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NARRATOR 1: After capturing
most of the Arabian Peninsula |
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with the help of
the Wahhabi Islamic warriors, |
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Ibn Saud establishes
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
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NARRATOR 2: The Wahhabis
were fiercely anti-Western. |
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They want to
go back in time |
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to a pure Islam that wasn't
threatened by the West. |
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SAUDI RULER: It was by chance
that we discovered oil. |
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We were looking for water. |
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NARRATOR 3: Despite criticism
of foreign presence in the Kingdom, |
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the King allows commercial
oil production to begin. |
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FEMALE NARRATOR 1:
The result is the first union |
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between Saudi Arabia
and the United States. |
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NARRATOR 4: To accommodate
the workforce |
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the first Western housing
compounds are created. |
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NEWSCASTER 1: The strict Islamic laws
enforced outside of these walls |
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do not apply inside. |
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NEWSCASTER 2: West and East
came together in Egypt |
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when President Roosevelt
and Ibn Saud, King of Arabia... |
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JAMES BAKER: They want America
present there in the kingdom |
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because we are their security. |
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