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...Oman's history and traditional crafts. However, Omanis are proud also of their recent past and are just as likely to encourage a visit to the new towns of Ruwi and Qurm. Just beyond the mountains that enclose Muscat, they are testament to the measured development policy of Sultan bin Qaboos, who overthrew his isolationist father three decades ago. Ruwi is home to a number of five-star beach hotels, as well as scores of new government buildings and residential areas. The most impressive sight is the enormous Qaboos Grand Mosque, which can hold 20,000 worshippers. The mosque...
Although Washington can be relatively relaxed on the oil issue, the use of Saudi bases is another matter. The U.S. has significant operations at the Prince Sultan Air Base south of Riyadh, where a superhigh-tech Combined Air Operations Center is situated. The Pentagon is beefing up its presence elsewhere in the Arabian peninsula--in Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and especially Qatar, where a second CAOC is hastily being built. But if the Saudis do not want America to attack Saddam from their territory, the region's smaller states are apt to balk as well. "If the Saudis are not doing...
...Saudi officials in Riyadh have also urged more U.S. involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian situation, and they oppose a new war in Iraq. Friction has been mounting between the two governments over Saudi restrictions on U.S. pilots flying Iraq missions from Prince Sultan Airforce Base. There has also been disagreement over the use of the Combined Air Operations Center, or CAOC, a new U.S.-built underground facility equipped with satellite receivers, computers and secret communications that enable commanders to direct a major war with real-time battlefield feedback. The Saudis allowed CAOC's use during the Afghan war, but have...
Bush assuaged Abdullah's concerns, but Sept. 11 raised tensions anew. U.S. grumbling about a lack of Saudi cooperation in the war on terrorism quickly escalated into calls in Congress for Washington to consider reducing its presence at the Prince Sultan Air Base (P-SAB in military jargon), where the U.S. has 6,000 Air Force personnel patrolling Iraqi skies. The problem was initial Saudi hesitation in allowing the Pentagon to use a new U.S.-built command-and-control center at P-SAB to conduct the drive against bin Laden's al-Qaeda network in Afghanistan. Known as the Combined...
...royal family have proved unfounded, with Abdullah serving as day-to-day ruler with the consensus of other powerful princes. Insiders say that tensions on issues like the pace of reform and cleaning up corruption simmer between Abdullah and other ranking princes, notably influential Defense Minister Prince Sultan, the next in line to the throne after Abdullah. "The Crown Prince is in an unenviable position," says a prominent Jidda businessman close to royal circles. "He is in power, but he doesn't have all the power...