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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (157253)5/14/2003 3:46:20 PM
From: GST  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 164684
 
<<Attacks increase pressure on fragile ties between US and Saudi Arabia
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
14 May 2003

The suicide bombings in Riyadh, in which at least seven Americans died, were putting even more pressure on relations between the US and Saudi Arabia yesterday. Links were already bedevilled by claims that the world's pivotal oil producer was one of the prime breeding grounds of Islamic terrorism.

The attacks come at an especially delicate moment. The American occupying army is struggling to impose order in Iraq and Washington is preparing to withdraw the bulk of its military forces stationed in Saudi Arabia, where their presence had been a long-standing source of resentment.>>

news.independent.co.uk