Word: saudi
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Meanwhile, former presidential candidate and frequent Harvard visitor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson was in Cambridge last month, making a token effort at relieving tensions in the Persian Gulf crisis. He met with Prince Turki Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, at the Prince's posh suite at the Charles Hotel. Details of the meeting were sketchy but it does not appear that the conference has helped solve the international crisis...
Meanwhile, former presidential candidate and frequent Harvard visitor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson was in Cambridge last month, making a token effort at relieving tensions in the Persian Gulf crisis. He met with Prince Turki Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, at the Prince's posh suite at the Charles Hotel. Details of the meeting were sketchy but it does not appear that the conference has helped solve the international crisis...
...Pentagon adopted the Total Force Policy, placing heavy reliance on the reserves. National Guard units today supply 53% of the Army's potential infantry and 47% of its armored fighting power. Reserves account for nearly all the Army's water-desalting capability, particularly important in arid Saudi Arabia, and 93% of the Navy's cargo- handling capacity...
...costs of any major military venture home to communities around the country quickly, by reserve call-ups that would swiftly test popular backing. So far, only support personnel, not combat groups, have been activated. Nonetheless, nine reservists have already died. The Air Force cargo plane they were flying to Saudi Arabia crashed last week in West Germany...
...petroleum producers of the Middle East, with the exception of Iraq and Kuwait, stand to gain the most. Even if the production level were not increased, Saudi Arabia should sweep in an extra $38 million a day if prices stabilize at $25 per bbl., while the United Arab Emirates should increase its take by about $18 million. The biggest winner may be Libya, which will collect an additional $9 million a day and, unlike the Saudis and other gulf states, will not pay part of any bill for keeping U.S. and other forces in the gulf...