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...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...
Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. and one of the most influential Saudi officials, tells TIME that "Islamic radicals are very, very small, and looked upon in this country as outcasts. Saudi Arabia is probably the strictest country in administering Islamic law as a way of life. Islamic extremists are not a threat to the stability of the country." Meanwhile, Mohammed Mass'ari, a leading Islamic militant in exile in London, says the extreme groups are splintered. "The number is big, dozens if not hundreds," he says, "but the membership in each group is small...
During Fahd's 14-year reign, he and his full brothers, called the "Sudairi Seven" after their mother, acquired enormous power within the ruling family. Prince Sultan and Prince Naif, for example, head up the Ministries of Defense and Interior. Before they allow Fahd to pass from the scene, these men want their privileges assured. In particular, Sultan wants Abdullah to designate him the next heir apparent, his right by tradition. Says a source: "The Fahd faction is saying, 'O.K., he goes, but not until our positions are safe and secure.'" Thus Fahd's departure will be a sign that...
Later that day, President Bush and Scowcroft spoke with Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and an old racquetball partner of mine. They wanted Bandar to understand the threat his country faced and to know that we were prepared to come to its aid. Afterward, Scowcroft called Cheney. Bandar was coming over, he said, and we were to give him another dose of reality. On his arrival at Cheney's office, Bandar played his usual Americanized, jaunty fighter-pilot role, drinking coffee from a foam cup and stirring it with a gold pen. Ordinarily, we addressed...
...WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO GENERAL POWELL, ''Now it is incumbent on you to run for President, whether you run as Democrat, Republican or independent. History rarely forgives a budding promise thwarted before it has fully bloomed." SULTAN AKBARKHAN Jersey City, New Jersey...