SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia and Britain Initial $5bn Aircraft Deal 

Saudi Arabia and Britain have initialed a memorandum of understanding for a multibillion dollar deal under which the Saudis will purchase 132 military aircraft. The deal - initialed by the Defense Ministers of the two countries, Prince Sultan ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz for Saudi Arabia and Mr. Michael Heseltine for Britain, in London on 26 September - provides for the purchase by Saudi Arabia of 72 Tornado...