Andy Critchlow, Reuters: Saudi U.S. selloff threat not to be trifled with
Saudi Arabia rarely jokes about money. So investors can’t easily dismiss a threat that the kingdom will dump its American assets if the U.S. Congress passes a bill allowing victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to sue it for damages. Though a fire-sale would be devastating, it suggests the alternative – an Iran-style freezing of assets – would be an even worse outcome.
The warning to Washington lawmakers that the kingdom would sell its U.S. securities portfolio to prevent it from being seized was delivered by Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, according to The New York Times. The report claimed Saudi would be forced to offload up to $750 billion of dollar assets if a bill became law that would strip immunity from foreign governments in cases “arising from a terrorist attack that kills an American on American soil.”
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 22, 2016
The American Women of ISIS: Who they are, why they're joining, and what life is like once they get there. -- Kate Storey, Marie Claire
The Fourth Jihadist Wave -- Carl Bildt, Project Syndicate
Why Fight the ‘Long War?’ -- A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner, CATO Institute
Yemen: Is a political deal on the horizon? -- Luke Coffey, Al Jazeera
Sadr's challenge to Iraq's sectarian politics -- Ibrahim al-Marashi, Al Jazeera
Would a Mideast Marshall Plan Work? -- Kevin Sullivan, Real Clear World
The Pentagon Insults Its Afghan Victims -- New York Times editorial
Obama’s Endless War -- Bing West, NRO
Why the U.S. Doesn't Want Britain to Secede -- Bloomberg editorial
An Ominous Collapse Casts a Shadow Over Rio de Janeiro -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg
Brazil, the great betrayal: Dilma Rousseff has let her country down. But so has the entire political class -- The Economist
Higher Oil Prices: Be Careful What You Wish For -- Brad McMillan, Forbes
Clean energy can upset global water supplies -- Kerry Skyring, DW
The 2016 Presidential Contenders Have Spent $1 Billion -- Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal and Carrie Levine, Time
Also recall the executive formerly known as Prince -- Rob Cox, Reuters
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