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 Threats
to U.S.-Saudi Ties
By Dr. James J. Zogby
"Continued
reports of violence against Westerners in Saudi Arabia has once again thrust
the Kingdom back into the news.
"Spokesman Adel Al-Jubeir held a
widely covered press conference detailing a multi-pronged Saudi offensive
against the terrorist threat. But on television and radio talk shows, a less
informed political discussion unfolded.."
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 Dad
Loved Saudi Arabia and Its People: Frank Floyd Jr.
By Barbara
Ferguson
"The son of Frank Floyd, the
American who was among the 22 people who lost their lives in the
terrorist attack in Alkhobar on Saturday [May 29, 2004], told Arab News
yesterday [June 2, 2004] that his father had a tremendous affection for Saudi
Arabia and its people.."
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 Secretary
Colin L. Powell Interviewed on NBC's Meet the Press with
Tim Russert
Washington, DC
June 13, 2004
[The following is an excerpt from the
interview.]
MR. RUSSERT: Let me start with Saudi Arabia. Al-Qaida website has
posted this picture. They say it is Paul Johnson. And there is his business
card. Mr. Johnson's son has confirmed that his dad has been kidnapped in Saudi
Arabia. The other night, Kenneth Scroggs, was killed. The British have
authorized their staff to leave. Your Department, the State Department, has
suggested that Americans not travel to Saudi Arabia. Is the Saudi Kingdom
unraveling?
SECRETARY POWELL: It's not unraveling, but it's certainly a dangerous
situation right now. Terrorists are going after the Saudi leadership. They're
trying to make the country unstable. And I know that the Saudis are treating
it with utmost seriousness and they're counterattacking. They've done some
rolling up of these terrorist organizations. But, clearly, this is a dangerous
time for Saudi Arabia and we are working with them. We're cooperating with
them in every way that we can to defeat these terrorists.
MR. RUSSERT: If they can affect the world's oil market by driving
American workers out of Saudi Arabia, what will that do to our economy?
SECRETARY POWELL: Well, it would not be a good thing for them to be
able to do this. And that's why we have to do everything we can to help the
Saudis keep that from happening. We have to put back a sense of security in
the society so that people will not leave. We don't like the situation we are
in right now in Saudi Arabia. And I know that the Saudis see this in the same
serious manner that we do, and they're going to go after these terrorists, but
it's a tough situation.
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Saudi Arabia by the First Photographers
By William Facey
Book
Description
Saudi Arabia by the First Photographers covers the period between the
1860s and 1950s. It is an
extraordinary visual record of a crucial time before the old way of life was
swept away. Remote and unfamiliar
locations feature strongly, with the collection concentrating on the people
and places of the Hijaz, Najd, al-Hasa, Ha'il and the north, Asir, Najran
and the Tihamah, to illustrate the immemorial way of life, now all but
entirely vanished.
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but does not necessarily endorse the views expressed.]
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President
Clinton Interviewed by the Arab News Media on the Middle
East Peace Process