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A Royal Scandal
Roston, Aram | December 3, 2001 issue

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The article focuses on relation between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. The presence of U.S. troops on Saudi Arabia's holy sand seems to have truly enraged fanatics and spurred Islamic fundamentalist Osama bin Laden to his atrocities. But another sore point with many Saudis has received far less attention: the obscene, almost comical corruption involving the arms trade and the royal family. Currently the top importer of weapons in the world, Saudi Arabia spends 40 percent of its import dollars on weapons, including $40 billion worth bought from the U.S. in the past twelve years.

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INTERNATIONAL relations; BIN Laden, Osama, 1957-; ISLAMIC fundamentalists; WEAPONS industry; UNITED States; SAUDI Arabia
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