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To: K A Anderson who wrote (116)9/8/1998 2:47:00 AM
From: Michael Sphar  Respond to of 765
 
One of the motivating factors in the region is obviously oil production and the current worldwide glut. Another is Muslim radicals seeking a more autonomous hegemony over the region pushing the US military presence out of the region. A specific development not often mentioned is the emergence of Muslim radicalism in Saudi Arabia and what that portends if Saudi Arabia goes through a power struggle. And of course there is always the issue of Israel in the midst of these Middle Earth Kingdoms.