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The article indicates, "In the current Arab climate of hostility to Israel
and its US backers, many Saudis resent their government's friendship with
the West. "  "Many" I take to be "large", though whether it's a majority or
simply significant, it's unclear.  However, the article also states, "Their
immediate problem is unemployment. Unofficially it is running at more than
25%. " and "For the last few years per capita income has been falling and
many poor Saudis are getting poorer. "  It is almost unheard of in any
nation for these conditions not to result in a large portion of the
population not disliking the leadership.


----- Original Message -----
From: "marc lindahl" <marc@...>
To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [L-OT] Re: OT Goodbye


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> > From: "Wilson Zorn" <wilson.zorn@...>
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> >>> US's 'puppet' King in Saudi Arabia who is generally
> >>> disliked  by a large part of the population.
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> >> Can you site a source for this ridiculous claim?
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> > This has been reported in the news, I suppose it could be looked up but
I
> > think if you just do a search you'll find it.  Ah, never mind, here,
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1050000/1050774.st
> > m     I think calling Saudi Arabia a "puppet government" is rather
debatable
> > though.
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> Reading that article, it doesn't claim that the kind is generally disliked
> by a large part of the population... the closest it comes is that 'it is
> thought this resentment may have been behind the recent car bombs that
> targeted Westerners in Riyadh.' - as we know it only takes a few to bomb
> something....  but it's a well balanced overview.  Actually, during the
> recent WTC event, I felt the BBC coverage was superior in many ways to the
> US network's.
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