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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23050-2003Mar13.html
Saudi Rulers Walk Political Tightrope
(Washington Post) As U.S. forces gather in the Persian Gulf to prepare for a war against Iraq, Saudi leaders have engaged in one of the Middle East's great conjuring acts: facilitating a U.S. attack while casting a veil over the role of U.S. forces in the kingdom that will help carry it out. An estimated 8,000 U.S. soldiers and airmen are holed up on military bases scattered around the kingdom, well out of sight of Saudi citizens.