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Article: ABDICATION HAD BEEN SPECULATED King Fahd ailing but in command Worries about stability in Saudi Arabia heightened by recent attacks
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 14, 1996
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The bombings of U.S. military targets in Saudi Arabia have come
during a time of speculation that an ailing King Fahd was on the
verge of abdication, but he seems back in control.
Fahd faded from the stage for several months after a stroke last
November, fueling questions over the leadership of the kingdom, which
holds a quarter of the world's known oil reserves and is a U.S.
ally.
The worries about political stability have been heightened by the
two attacks aimed at U.S. military personnel a car bomb that killed
five Americans and two Indians at a Riyadh military complex Nov. 13
and the truck bomb that killed 19 Americans at a Dhahran base June
25.
The attacks, which shattered Saudi ...