VOL. XLV

No 32

12-August-2002

SAUDI ARABIA

Pro-West Regime In Iraq Would Lessen Dependence On Saudi Oil, Says USThink-Tank

A pro-Western regime in Iraq wouldbecome a major oil exporter to the West, thus diminishing USdependence on Saudi energy and permitting Washington toconfront Saudi Arabia forallegedly supporting terrorism. This was one of the conclusions of a briefingto a top Pentagon advisory board last month by Laurent Murawiec,an analyst with the California-based think-tank, Rand...