Saudi Arabia and the war on terrorism.

From: Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

IN 1945 THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN a U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a Saudi king, Abdel Aziz al-Saud, the founder of modern day Saudi Arabia, was held aboard an American warship in the Suez Canal. The two leaders laid down the foundations for a solid alliance between their two nations. The United States is the world's largest oil consumer and importer, while Saudi Arabia is the world's leading oil producer and exporter. Meanwhile, given its vast hydrocarbon resources, large size and small population, the kingdom has been threatened by more populous and powerful ...

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