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While Bush, smirks through his victory lap:  

Bin Laden's main demand is met

By Sean O'Neill
(Filed: 30/04/2003) 

America's announcement of its intention to withdraw
its military bases from Saudi Arabia answers Osama bin
Laden's most persistent demand.

More than any other cause it was the presence of
"crusader" forces in the land of Islam's holiest sites
- Mecca and Medina - that turned bin Laden from Afghan
jihadi into an international terrorist.

A wealthy Saudi with royal connections, bin Laden fell
out with the House of Saud largely because it
permitted US bases in the country. [...] 

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<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/30/wsaud230.xml/>




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