has only 165 billion barrels left...
...interesting analogy," says a Bush Administration official. "Like Galtieri, Saddam seems to think we are too soft to fight unless he invades Saudi Arabia. He figures we'll eventually tire of sitting in the desert and his occupation of Kuwait will become just another of the world's sore spots that remain unresolved for decades. He's wrong -- but fewer and fewer of us believe he will learn that lesson short...
Meanwhile, Tehran declares a jihad against the U.S., the Iraqis molest Western embassies in 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...