SAUDI ARABIA AND THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND THE WAR AGAINST THE TERRORISM

Saudi Arabia: Economic Situation and the War against Terrorism

Saudi Arabia: Economic Situation and the War against Terrorism

Saudi Arabia has been under U.S. scrutiny since the events of September 11, 2001 (9 / 11) than ever before. The two Saudis and Americans were shaken by the fact that 15 of the 19 jihadists who committed crimes of 9.11 were Saudis. Had policies of Saudi Arabia tray Islamic global mission (da'wa) to promote Islam and Islamic knowledge, charities, and causes, licensed or nurtured Tanzim alqa'ida fi Jazirat al-Arab (al-Qaeda the Arabian Peninsula) and the subsequent development of franchising hydration of Al Qaeda? Saudis were even more disturbed by the discovery of 06 May 2003, a huge arms cache in Riyadh, followed by two major attacks on residential compounds on 12 May and in November, new discoveries of weapons and shootings skirmishes with extremists, bombings, decapitation, drive-by assassinations and an attack on U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, since, claiming the lives of more than 176 police and civilians in December 2004, many of whom were foreigners. Convinced that violence Saudi al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (the PGC) in particular, and Islamic extremism in general, represent a threat to their homeland, not just the United States. Although cooperation among agencies combating terrorism, the violence that has threatened and negatively recast the common interests of Saudi Arabia and the United States over oil policy, the containment of Islamic threats, management regional security and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) state interactions. Fear, new obstacles to dialogue and harsh perceptions have also decreased U.S. quota in the expanding Saudi economy, and discouraged travel on both sides. Therefore, the QAP has been able to achieve one of its objectives: to attack and hurt the relationship between the U.S. and the government of Saudi Arabia.

QAP and other jihadist violence, and responses to Saudi Arabia coincided with the emergence of a multistranded Islamic opposition and calls for political reform in the decade of 1990 to the present. The Awakening shaykhs (clerics that the increasing Islamic awareness in the country), Saudi opposition groups, and the petitioners have made liberal to some extent a new method to involve the government. Provide for minor alterations and the dream of the most important. The internal debate on the Islamist threat and the future of Islam is important, especially in light of concerns about succession and the economy. Both internally and externally, who has played in the present and future role of religion in Saudi policy, and international efforts of the Kingdom in the service of Islam? The Saudis have taken many steps to deal with the radicals.

They have cooperated with other governments in this regard, including the United States, and are simultaneously conducting public campaign internal and external relations. However, Saudi self-control and U.S. convictions country's policies have not produced either repeated or recommendations to improve the strategies of the global war on terrorism (GWOT). This deficiency is understandable because the pressing questions ...