Nation-Building in Saudi Arabia.(EDITORIAL)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: June 3, 2004 | Copyright information

Oil prices are rising for a range of reasons, from too many gas-guzzling SUVs in America to booming demand in China. But one reason is relatively new - terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia that threaten the flow from the world's largest oil reserves.

The recent attacks by jihadists on Western oil interests in the desert kingdom have rattled markets and boosted prices at the pump. Last weekend's attacks on an oil complex in Khobar left 19 expatriates dead, and many more fleeing.

But the attacks also refocused attention on the need for Saudi Arabia's royal family to make the ...

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