VOL. XLV

No 32

12-August-2002

ThePolitical Scene

The disclosure that a high-level Pentagon policy group has been given abriefing which treats Saudi Arabia as an enemy has done little to shore up therelationship between Riyadh and Washington. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeldsrepeated reference to the so-called occupied territories in a speech at thePentagon has done equally little to assure the Arabs of the Bushadministrations impartiality in the Middle East. TheAmericans appear to be doing...