Bush visit to Saudi Arabia
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Part 1:
The price of oil rocketed to a record high of 127.82 dollars per barrel on Friday, as US President George W. Bush prepared to urge Saudi Arabia to pump more crude…
US President George W. Bush arrived in Saudi Arabia from Israel for talks with the world’s biggest crude exporter on record oil prices that have hit Western consumers hard.
Bush’s Air Force One touched down shortly before 2:00 pm (1100 GMT) at Riyadh’s King Khaled international airport, where King Abdullah led a red-carpet welcome for the US president and his wife Laura.
Part 2: Bush fell to his knees and begged.
Part 3:
Saudi Arabia today rebuffed George Bush’s appeal to increase production and help cut record oil prices, the White House said.
It was the second time this year that the pleas of the US president, who is visiting King Abdullah, have fallen on deaf ears.
Such willing friends and allies.
Posted: Fri - May 16, 2008 at 10:18 PM