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To: skinowski who wrote (25475)	4/15/2002 11:33:48 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I think in this context the peace proposal by Prince Abdullah makes sense. They may have come to a decision to “normalize” relations with Israel – for real this time. Nah, Prince Abdullah just needed a change of subject in the worst way. And the Bush Administration is hoping to use this offer (I use the word loosely) for diplomatic leverage in the future. If the Saudis ever actually change their mind about normalizing relations with Israel, I hope to see a change of tone from them, some lessening of their stridency. Instead, they are printing that Israel is massacring the innocent in thousands, praising "heroic martyrs of resistance" (suicide bombers), and claiming that Jews kill Muslim and Christian children to use nonJewish blood in making ritual foods, and that Zionists control America (there's no other conceivable reason for the US to support Israel in their minds). In short, business as normal for the Saudis.