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"To
Cast Aside a Friend" -- Remarks by Rep.
Randy "Duke" Cunningham [Part 1] |
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"Intelligence
and Policy Formulation, Implementation and
Linkage: A Personal Perspective" -- Remarks
by Raymond Close |
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Ramadan
Begins |
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"Reform
and Terrorism in Saudi Arabia" -- A
Roundtable Discussion with Amr Khashoggi |
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"Imperial
Over-Reach?
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
in the Arab East" -- Remarks by Dr. Michael
Hudson |
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U.S.
Commends Saudi Arabia for Combating Terrorist
Financing --
Remarks by Juan C. Zarate |
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Crossroads
in US-Saudi Relations -- Jean-Francois Seznec
Interview |
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Wahhabi
Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad
-- Introduction
By Natana J. DeLong-Bas |
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"The
Dynamics of Economic and Commercial Reform:
Near-Term Prognoses -- Usamah Al-Kurdi" |
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"Why
Reforge the U.S. and Saudi Relationship?"
-- An Interview with Anthony Cordesman |
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"Virginia
Exports: Diversifying for New Saudi Demand
," by
Grant F. Smith |
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Congressman
Encouraging Strong U.S.-Saudi Relations Deserves
Support |
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Saudi-US
Relations Information Service (SUSRIS) &
Saudi-American Forum (SAF) Quarterly Summary |
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"Arab
World Economies: Prosperity Amidst Political
Uncertainty," by Brad Bourland |
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"Robert
Jordan's Crucible," by
Jim Landers |
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"Beyond
Anger and Counterterrorism: A New Grand Strategy
for U.S. and Arab Relations," by Anthony
Cordesman |
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"How
to Reform Saudi Arabia Without Handing It to
Extremists" -- Panel Discussion |
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"Shaybah
Cafe: Saudi Aramco Gathers Business Leaders to
Ponder Future," by Stephen L. Brundage and
Rick Snedeker |
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"Saudi
Trial Could Alter Pace of Reform
," by Scott Wilson |
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"Crises
and Opportunities in U.S.-Saudi Relations:
Ambassador Robert Jordan Interview" |
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"Saudi
Arabia -- Tragedy and Triumph," by Peter C.
Valenti |
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"The
Impact of U.S. Visa Policies: Implications for
America's Economy -- An Initial Inquiry,"
by National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce |
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"Saudi
Arabia: Driving Michigan Export Growth
," by Grant F. Smith |
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"Saudis
Fight Militancy With Jobs," by Scott Wilson |
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"Foreign
Investment In Saudi Arabia's Energy
Sector," by Gawdat Bahgat |
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"U.S.-Saudi
Relations: A Glass Half Empty, Or Half Full? --
An Interview With Thomas Lippman" |
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"Top
Figures Prepare to Contest Polls,"
by P.K. Abdul Ghafour |
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"Saudi
Arabian Oil Fields Brimming" |
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News
In Depth: Saudi Arabia Launches New PR Campaign |
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"The
Day I Met My Dad," by Steve Furman |
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News
In Depth: Saudi Arabia Ready to Boost Crude Oil
Output |
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Mosque
by
David Macaulay -- A Book Review |
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"How
the Holy Warriors Learned to Hate," by
Waleed Ziad |
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"Terror,
Students, Policy and Relationships: A
Congressman Looks to the Future" |
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"Lunch
with a Prince," by Steve Furman |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and
Legal Evolution of Wahhabism" -- Part 5, by
Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"How
Does the Saudi Relationship With the Bush Family
Affect U.S. Foreign Policy?" -- An E-mail
Debate between Craig Unger and Rachel Bronson |
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"The
Ambush"
A Poem By Nimah Ismail Nawwab |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and
Legal Evolution of Wahhabism" -- Part 4, by
Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"Saudi
Arabia Proposes Sending Islamic Forces to
Iraq" |
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"9-11
Commission Report -- Saudi Arabia" |
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"Secretary
Powell Interview -- Al Ikhbariya Television,
Saudi Arabia" |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and
Legal Evolution of Wahhabism" -- Part 3, by
Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"Saudi
Society, Reform and Terrorism," by Dr.
Haifa R. Jamal Al-Lail |
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"Drill
Bits and Data Bytes: The Texas-Saudi Export
Relationship
," by Grant F. Smith |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and
Legal Evolution of Wahhabism" -- Part 2, by
Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"U.S.-Saudi
Relations:
Online Discussion with Rachel Bronson" |
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"A
Combustible Mix: Politics, Terror, Oil and the
Future of the U.S.-Saudi Relationship" --
Remarks by Chas W. Freeman, Jr. |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and
Legal Evolution of Wahhabism" -- Part 1, by
Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"Cooperation
with Saudi Arabia on Combating Terror
Financing" -- Jody Myers' Testimony |
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"In
Rare Public Dialogue, Saudi Women Talk
Rights," by
Faiza Saleh Ambah |
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"A
Combustible Mix: Politics, Terror, Oil and the
Future of the U.S.-Saudi Relationship" --
Thomas
W. Lippman |
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"Blackening
the Face of Terrorism in Saudi Arabia," by
Eric Watkins |
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"The
Saudi Arabia that I Remember," by
John R. Bradley |
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"Playing
Into the Enemy's Hands," by Patrick J.
Buchanan |
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Saudi-US
Relations Information Service (SUSRIS) &
Saudi-American Forum (SAF) Quarterly Summary |
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"John
Kerry's Saudi Sucker Punch," by Ashraf
Fahim |
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"The
Crisis Within," by Thomas W. Lippman |
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An
Item of Interest from SUSRIS
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 Media,
Terrorism, and Reality
Remarks by Khaled
al-Maeena
13th Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
Washington, DC
"As
one who has been following the media,
and especially since my focus will be
post-9/11, we are very pained that
most of the articles, most of the
words that were used, most of the
columnists had absolutely no idea
about what they were talking about.
There was no critical thinking.
There was lazy journalism.
Sometimes, they would hear
something, some rumors, that turned
into myths and then into facts, and
this was very painful.." --
Khaled al-Maeena
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An
Item of Interest from SAF
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![Senator John Kerry (left) and President George Bush (right). [Photos by Sharon Farmer and the White House].](http://www.saudi-american-forum.org/images/IOI/SAF/2004_10_19_IOI.jpg) Choosing
Between Boilerplate and One Who Is
Prodigiously Insincere
By Sarah
Whalen
"..'Kerry
fired the first campaign attack on
U.S. dependence on Saudi Arabian oil
-- and it was clearly a hit with the
public.'"
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An
Item of Interest from SUSRIS
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 The
Image of Saudi Arabia
News
in Depth
Conference
participants face the
challenge of reversing the
Kingdom's post-9/11 image
"..'Since
the September 11 events,
Saudi Arabia has been facing
strident media campaigns
that vied with one another
to tarnish the Kingdom's
international image and
tried to discredit its
values and institutions,'
said Higher Education
Minister Dr. Khaled Al-Angari
in his keynote address,
according to Arab News.
'This forum seeks to study
the situation of the
Kingdom's image in the world
and work out strategies to
project its true image at
political, media, cultural
and social levels inside and
outside the country..'"
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A
Book Serial from SAF
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 Wahhabi
Islam: From Revival and Reform to
Global Jihad
Excerpts
from Chapter One
By
Natana J. DeLong-Bas
"Wahhabism
was neither a historical aberration
nor an isolated phenomenon.
It did not arise in a vacuum.
In fact, Wahhabism reflects
some of the most important trends in
eighteenth-century Islamic thought,
underscoring the interactions and
exchanges that took place between
Muslims in cosmopolitan regions like
the Hijaz.
The fact that Wahhabism so
clearly reflects major trends of
thought apparent in other contemporary
reform movements suggests that it was
neither 'innovative' nor
'heretical..'"
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 Kerry
Allies Focus on Bush-Saudi
Connection
By
Dave Eberhart
"..a
Democratic group, unleashed
the harshest ads yet,
spending $6.5 million to run
ads highlighting the Saudi
theme in battleground Ohio,
Florida and Wisconsin.. ..On
the stump, Kerry typically
lambastes Saudi Arabia's
monarchy for supporting
terrorism and refers to
increasing prices of crude
oil as 'the Saudi-George
Bush gasoline tax'.."
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Month
of Fasting, Charity Begins
By Ni'mah Isma'il Nawwab,
Saudi Aramco on-line
"A longed-for event for
more than a billion Muslims
around the world arrived
Oct. 15, as Ramadan offered
a welcome chance for quiet,
tranquility and intense
spirituality.." Complete
report..
Saudi
Arabia uses oil profits
cautiously
By Donna Abu-nasr,
Gwinnett Daily Post
"..Crown Prince
Abdullah has said most of
the surplus will go to
paying off the government's
debt, which totals $176
billion. But he also pledged
to spend billions on
infrastructure, education,
housing and health projects
as well as on loans to
low-income Saudis to boost
their employment
prospects.." Complete
report..
Women
Could Be Appointed to
Municipal Councils
By P.K.
Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
"Prince Mansour ibn
Miteb, chairman of the
general election committee,
does not rule out the
possibility of appointing
women to municipal councils,
saying it will be decided by
the Municipal and Rural
Affairs Ministry.."
Complete
report..
Local
Councils in Major Cities to
Have 14 Members
By P.K.
Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
"The semi-elected
municipal councils in the
Kingdom will have four to 14
members each, according to
Prince Mansour ibn Miteb,
chairman of the general
election committee. He said
big cities such as Riyadh,
Dammam, Jeddah, Makkah and
Madinah would have 14
members.." Complete
report..
Expatriates
Welcome New Citizenship Law
Arab
News
"Expatriates have
welcomed the new amendment
to the Kingdom's citizenship
law, approved by the Cabinet
on Monday [October 18],
which qualifies the
foreigners who have been in
the country for more than 10
years to become permanent
residents and attain Saudi
citizenship.." Complete
report..
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From
the History of U.S.-Saudi
Relations
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 Operation
Hardsurface
from
Saudi Arabia and the United
States - Birth of a Security
Partnership by Parker T.
Hart (former US Ambassador to
Saudi Arabia)
1963
..As
the United Nations wrestled
over putting an observer
mission in place, the
[Saudi-Yemeni] frontier
began heating up in May.
Alleging that Saudi Arabia had
sent weapons to the royalists,
Egyptian forces first attacked
targets in the Saudi border
area, though without much
results.. ..The Egyptian air
force then increased its
activities, occasionally
overflying Jeddah and the
whole Hejazi coast to
demonstrate Saudi military
impotence; actual bombings,
however were confined to the
Saudi border region..
![US Air Force F-100D Super Sabre [Photo: www.wingsmuseum.org]](https://www.saudi-us-relations.org/images/Newsletters/NL80b.jpg) ..On
July 10, on the roof of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
[Deputy Foreign Minister]
Saqqaf and I [Parker Hart]
witnessed the arrival of the
first of six US F-100Ds for Operation
Hardsurface -- the
promised US military presence.
It made a low pass over the
city -- there were no
high-rises in 1963 Jeddah --
and Saqqaf became quite
excited. I told him
there was no cause for worry,
and he responded on the
contrary he wanted the pilot
to be ordered to "break
the sound barrier" to get
the citizens out to see that
Saudi Arabia was now in
possession of its skies.
He asked me to get in touch
with the commander of the unit
at once to order the pilot to
"wake up" and
"thrill" the
populace. I declined,
pointing out that this could
smash windows and do other
damage and that, in any case,
it was difficult for me at
this point to 
effect changes in pilots'
arrival conduct, which was
superb airmanship, and that I
was sure the public would see
that a friend with the latest
in state-of-the-art military
hardware had come to help.
Source: Saudi
Arabia and the United States -
Birth of a Security
Partnership by Parker T.
Hart
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(SUSRIS) provides you information
resources and interactive features
through a web site and weekly
newsletter -- all designed to enhance
your understanding of the historic
relationship between the United States
and Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi-US Relations Information
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to educate Americans about Arab
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