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Google wasn't a great help, nor was the UN site. Do you know of any sanctions against them? :( ...or :)

Google wasn't a great help, nor was the UN site. Do you know of any sanctions against them? :( ...or :)

Nope. No sanctions.

The house of Saud has great relations with the American administration. It has always been that way ever since US took over the mantle of "running the world" from the UK after WWII. US "inherited" a lot of policies and relationship from the Brits.

FYI, it was the Brits who resurrected the house of Saud (arming them with latest weapons and such) and helped them take over Saudi Arabia. They were originally driven away from Saudi Arabia and were taking refuge in what is now known as Kuwait.

Oh, we love their gushing, black man-liquid!

Seeing as how the US government routinely holds meetings with them, and they are the effective head of OPEC with the world's largest spare oil capacity, I'm going to say that there aren't any sanctions.

Son of a bitch. Well, my partner for the model UN and I have this idea for a proposal: Put sanctions on Uzbekistan for human rights violations....I know that's the pot calling the kettle black, but stop laughing.

Son of a bitch. Well, my partner for the model UN and I have this idea for a proposal: Put sanctions on Uzbekistan for human rights violations....I know that's the pot calling the kettle black, but stop laughing.

You've got the oil, so nobody's going to say it to your face or do anything about it. Look at it that way.

I'd love it if the world slapped sanctions on Saudi Arabia, so their economy would crumble to dust, and their totalitarian monarchy would disintegrate. Few countries on Earth abuse human rights more flagrantly than Saudi Arabia.

I'd love it if the world slapped sanctions on Saudi Arabia, so their economy would crumble to dust, and their totalitarian monarchy would disintegrate. Few countries on Earth abuse human rights more flagrantly than Saudi Arabia.

Sadly enough we are dependant on Saudi Arabia...because of the lovely black liquid called oil. Without their oil OUR economies would crumble.

In the capitalist West, Saudi Arabian oil owns you.

In the capitalist West, Saudi Arabian oil owns you.
Truer words were never spoken, the way they treat Women is barbaric, the way they treat people wanting free elections is savage, but come to think about it i heard on Lou Dobbs that if an election were held in Saudi Arabia Osama Bin Lauden would win, and there on the verge of revolution.
we want democracy for Iraq but not the Saudi people, people forget in a Democrocy the people get to choosie there leaders wheather anyone else in the world agrees with there policys or not, just look at our very own George Bush for that.

Oct. 1, 2005, 12:01AM

U.S. gives Saudis reprieve on religious restrictions
By BARRY SCHWEID
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has postponed punishing Saudi Arabia for restricting religious freedom, giving the U.S. ally six more months to show it has made progress in its treatment of religious minorities.
One year ago, the State Department declared that religious freedom was absent in the Arab kingdom. The Bush administration could have imposed sanctions, such as trade restrictions.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice notified Congress last week that she had authorized a 180-day waiver of action against Saudi Arabia "in order to allow additional time for the continuation of discussions leading to progress on important religious freedom issues."
Rice raised the issue last week in Washington with the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, and emphasized the importance of continuing to work on this issue.
Last week, the department notified Congress that Rice had banned commercial exports of certain defense articles to Eritrea. The African country was cited a year ago along with Saudi Arabia and Vietnam as having records of serious concern on religious freedom.
It was the first time sanctions were applied to any country under U.S. religious freedom law.