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The president made no mention of struggles for greater rights in neighboring Saudi Arabia, another close ally.
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Suddenly, Shia populations in eastern Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Bahrain could demand greater recognition, an end to discrimination, maybe even some form of autonomy.
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All but a couple of Saudi Arabia's 11 close neighbours facing a degree of unrest, and those two, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, have tiny native populations, proportionally even greater hoards of cash, and traditions of openness and tolerance that contrast starkly with Saudi Arabia.
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