[madrussian]

With the Saudis for example, we could tell the Saudi government: our intelligence shows that Mahmud al-Wahood ibn Khattab sends money to Osama, please put Mr Khattab in jail. You can expect from them a degree of cooperation far beter than what Israel was getting from Arafat.

The Saudis are dependent on the US and are cooperating to some extent, but there is always a limit to what you can ask them. Can you make them eradicate financial support of jihads in the Balkans and Causasus by private persons? I wouldn't be so sure. The relationship between the Saudis and Americans is hardly alike to the one between Israelis and Palestinians, so a comparison is invalid.

[annalex]

Can you make [the Saudis] eradicate financial support of jihads in the Balkans and Causasus by private persons?

Not completely, but they will try. Arafat won't even try, and he has promised to. You bet there is no comparison, that is my point.