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To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (16654)	8/25/2002 11:22:37 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Bush to Meet Saudi Prince at Texas Ranch Friday, August 23, 2002 WASHINGTON — Amid increasing speculation about possible U.S. action against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, President Bush will meet next week with Saudi Arabian ambassador Prince Bandar. "He's coming to talk about a variety of regional issues," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Friday. The meeting will take place Tuesday at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. In connection with the Mideast, the administration and Saudi Arabia have been working closely together toward the goal of pressing the Palestinians for reforms that could lead to statehood and the possible resolution of decades of conflict and deadly violence with Israel. But cooperation between the two nations isn't as smooth on the issue of Iraq. Saudi officials have said publicly that they would deny the United States access to military bases in the kingdom for any U.S. military operation designed to overthrow Saddam. Bush said earlier this week, after a meeting with his military advisers, that ousting Saddam was "in the interests of the world." But he indicated that the United States is in no hurry to do so. In April, Bush met at the Crawford ranch with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, who renewed Arab demands that the United States restrain Israeli military action. He also warned that U.S. tolerance of Israeli military action against Palestinians threatened its ties to the Arab world. The Saudis also presented an eight-point blueprint for Mideast peace, which urged immediate political talks between Israel and the Palestinians, an end to Israeli settlements in Palestinian-held areas and an armed multinational peacekeeping force. foxnews.com