Word: sultan
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Compared to the nearly $70 billion the Saudis spent for American troop deployment during the Gulf War, Saudi officials have now decided that $100 million more isn't too much to pay to relocate the troops. Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan Wednesday finally buckled to American pressure to split the $200 million cost of relocating 4,000 U.S. troops to another spot within the kingdom. U.S. officials have wanted to move the troops as a precaution against terrorism; their proposal came in response to last month's truck bombing at a Dhahran military complex that killed 19 Americans...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Compared to the nearly $70 billion the Saudis spent for American troop deployment during the Gulf War, Saudi officials have now decided that $100 million more isn't too much to pay to relocate the troops. Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan Wednesday finally buckled to American pressure to split the $200 million cost of relocating 4,000 U.S. troops to another spot within the kingdom. U.S. officials have wanted to move the troops as a precaution against terrorism; their proposal came in response to last month's truck bombing at a Dhahran military complex that killed 19 Americans...
...sense of sadness and resignation. Many lingered in the streets as the darkness began to fade and a fresh shift of security volunteers arrived to replace those who had worked through the night. "I don't know if it's going to keep me from coming down here," said Sultan Muhammad, who saw the explosion. "But I hope it doesn't keep other people away. The games were just starting to go smoothly, and then this happens." Others were not so optimistic about Atlanta's chances of recovering smoothly from the shock. "I'm not going back downtown," said...
...Sultan of Brunei took as his second wife a Royal Brunei Airlines hostess named Mariam, the daughter of a customs agent...
...conducting the investigation themselves. They will be more forthcoming but in their own way and in their own time." While FBI Director Louis Freeh was in the kingdom last weekend attempting to sort out those issues, relations became more complicated at a higher level. Saudi Arabia1s defense minister, Prince Sultan, said Sunday that he opposed a U.S. proposal to relocate troops from the Dhahran complex where the bomb killed 19 American servicemen. U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary William Perry, have noted the difficulty of providing security for forces in an urban environment such as Dhahran, and would like to relocate...