Relaties Saoudi-Arabië/ VS by Guido Thursday August 22, 2002 at 01:11 AM |
Tot op vandaag helemaal niets gelezen over de verstoorde relaties ts de VS en Saudi-Arabië. Het spelletje is ondertussen twee weken aan de gang. Zie hieronder het resultaat.
Tot op vandaag helemaal niets gelezen over de verstoorde relaties ts de VS en Saudi-Arabië. Het spelletje is ondertussen twee weken aan de gang. Zie hieronder het resultaat.
"The dollar today fell from recent highs against the euro and yen following a report that Saudi investors were pulling billions of dollars out of the US.
According to the Financial Times, disgruntled Saudis have withdrawn as much as $200bn (£131bn) as relations between the US and Saudi Arabia come under increasing strain.
In the most recent irritant in already strained ties between the two countries, an analyst from the Rand corporation thinktank told the Pentagon that Saudi Arabia was the "kernel of evil". The fact that 11 of the 15 perpetrators of the September 11 attacks were Saudis had already sullied Saudi Arabia's image in the eyes of Americans."
En maar denken dat ze alleen Irak gaan aanvallen...
www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,11599,778380,00.html
niets gelezen by g Thursday August 22, 2002 at 01:14 AM |
met niets gelezen bedoelde ik de Vlaamse, Engelse en franse pers. Of hoe nieuws verschillende snelheden heeft...