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Saudi and the War in Lebanon |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / MIDDLE EAST IN FOCUS |
| Author: Nawaf Obaid |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2007 |
| Size: 826 Words, 5,168 Characters |
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After over a decade of bloody conflict, the late Saudi King Fahd organized the Taif Accords in 1989, which ended the civil war in Lebanon. Saudi Arabia then went on to finance much of that country's reconstruction. Could the Kingdom play a similar role today?
There is reason to hope that it could, because Saudi Arabia has both the strategic interest and the authority to limit the influence of Iran, which is responsible for much of the current violence. But before this can be accomplished, an immediate cease-fire is needed and U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 must be fully implemented. Without these steps, the Saudi leadership wil...
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...h was embraced by the majority of the Arab world, will be much more likely in the post-war environment. But before this goal can be achieved, the Bush administration must stop Israel's senseless destruction of Lebanon and the international community must broker a deal which includes an exchange of prisoners and the return of Lebanese lands.
Copyright © 2006 United Press International, Inc.
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