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as an alliance with Bedouin tribes in the Arabian Peninsula; others involved covert agreements with anti-Turkish, Arab interests from the Levant to the Persian Gulf. A third, minor thrust was aligning with Jewish interests globally, particularly those interested in the refounding of Israel. Britain had little i
hies — the Gulf states, Jordan and Morocco. In Yemen, the Saudis are insisting on an orderly transition of power and a dignified exit for President Ali Abdullah Saleh (a courtesy that was not extended to Hosni Mubarak, despite the former Egyptian president's many years as a strong U.S. ally). To facilitate this h
ressure to develop one of its own. The Saudis currently rely on the U.S. nuclear umbrella and on antimissile defense systems deployed throughout the Persian Gulf region. The defense systems are intended to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles that could be used to deliver nuclear warheads. Yet even Saudis who
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023460 →rotesters were suddenly rallying thousands, and then tens of thousands, of their fellow citizens to demand the ouster of the regime, led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his family for 43 years. Meanwhile, across a narrow expanse of water on Saudi Arabia's northeast border, protesters in Bahrain rallied in the hun
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023463 →trumped values. You didn't hear Obama make any "Qaddafi must go"- style speeches directed against Bahrain's ruling Khalifa family or Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030073 --- PAGE BREAK --- 15 The contradictions and anomalies of U.S. foreign policy have also been on stark display in the Obama
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030074 →he system of repression, corruption, and privilege that has been the hallmark of the authoritarian Arab regimes lying between the Atlas Mountains and the Persian Gulf. Yet unlike the Muslim Brotherhood's rebellion in Hama, which shook the government of Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez in 1982, the Facebook rebellion
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030084 →rchies - the Gulf states, Jordan and Morocco. In Yemen, the Saudis are insisting on an orderly transition of power and a dignified exit for President Ali Abdullah Saleh (a courtesy that was not extended to Hosni Mubarak, despite the former Egyptian president's many years as a strong U.S. ally). To facilitate this han
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031846 →was an alliance with Bedouin tribes in the Arabian Peninsula; others involved covert agreements with anti-Turkish, Arab interests from the Levant to the Persian Gulf. A third, ., minor thrust was aligning with Jewish interests globally, particularly those interested in the refounding of Israel. Britain had little
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031870 →Entities connected to both the Persian Gulf and Ali Abdullah Saleh

Barack Obama
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United States
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Tehran
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Bashar al-Assad
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George W. Bush
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Lebanon
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Bill Clinton
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Yemen
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Hosni Mubarak
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Saddam Hussein
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Marc Rich
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Damascus
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Hillary Clinton
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Tunisia
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Middle East
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Bahrain
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Cairo
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