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| Saudi
Ties |
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| Saudi
Arabia's Overrated Oil Weapon |
| OVERESTIMATES
OF ARAB OIL POWER are an important and harmful influence on
policy toward the Middle East. The following myths, or outdated
facts, support the world's misjudgment of the power of the Persian
Gulf oil producers--especially Saudi Arabia, but also Iran,
Iraq, and the Gulf states. |
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| Saudi
Envoy Promised Bush a Drop in Oil Prices Ahead of Election
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| Saudi
Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. has promised President George
W. Bush the Saudis will reduce oil prices before this November's
election to help the U.S. economy, according to Bob Woodward,
author of a new book about the Iraq war. |
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Saudi
secrets are safe with Bush
White House and House of Saud have mutual interest in silence |
| If
the Bushes reveal damaging information about the Saudis, what
might the Saudis reveal about them? |
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| The
Secret Saudi Flight on 9-13 Could be the Key to the Bush-Saudi-Al
Qaeda Connection |
| The
intriguing report told the tale of a flight out of Florida that
allegedly took place on September 13 - a day when ALL civilian
air traffic in the United States was grounded. |
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| Saudis
aided in Iraq more than thought |
| During
the Iraq war, Saudi Arabia secretly helped the United States
far more than has been acknowledged, allowing operations from
at least three air bases, permitting special forces to stage
attacks from Saudi soil and providing cheap fuel, U.S. and Saudi
officials say. |
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| 28
Pages Later Why is George W. Bush handling Saudi Arabia so gently? |
| And
of those passages, none is more glaring or important than the
28-page section that deals with support the 9/11 hijackers received
from foreign governments -- mostly, according to inside sources,
from officials in the government of Saudi Arabia. |
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| Bush
Still Has Not Explained Ties to Saudi Arabia |
| The
new allegations once again put President Bush's close ties to
the Saudis front and center. Despite the Saudi government's
potential ties to terrorists and 9/113, the president still
calls the Saudis "our friend"4 and Vice President
Cheney continues to dote on the royal family5. As CBS News reports,
Bush has "personal and deep financial ties with the Saudi
royal family" |
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