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Jul 17 2007, AMIT

A shocking revelation for many Americans, but a reality in the Middle East - nationals of Saudi Arabia constitute the majority chunk of Al Qaeda led insurgency in Iraq. Since the beginning of the Iraq occupation, the White House is hell-bent on...

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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini at the Italian Foreign Ministry, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Al-Faisal says the owners of a hijacked oil...