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Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN Special Report | Saudi Arabia: Kingdom of Secrets

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

CNN's Fareed Zakaria explores a country where women are property, music and movies are evil - until a new Crown Prince brings unimaginable freedoms. But there is a dark side - is Saudi Arabia's new regime guilty of murder? Fareed focuses on the deeply troubled U.S.-Saudi relationship, from 9/11 to the current crisis. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

President after President, our partnership is important to both our nations.

0:21.1

Decade after decade.

0:23.3

We have a great friendship. America has always returned to the arms of an old friend,

0:37.7

the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the pariah that they are, a president who vowed to be different.

0:47.0

President Biden is about to kiss the ring of NBS.

0:49.6

It's going to be awkward.

0:53.0

He's now just another patron of a prince.

0:56.8

The Crown Prince is a wrecking ball, a dictator renowned for a very brutal laugh.

1:05.7

The shook jeez body was dismembered.

1:07.8

Brought a bone saw into the car accident.

1:10.4

Chopped up into small pieces.

1:13.2

Why would you bring a bone saw to an interrogation?

1:16.3

Who is at the same time a reformer?

1:18.6

This man is extremely popular.

1:21.0

Revolutionizing his nation.

1:23.6

New era, new age, lots and more.

1:26.5

The Kingdom's power lies under the desert sands.

1:31.3

Just keep your pumps open, your price is low, and you can do whatever you want out back.

1:37.2

Liquid gold.

1:39.9

Oil.

1:41.4

He's America betraying its values or shrewdly coming to terms with reality.

1:48.2

To understand this unusual relationship, you need to understand the very unusual country

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