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8/1/2005
9:05:05 am EDT
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Obit: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd
Author: AP Source: MSNBC
Title: SAUDI ARABIA’S KING FAHD HAS DIED
Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled the world’s largest oil producing nation in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, died early Monday, the Saudi royal court said. He was 84.
Crown Prince Abdullah, the king’s half brother and already Saudi Arabia’s de factor ruler, was appointed the country’s new monarch.
During his rule, the portly, goateed Fahd, who rose to the throne in 1982, inadvertently helped fuel the rise of Islamic extremism by making multiple concessions to hard-liners, hoping to boost his Islamic credentials. But then he also brought the kingdom closer to the United States and agreed to a step that enraged many conservatives: the basing of U.S. troops on Saudi soil after the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
In his last years, Fahd was more of a figurehead than the actual ruler — so he was sidelined as the close relationship he nurtured with the United States deteriorated after the Sept. 11 attacks. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, and many in the U.S. administration blamed the strict strain of Islam that has developed in Saudi Arabia, called Wahabism, for fueling terrorism.
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| Re: Obit: Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd | Aug 2nd. at 8:42:32 am EDT
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Mr. Karel Sebek (Kalamazoo, Michigan) - Email Me
Having lost my own father to old age a few years ago, I offer my deep, personal and sincere condolences to the subjects, family and friends of King Fahd.
King Fahd was a man of his time, and of his traditional culture, he did as he saw best for his family and nation.
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