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biggest government reorganization
since World War 11. Now, without a
strong leader at the helm, Glickman
said the danger is growing that the
service side of INS "will get sucked
under by this massive reorganiza-
tion."
Immigration and refugee advocacy
groups, including HIAS, will now
turn their attention to Congress in
the hopes of beefing up the service
side of a reconstituted INS.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,
and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Texas,
have indicated a willingness to work
with these groups, but Glickman
concedes that changing the adminis-
tration's proposal will be a major
challenge.

On The Outs

It's getting tougher for America's tra-
ditional allies in the Arab world, al-
though some recent actions by the
Bush administration are more sym-
bol than substance.
Egypt is now officially in the Bush
administration's doghouse, thanks to
its treatment of Saad Eddin Ibrahim,
a pro-democracy and human rights
activist who was recently sentenced
to seven years of hard labor for his
"offenses."
Last week, President George W.
Bush notified Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak that there will be no
more U.S. aid unless Egypt cleans
up its act.
There's only one problem: there is
no more aid in the pipeline for
Egypt, the second biggest recipient
of U.S. assistance, after Israel.
The Cairo government sought an
increase in military aid after
Congress approved an extra $200
million for Israel — an appropria-
tion that is now in limbo because
President Bush, citing excesses in the
big emergency spending bill, is hold-
ing up the portion containing the

allocation for Israel.
But the Egyptian request was not
seriously considered by the adminis-
tration, and there is even less interest
on Capitol Hill.
"The last thing Congress is likely
to do is give Mubarak another
penny," said a congressional staffer.
"If anything, there may be moves to
start cutting aid if they don't start
playing a more constructive role in
the region."
Egyptian officials reacted angrily
to the mostly symbolic slap, saying
that they would not respond to U.S.
pressure.
The news is just as bleak for Saudi
Arabia. First there was the Pentagon
advisory board briefing in July that
cited the desert kingdom as an
enemy of the United States.
Publicly, the Bush administration
continues to call the Saudis staunch
allies; in private, U.S. officials are
furious about what they say is the
Saudi lack of cooperation in the war
against Al Qaeda and its less-than-
helpful stance as Washington plots
its next move against Iraq.
And then there are the lawsuits by
the families of Sept. 11 victims, an-
nounced last week. Relatives of 600
of the victims joined in legal action
against members of the Saudi royal
family and a number of 'Saudi banks
and charitable organizations. The
charge: that they provided financial
support to Osama bin Laden's Al
Qaeda terror network.
Even if the lawsuits are unsuccess-
ful, the action is a major embarrass-
ment for the Saudi government, and
a major complication for the State
Depart-ment. A spokesman at State
last week insisted, "We've been very
satisfied with the support we've got-
ten from Saudi Arabia in the many
aspects of this war against terrorism
— the financial aspects, the intelli-
gence and information-sharing, the
law enforcement actions." El

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