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Saudi Arabia's foreign minister arrived in the United States on Tuesday (Apr 8) for an official visit aimed at planning US President Donald Trump's expected trip to the kingdom later this spring, a source close to the Saudi royal court told Reuters. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will also discuss Gaza and the status of Yemen's Houthis during meetings with US government officials, the source said. The trip was scheduled before last week's US tariffs announcement, the source added. Trump's tariff offensive has rattled markets and raised fears of a global recession that could drive down the price of oil,...

Terry Nichols, Philippines, bombs, etc. See Mark Tapscott here: “Before Able Danger and Mohamed Atta, There Was Murrah Building Bombing and Hussain Al-Hussaini; Journalist Uncovers OKC Links to 9/11, which links to this L.A. Weekly article: “The Rohrabacher Test: Congressman questions Terry Nichols about Oklahoma City bombing”. The Mark Tapscott link also has a comprehensive statement from Jayna Davis, who has pursued this story for ten long years and has now written a book entitled “The Third Terrorist”. One interesting quote — among many — in the L.A. Weekly piece is from Richard Clarke: Clarke wrote that the theory of...

BILL Clinton might have put more pressure on Saudi Arabia to stop terrorism if he hadn't been friends with Prince Turki al Faisal al Saud from their student days together in the '60s at Georgetown. Prince Turki was the head of Saudi intelligence and the secret police in the Clinton years, and he devised the strategy of appeasement with Osama bin Laden. His son, also known as Prince Turki, also went to Georgetown from '94 to '97. Meanwhile, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who met with President Bush Tuesday, is the son of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud, the Saudi...