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U.S.-SAUDI ARABIA
Marriage Crisis
The United States and Saudi Arabia could be headed for a monumentally ugly divorce. The marriage was always one of convenience. But the issue today isn't personal. It's business--trillions of dollars, in fact.
Last month a Pentagon advising panel heard a briefing that labeled the Saudis an enemy of the United States. This month South Carolina lawyer Ronald Motley announced a suit targeting several Arab banks, the government of Sudan and a few key Saudi royals for $3 trillion in damages on behalf of the 9-11 victims.
If current frictions between the two countries continue, some analysts expect oil ...