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July 2007
- Saudi King Backs Iraq's Sunni Rebels
  
  New York Times | Jul 27, 07 6:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Saudi Arabia is working at cross purposes with the Bush administration in Iraq by backing Sunni tribes engaged in sectarian violence there, the New York Times reports. King Abdullah has funded the Sunnis and is allowing insurgents to enter the country, US officials charge. Of up to 80 foreign fighters who enter Iraq monthly, they estimate, nearly half come from Saudi Arabia. More »
- Saudi Arabia Sends the Most Fighters to Iraq
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 15, 07 10:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - While the US has accused both Syria and Iran of abetting sectarian violence in Iraq, the largest source of foreign insurgents there is Saudi Arabia, the Los Angeles Times reports. Saudi fighters constitute 45% of all foreign militants in Iraq, a US official told the Times . Almost half of them are said to be suicide bombers. More »
- Bomb Plots Hatched in Brit Hospitals
  
  Independent (UK) | Jul 3, 07 5:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A secret Al-Qaeda cell of foreign doctors working under cover of British hospitals is being investigated as the key source of the string of car bombing attempts that rocked Britain over the weekend, the Independent reports. Five of of eight people who have been arrested are believed to be doctors, and one is a physician's wife and medical assistant. More »
June 2007
- Saudi Prince Pocketed $2B in Arms Deal
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 7, 07 6:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia, the former Saudi ambassador to the US and a close friend of President Bush, allegedly accepted nearly $2 billion from the British arms giant BAE in connection with an $86-billion arms deal. The Guardian claims the payments, made in $60-million increments over 10 years, through a US bank, were sanctioned by the British government. More »
May 2007
- Burgeoning Saudi Firm Snags GE Plastics
  
  Bloomberg | May 21, 07 1:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Saudi chemical company will take over General Electric's plastics division in a deal worth $11.6 billion, the companies said today. Saudi Basic Industries Corp., or Sabic, beat out Dutch-owned Basell for GE Plastics, which was put up for sale in January. The purchase, the largest ever by a Gulf-based company, is seen as a coup for Sabic. More »
April 2007
- Prince May No Longer Speak For His King
  
  New York Times | Apr 29, 07 5:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador and longtime Bush conduit to the Saudi leadersip, may no longer be speaking for his country. The New York Times notes that Bandar's uncle, King Abdullah, has taken several stands recently that surprised the White House by being in direct conflict with assurances given by the Prince. More »
- Saudis Sweep Terror Cell
  
  BBC | Apr 27, 07 3:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Saudi police have arrested 172 militants involved in a plot to launch suicide air attacks on oil fields and military bases, officials said this morning. They also seized massive weapon stores and millions in cash. "Almost all the elements for terror attacks were complete except for setting the zero hour for the attacks," an Interior Ministry spokesman told the AP. More »
- The Kingdom's Got a Big Closet
  
  The Atlantic | Apr 20, 07 1:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sodomy is a capital crime in Saudia Arabia, but that hasn't stopped a gay scene from flourishing there. Quite the contrary, writes Nadya Labi in the Atlantic. Men and women are so zealously separated that homosexual encounters are easier to pull off. One Syrian who moved to Riyadh seven years ago calls it a "gay heaven." More »
March 2007
- Saudi King Calls Iraq War Illegal
  
  New York Times | Mar 29, 07 8:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia fired a warning shot at the Bush administration yesterday, calling Iraq “an illegal foreign occupation” and urging Arab leaders to unite to prevent U.S. domination of the region. The Saudis "are telling the U.S. they need to listen to their allies rather than imposing decisions on them,” Middle East expert Mustapha Hamarneh tells the New York Times. More »
- Does Saudi Arabia Have a Dubai Complex?
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 12, 07 1:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Saudi Arabia is on a building binge. King Abdullah City—a planned $26.7-billion development where multi-million-dollar yachts will dock in the ports that currently welcome 300,000 Mecca-bound pilgrims—is one of five major “economic cities” the government is building in an attempt to spur private-sector growth and create new industries to stabilize its boom-bust oil economy. "Oil is a volatile commodity and we cannot keep a country hostage to it," says Fawaz Alamy, the country's chief technical negotiator for World Trade Organization accession. Is Saudi Arabia—a.k.a. "the land of the two holy mosques"—on course to become the next Dubai? More »

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Human Rights Watch Reports on Saudi Arabia
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Saudi law does not protect many basic rights and the government places strict limits on freedom of association, assembly, and expression. Arbitrary detention, mistreatment and torture of detainees, restrictions on freedom of movement, and lack of official accountability remain serious concerns. Saudi...

Saudi Arabia Energy Data, Statistics, and Analysis
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Between mid-2003 and mid-2006, Saudi Arabia showed strong economic performance due to high oil prices, increasing oil production and export earnings, paired with structural reforms, economic diversification, and stable macroeconomic policymaking. In 2005, oil export revenues accounted for around 90...

CIA Factbook Profile: Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The country holds approximately 25% of the world's proven oil reserves.

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