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Actually, the Saudis have been getting a *lot* of flak from the US government. So much in fact, that they recently decided to finally attack "Al-Qaida" terrorists (just a tag) instead of blaming terror attacks on foreigners; usually Westerners, who did it to control the illegal alcohol market... Just because it's not all over the front pages doesn't mean that the Saudis aren't getting overt threats. I'd say there were enough unofficial threats in the past years, such as a semi-official government report (later denounced as "too extreme") that suggested the US nuke Mecca.
As I said, they're slowly changing their ways, because the government there can see where this is going. They won't stay a "friend" for long if they keep ignoring the problem. Remember: Saddam used to be everyone's friend too, until he went too far.
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