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Saudi boycott

>BUSINESSES IN SAUDI ARABIA FEEL PINCH OF "BOYCOTT US"
>CAMPAIGN
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>By OMAR HASAN, Agence France Presse, 5/8/02
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>A grass-roots campaign to boycott US products in Saudi Arabia has already
>taken its toll on many local businesses, with sales dropping drastically,
>executives and activists said Wednesday.
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>The campaign, a protest against perceived US support for Israel, is being
>conducted from mosques, schools and universities, and through newspapers,
>the Internet and mobile phone text messages urging consumers to shun
>products originating from the United States.
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>The Saudi "boycott US" drive mirrors a similar campaign which
>gathered momentum in several parts of the Arab world at the peak of
>Israel's invasion of Palestinian lands that began on March 29.
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>Imams at Saudi mosques have been delivering fiery sermons urging
>worshippers to drop US consumer goods in favor of other products, ruling
>that supporting the US economy amounts to killing Palestinians and other
>Muslims under attack. Young Saudi boys stand in front of major shopping
>malls to distribute flyers and leaflets containing a long list of brand
>names that must be boycotted "in support of our Palestinian
>brothers."
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>"I have never seen such an organized anti-US campaign in the
>kingdom. It looks as if everyone is involved, from school students to
>religious clerics," a Saudi businessman told AFP.
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>"Two days ago, a carefully-prepared 20-page file was thrown into my
>house, containing all the information about US products that we should
>stop buying. They are organized," the businessman added...
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