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Article: U.S. Military Presence in Saudi Arabia to Dwindle after Any War with Iraq.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- February 22, 2003
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By Warren P. Strobel, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 22--WASHINGTON -- The United States and Saudi Arabia intend to drastically reduce or eliminate the politically sensitive U.S. military presence in the desert kingdom after any war with Iraq, according to senior officials from both nations.
The presence of U.S. combat troops, first deployed in 1990 to protect Saudi oil fields after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, has increasing drawbacks for both countries.
Many Saudis strongly object to having non-Muslim troops in the land of Islam's two holiest sites, Mecca and Medina.
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