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To: tom pope who wrote (144331)	2/1/2011 5:50:27 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206367

<Any suggestion that the Saudi regime is at risk, and all bets are off.> Saudi Arabia is a strange country: The only nation named after a family. national anthem: "Aash Al Maleek" (Long Live Our Beloved King) One of the very few ruling monarchies 80% of the workforce is foreigners with zero rights. Foreigners employed in the private sector earned SR764 ($204) a month on average population 25.7m, including 5.6m non-nationals 38% of the population 0-14 y/o (20% in the U.S.) $20K GDP per capita (2009) 16.7/1000 infant mortality rate, (in the middle among national rankings, just behind China) 29% of women (over age 15) are illiterate; 15% of men unemployment: unknown, as nobody keeps stats on women and foreigners. 11% among Saudi men. 11mb/d oil production Creating jobs for young Saudis is a matter of national security in a country where more than two-thirds of the 18m people are under 30...Many young men, moreover, cannot afford to marry or buy a home...For decades, schools have focused on religious education at the expense of science and mathematics. The clerical establishment has hampered the king’s efforts to reform education... Thamer, who is 20 and studying law, says unemployed young men (in Saudi Arabia) have nothing to do. "Young men are barred from ['family-only'] shopping malls or restaurants, simply because they are males," he says. "They have nowhere to go." info from: cia.gov theodora.com ft.com news.bbc.co.uk my comment: they have the same problem as Egypt: lots of bored marginalized young men, with no jobs, no hope, and no wives to stop them when they say, "Let's go stand in front of that 50-ton tank rolling down the road, throw a rock at it, and see if we can make it stop."