August 6, 2007
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar Assad (AP)
"Washington and Riyadh are clearly at odds on two of the Administration's major current Middle East policy ventures — Iraq and the Palestinians."Despite the Bush Administration’s plan to provide $20 billion worth of advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s latest visit there to reiterate common purpose on Iraq, Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, relations between Washington and Riyadh are troubled. The two countries still share the same goals, but the Saudis are hanging tough on issues where they believe the current U.S. Administration, with only 18 months left in office, is pursuing policies that are unlikely to achieve those shared goals. Access the full article>>
