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 U.S.-Saudi
Anti-terror
Cooperation on the Rise
An
Interview with Ambassador
Richard W. Murphy
"Richard
W. Murphy, a former U.S. ambassador to
Riyadh, says that U.S.-Saudi
counterterrorism cooperation is
increasing. 'From a slow and fitful
start in October 2001,' he says,
mutual efforts to track terrorists
'really took off' after the May 12,
2003, assaults on Riyadh housing
compounds that killed 35. Saudi public
sympathy for Muslim extremism is
eroding, he says.."
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An
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 U.S.-Saudi
Relations and Global Energy Security
Part
1
Ali
al-Naimi
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
with remarks and introduction by Brent
Scowcroft
"It
would be incorrect to say that the
history of U.S.-Saudi relations is
only about oil. The relationship
between our two countries is more
complex and extensive than that and
examples of cooperation in areas of
mutual benefit are numerous.
Nevertheless, there is no denying that
the key pillar of our relationship is
a shared commitment to ensuring the
availability and security of adequate
supplies of petroleum to meet world
needs at fair prices that are
conductive to overall economic
growth.." -- Ali al-Naimi, Saudi
Arabian Minister of Petroleum and
Mineral Resources
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 Honey
& Onions: A Memoir
of Saudi Arabia in the Sixties
By
Frances Meade
Excerpt
from Chapter Ten
"The
sky is beginning to redden in
the west, silhouetting the
racetrack grandstand; to the
east, a full moon is rising
and Adnan's hoofs punch holes
in the pre-sunset silence.
We are alone on the
track, far removed from the
city and the commotion of
homeward traffic, two rather
elderly companions enjoying
the peaceful evening and an
easy ride.
The sun is down now,
and the call to prayer floats
over the darkening trees.
We walk quietly back to
the stable as we have done for
as many years as I can
remember.
Does he remember
too?"
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"GCC
Countries Sign Landmark
Counterterrorism Agreement"
By Fadiya Al-Zaabi,
Arab News/Asharq Al-Awsat
"KUWAIT
CITY, 5 May 2004 - GCC interior
ministers yesterday [May 4] signed a
landmark counterterrorism pact calling
for concerted efforts to combat
terrorists.."
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Statement
by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the
President Bush's Meeting With Foreign
Minister Saud al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia