March 1, 2002
       
 
       
FACTS:

THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES.
 
IN THEIR JOINT ADDRESS FROM MINA TO THE PILGRIMS AND MUSLIMS:
KING FAHD AND PRINCE ABDULLAH: TERRORISM IS CAUSING DAMAGES AND WE CALL FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN IT AND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLES UNDER OCCUPATION TO RESISTANCE.
THE WORLD HAS TO SHOULDER ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO HALT THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
 
THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING FAHD IBN ABDUL AZIZ DIRECTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS QURAN TO THE PILGRIMS.
HUGE SAUDI EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF ESTABLISHING ISLAMIC CENTERS, MOSQUES AND ACADEMIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
TUNISIAN, ARAB AND MUSLIM NEWSPAPERS LAUDS THE KINGDOM'S SERVICES TO THE PRILGRIMS.
 
KING FAHD IN A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT LAHOUD: OUR ARAB NATION BADLY NEEDS CONSOLIDATION TO PROTECT ARAB INTERESTS AND CONFRONT THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION.
PRIME MINISTER RAFIQ AL HARIRI EXPLAINS IN ROME THE CRISIS IN THE REGION: NO ARAB LEADER WOULD ACCEPT THAT ISRAEL STAYS IN ANY INCH OF THE ARAB OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.
ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER PROMISES INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT LEBANON.
 
CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE US ''TIME'' MAGAZINE: ELIMINATING ARAFAT WOULD BE A DISASTER THAT WILL SHAKE THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD.
AMERICA CAN NOT FIGHT THE WAR ON TERRORISM ALONE AND I SUGGEST AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND DRUGS AND PUNISH THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT COMMITTED TO IT.
I HAVE GIVEN AN ANSWER ON USING FORCE AGAINST IRAQ TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND THAT IS WHERE MY ANSWER WILL REMAIN.
 
ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ'S INITIATIVE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
BUSH ANNOUNCES HIS SUPPORT TO THE SAUDI INITIATIVE AND IN A TELEPHONE CALL DISCUSSES WITH THE CROWN PRINCE THE EFFORTS FOR PEACE.
CHIRAC WELCOMES THE SAUDI IDEAS AND CONSIDERS THEM A BASE FOR A JUST AND LASTING SETTLEMENT AND ANNAN DESCRIBES THEM AS BOLD IDEAS.
HAMDAN IBN ZAYED: THE INITIATIVE PUTS AN END TO THE ISRAELI PROCRASTINATION OF THE PEACE PROCESS.
AMRE MOUSSA: IT IS A CLEAR MESSAGE WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
 
EDITORIAL: THE BACKGOUND OF PRINCE ABDULLAH'S INITIATIVE.
 
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ CONVEYS THE GREETINGS OF THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP TO THE ARMED FORCES IN THE SOUTHERN REGION AND INAUGURATES A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
THE SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MININSTER VISITS ASSIR REGION AFTER THE END OF HIS TOUR IN NAJRAN.
 
THE PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP DECIDES TO RESUME SECURITY TALKS WITH AN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION AS AN EXPRESSION OF ITS READINESS TO STABILIZE THE CEASEFIRE.
ALLOWING THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT TO MOVE INSIDE RAMALLAH HAS NOT LIFTED THE ISRAELI SIEGE OR STOPPED THE AGGRESSION AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
BUSH STRESSES IN A MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION TO ARAFAT ON THE OCCASION OF EID AL ADHA THE UNITED STATES' ADMINISTRATION COMMITMENT TO THE REALIZATION OF SECURITY AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
 
IN BRIEF