Saudi Royal Family- Navigated to the modern political landscape to avoid being taken advantage of by other superpowers.
Wahhabism- Ultra-conservative form of Sunni-Islam.
Hajj- Holiest site in faith located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
ARAMCO- Key US company for cheap oil to help strengthen the U.S.- Saudi relationship.
Mahdi Army- 1979 terrorist group that took over the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden- Osama bin Laden's father.
Al Qaeda- Osama bin Laden developed it with his inheritance from his father.
Persian Gulf- Waterway where oil tankers travel.
Zacarias Moussauoi- Claimed more than a dozen Saudi figures where donors to Al Qaeda and that a Saudi diplomat in Washington discussed with him a plot to shoot down Air Force One.
-1980s- US and Saudi Arbaia were partners in bankrolling the Mujahedeen.
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