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Reader comment on item: What Riyadh Buys [in Washington]
Submitted by Ed Melik (Kuwait), Aug 29, 2005 at 01:57
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| American human rights activist illegally arrested in Kuwait. [1271 words] | John Locke | Oct 11, 2005 00:45 | 26776 | ||
 Rubbish [82 words] | Ex co-worker | Jul 7, 2007 14:48 | 26776 | ||
 Inquiry [82 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ed Melik | Aug 29, 2005 01:57 | 25165 | ||
| What Riyadh Buys [in Washington] [1252 words] | Ed Melik | Aug 29, 2005 01:52 | 25164 | ||
| Why we can't pull out of Iraq even if we want to? [890 words] | Ed Melik, Esq. | Aug 19, 2005 08:41 | 24898 | ||
| Terrorism Kuwaiti style. [1611 words] | Ed Melik, Kuwait | Jan 21, 2005 04:41 | 19797 | |
| honestly [190 words] | Hammad | Nov 3, 2008 00:32 | 19797 | ||
| simple reply [132 words] | Abdul-Ghaphor M. Hajjieh | Jul 31, 2009 05:23 | 19797 | ||
| 1 | Corruption in the US Embassy, Kuwait [834 words] | Ed Melik, Kuwait | Jan 10, 2005 12:07 | 19564 | |
| A COMMUNIST CURSES THE DARKNESS [208 words] | ABUTOM | Jul 30, 2006 10:47 | 19564 | ||
| Wow, you've made some serious accusations [103 words] | Jeff | Mar 9, 2007 06:18 | 19564 | ||
| 1 | We expected America to save and preserve this fine world [97 words] | Laxman | Oct 8, 2004 14:52 | 17562 | |
| United Saudi States of America [221 words] | I | Jan 29, 2003 01:42 | 6082 | ||
| saudi buying us slaves [38 words] | nathan serlin | Dec 20, 2002 11:23 | 4989 | ||
| 1 | The problem starts at the Top. [110 words] | Jon W | Dec 18, 2002 20:00 | 4854 | |
| Let's contact our congressmen and women! [35 words] | Diana | Dec 17, 2002 13:50 | 4697 | ||
| pay for congress [88 words] | Elizabeth Gould | Apr 8, 2011 18:32 | 4697 | ||
| Did Riyadh buy the INS too? [37 words] | Rachel Neuwirth | Dec 16, 2002 21:01 | 4647 | ||
| 1 | Could it be that this is just the tip of the ICEBERG?? [259 words] | RM Paine | Dec 16, 2002 04:27 | 4642 | |
| Surprised! [98 words] | Allan Turk | Dec 15, 2002 19:32 | 4640 | ||
| An illusion of a war on terror [93 words] | J.Shearer | Dec 15, 2002 17:10 | 4637 | ||
| Doubtful? [81 words] | Tino Zahedi | Dec 15, 2002 16:21 | 4636 | ||
| 1 | Idi Amin [50 words] | Michael E. Allison | Dec 15, 2002 15:56 | 4635 | |
| They're good! [28 words] | Joshua Scholar | Dec 15, 2002 12:25 | 4634 | ||
| What does Kissinger have to hide? [40 words] | Keith O'Dell | Dec 14, 2002 21:49 | 4629 | ||
| To commenter Alan Linden. Check the facts. [326 words] | Ron McGail, Phd | Dec 14, 2002 20:14 | 4628 | ||
| 2 | Culture of " bakshish" in the Arab world [204 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ron McGail, Phd | Dec 14, 2002 18:16 | 4625 | |
| reply from ryiadh [200 words] | souissi fahed | Mar 5, 2007 07:03 | 4625 | ||
| I endorse Karsten Brasch's view point. [133 words] | Hari Iyer | Dec 14, 2002 14:43 | 4616 | ||
| Free minds value the truth [139 words] | Edward Cline | Dec 14, 2002 11:17 | 4613 | ||
| Profs don't often need money. [92 words] | A. J. | Dec 14, 2002 03:31 | 4609 | ||
| One possible method to curb Saudi intolerance [118 words] | Karsten Brasch | Dec 14, 2002 01:23 | 4606 | ||
| Finally Explained [57 words] | Roger Homefield | Dec 13, 2002 21:34 | 4603 | ||
| Don't forget the media [251 words] | Mark Kaye | Dec 13, 2002 20:13 | 4601 | ||
| Disgusted [150 words] | B. Furey | Dec 13, 2002 19:57 | 4600 | ||
| Good to note Hume Horan [182 words] | Brenda | Dec 13, 2002 16:47 | 4598 | ||
| It's not just the Saudis doing it [11 words] | Tom Pensyl | Dec 13, 2002 16:30 | 4597 | ||
| Privilege often corrupts [185 words] | Linda | Dec 13, 2002 15:08 | 4594 | ||
| Let's (bank)roll [90 words] | Mark | Dec 13, 2002 14:33 | 4590 | ||
| Typical but infuriating nonetheless [8 words] | Len Steckler | Dec 13, 2002 13:20 | 4588 | ||
| Thanks for your work [47 words] | Galen Woods | Dec 13, 2002 13:19 | 4587 | ||
| With friends like these... [84 words] | Arlene Swartzman | Dec 13, 2002 11:51 | 4585 | ||
| Department Of State [28 words] | Warren Harrop | Dec 13, 2002 10:34 | 4584 | ||
| Everyone loves to hate the State Department! [50 words] | Jeff | Mar 9, 2007 06:22 | 4584 | ||
| The Saudis aren't the only ones buying Washington [80 words] | David Monty | Dec 13, 2002 09:31 | 4581 | ||
| 1 | Saudi Arabia is the leading terrorist country in the world [60 words] | F. Shawki | Dec 13, 2002 07:51 | 4580 | |
| I Don't think So!!! [32 words] | David White | Nov 23, 2008 14:53 | 4580 | ||
| Expose on Saudi favors to American officials must continue [55 words] | David Schoen | Dec 12, 2002 21:58 | 4574 | ||
| 1 | Sucking up to the Saudis [81 words] | Dave Bastyr | Dec 12, 2002 20:27 | 4573 | |
| freedom of speech [33 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | hansjan | Feb 13, 2006 17:58 | 4573 | ||
| seven million developing [70 words] | Louisa | Feb 21, 2009 17:28 | 4573 | ||
| You scratch mine, I scratch yours [109 words] | Carey E. Stronach | Dec 12, 2002 19:19 | 4572 | ||
| 1 | University staffs [45 words] | Janin | Dec 12, 2002 18:30 | 4571 | |
| Oil supply: what about Russian oil? [37 words] | Ted Bell | Dec 12, 2002 17:51 | 4570 | ||
| To commenter Rick Ragland, what's your price for oil? [56 words] | Don Carlin | Dec 12, 2002 17:47 | 4569 | ||
| 2 | US Embassy treats Americans poorly [130 words] | Don Carlin | Dec 12, 2002 17:43 | 4568 | |
| Backscratching [76 words] | Becky McClain | Dec 12, 2002 15:59 | 4567 | ||
| 1 | Money is a power. [226 words] | Sheerahkahn | Dec 12, 2002 14:46 | 4566 | |
| Arab Money and Jimmy Carter [12 words] | David Neubart | Dec 12, 2002 13:12 | 4564 | ||
| 2 | Foundational Erosion [381 words] | Noel Leerskov | Dec 12, 2002 13:03 | 4563 | |
| Stop Riyadh buying U.S. execs-1st anti-terrorism step. [284 words] | herchelle young | Dec 12, 2002 12:07 | 4562 | ||
| 1 | Saudi Arabia's influence: on US campuses too? [48 words] | Carolyn Hathaway | Dec 12, 2002 11:52 | 4561 | |
| The "Loophole Syndrome" [53 words] | Ken Harris | Dec 12, 2002 11:16 | 4560 | ||
| Saudi money to former officials [156 words] | Brian Kheel | Dec 12, 2002 11:01 | 4558 | ||
| Who can expose the depth of corruption? [101 words] | Howard Newman | Dec 12, 2002 09:52 | 4555 | ||
| Corruption in KSA [147 words] | Edward Whited | Dec 12, 2002 09:51 | 4554 | ||
| 1 | Saudi Money and the United States [247 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Dec 12, 2002 09:17 | 4553 | |
| what can we do? [99 words] | Samy Mikhail | Dec 12, 2002 09:13 | 4552 | ||
| Saudi buying influence in the Executive branch [102 words] | Tom Waldeck | Dec 12, 2002 08:34 | 4550 | ||
| Selling America [28 words] | Lawrence L. Smith | Dec 12, 2002 06:24 | 4547 | ||
| Oiled Palms [152 words] | Dennis Spain | Dec 12, 2002 02:18 | 4543 | ||
| Mark [2 words] | Thank You | Apr 17, 2007 14:30 | 4543 | ||
| Mark [2 words] | Thank You | Apr 18, 2007 11:53 | 4543 | ||
| Thank You [2 words] | Alex | May 24, 2007 20:16 | 4543 | ||
| Thank You [2 words] | Alex | Jun 10, 2007 06:24 | 4543 | ||
| Let the light shine in [97 words] | B. Murgatroyd | Dec 11, 2002 20:15 | 4540 | ||
| This is the best explanation yet [47 words] | Robert Hanz | Dec 11, 2002 19:23 | 4539 | ||
| 1 | Revisiting The Arabists [90 words] | Linda Staitz Cooke | Dec 11, 2002 15:56 | 4536 | |
| Money is more important than lives? [214 words] | Lisa | Dec 11, 2002 14:21 | 4535 | ||
| Interesting Analysis [229 words] | Stephen | Dec 11, 2002 13:34 | 4534 | ||
| Officials should display sponsors like race car drivers... [87 words] | John Schaefer | Dec 11, 2002 13:15 | 4533 | ||
| To commenter Alan Linden [63 words] | David Cohen | Dec 11, 2002 12:49 | 4530 | ||
| Interesting [36 words] | Alan Linden | Dec 11, 2002 12:04 | 4527 | ||
| Filthy Lucre [150 words] | Jack Ajzenberg | Dec 11, 2002 10:44 | 4522 | ||
| What the U.S. gets in return [93 words] | Rick Ragland | Dec 11, 2002 10:39 | 4521 | ||
| Traitors in our midst [124 words] | Glenn Klotz | Dec 11, 2002 09:38 | 4519 | ||
| Go somewhere else for oil shopping! [144 words] | Ghaly Shafik | Dec 11, 2002 09:30 | 4518 | ||
| Pre-emptive bribing [52 words] | Jeff Bercovitch | Dec 11, 2002 07:40 | 4516 |
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