Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jesse L. Jackson spent Sunday night in Cambridge discussing the Middle East crisis with a Saudi prince who is visiting here, but said before the meeting that he did not intend to try to mediate the conflict...
Jackson arrived at the Charles Hotel at about 9:30 p.m. with his wife and two of his children for what he described as "a private visit" with the family of Prince Turki, who is a brother of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. The Jacksons spent the night in the prince's 40-room suite and returned to Washington early yesterday morning...
...prince, who is Saudi Arabia's former deputy minister of defense and aviation, and his large entourage of advisers have been monitoring the Middle East crisis and advising the Saudi government by phone and fax from their suite, which occupies two entire floors of the Charles...
While an estimated 300 Iraqi tanks prowled the city, an additional 50 surrounded the Emir's palace and the nearby U.S. embassy. But the Emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, and his family were able to flee to Saudi Arabia by helicopter. Though the invaders had quickly seized Kuwait's radio and television station, a hidden transmitter continued to broadcast exhortations to resist the raiding foreigners and pleas for help from other Arab states. "O Arabs, Kuwait's blood and honor are being violated. Rush to its rescue!" cried a voice thought to be the crown prince...
...supertankers are anchored offshore awaiting space to unload their cargo. Even if Iraq's daily production of 3.1 million bbl. or Kuwait's 1.9 million bbl. were cut off, either by military action or by a U.S.-led embargo, a serious shortage would take time to develop. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, which are producing below their capacity, could quickly fill...