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the culture on a day-to-day evidence of Saudi reciprocity to
basis, one is not likely to con- U.S. "friendship" is readily
available: Riyadh pressured Be-
clude that justice prevails in the
irut against signing the 1983
kingdom; what one finds instead
is favoritism, corruption, incon- U.S.-initiated accord with Israel,
sistency, nepotism, bureaucratic supported Syrian occupation of
hegemony and mindless, con- Lebanon, bankrolled and con-
stant harassment along with tinues to bankroll the PLO and
implicit threats in all sectors of Syria, thus subsidizing Damas-
everyday life. Far from being an cus' mounting acquisitions of
emblem of justice, the public Soviet arms; King Fand main-
executions underscore the per- tains cordial relations with
vasive injustice in Saudi Muammar Kaddafi and is assist-
society."
This feudal society is presided
over by King Fand and a coterie
of princes, who are assigned Shultz said the
specific areas of responsibility in Saudis have been
accordance with their ranks
helpful in the
within the oligarchy. There is
an endemic rivalry and friction
between the king and the pr- Mideast peace
inces closest to the throne, Pr- process. When
ince Sultan and Prince Abdul-
lah. The former is in charge of pressed to elaborate,
the kingdom's military forces,
he declined.
while the latter controls the na-
tional guard. The princes are
constantly maneuvering to rein-
force their power bases through
the Libyan strongman to
the recruitment of foreign na- ing
shore up the military regime in
tionals and the acquisition of
the most advanced arms for the Sudan, which loosened its
ties with Egypt, a long-time
their respective forces.
"Each unit," wrote Thomas L. ally.
The Saudis have been the
Friedman in the New York
prime mover in ousting Egypt
Times (Oct. 17, 1982), "is able to from the Arab League because
counter a threat from the other:
The air force has the jets, but of the Egyptian-Israeli peace
the army has the ground-to-air treaty and have strenuously op-
missiles. The army has the posed the Jordan-Israeli peace
tanks, but the national guard is initiatives. Furthermore, U.S.
equipped with anti-tank mis- attempts to expand its strategic
facilities in the Persian Gulf
siles." The inherent conflict be-
tween the military units ac- have met with strong Saudi re-
counted for the increasing sistance.
The fact is the Saudi kingdom
number of foreign nationals,
chiefly from Pakistan, has repeatedly torpedoed rather
Bangladesh and Thailand, being than advanced the U.S. national
interest in the area. In view of
recruited for the Saudi armed
the present oil glut and the
forces.
sharp decline in Saudi oil in-
The Saudi economy also de-
pends heavily on expatriate come, the desert kingdom is no
labor both quantitavely and longer in a position to blackmail
qualitatively. By 1928, the mig- the industrial world as it did in
rant work force had grown to 1973. Furthermore, the claim
two million and was the predo- that Saudi Arabia is menaced
minant element in the king- by Iran is spurious. The House
dom's construction and man- of Saud is indeed menaced, but
ufacturing industries. It is , by internal combustion, which
widely believed that the friction new American missiles are not
within the royal family and the likely to prevent.
In supplying the Saudis with
non-Saudi labor force represent
a real and ever-present threat to advanced U.S. missiles, the
the stability and survival of the President's newly-proclaimed
"democratic revolution" will lose
Saudi monarchy.
much of its potency and credibil-
Another threat stems from the
rise, and increasing militancy of ity.
the Shiites, an economically de-
prived element in Saudi society
which is reportedly responsible
for a number of demonstrations
and acts of sabotage against the
regime. Racism is rampant in New Treatment
Saudi society, the lowest in the For Disease
pecking 'order being the
:Yemenis and East Indian Hin-
Jerusalem — Researchers at
dus,who are treated with con- the Hebrew University of
tempt and relegated to the most Jerusalem have developed a new
demeaning chores in the king- salve for the effective and rapid
dom.
treatment of cutaneous
U.S. Secretary of State George leishmaniasis, also know as
Shultz; in testimony before a "Rose..of*righp;" a disfiguring
Congressional committee in skin disetUW;-
support of the Saudi arms sale,
The research leading to the
stated that Saudi Arabia has new 'treatment' was done by Dr.
been helpful in • the Mideast Joseph El-On at Ben-Gurion
peace process. When pressed to University' of ithe Negev, and
elaborate, 'the Secretary de- Dr. Geoffrey ,Jacobs of the
'clined, presumably for reasons School fo Pharmacy of the
of• `:high .diplomacy .Yet, 'ample .
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