"Credibility of Arab satellite channels among Iraq war's casualties," says Saudi commentary.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of commentary in English by Ra'id Qusti entitled "Credibility of Arab satellite channels among war's casualties", published on by Saudi newspaper Arab News web site on 13 April

The fall of Baghdad to American forces was met with feelings of betrayal, disbelief and shock here in Saudi Arabia.

Many Saudis are still trying to figure out how the capital could give in to the American forces without putting up any significant resistance. Unanswered questions loom in the minds of Saudis as to how it all happened. One theory is that Condoleezza Rice, in her meeting with Russian officials, was told that Saddam [Husayn] would be allowed to go into exile to Russia on …