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- ↑ "Witnesses: Saudi forces fire on protesters, injure 3 - CNN". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2013-03-15. "Witnesses: Saudi forces fire on protesters, injure 3", March 10, 2011, Jamjoom, CNN
- ↑ Michael Holmes , "Muslims on Hajj", Aired January 19, 2005, CNN, transcript accessed April 8, 2011.
- ↑ Robert Worth "Unrest Encircles Saudis, Stoking Sense of Unease," February 19, 2011, New York Times.
- ↑ "IGA Overview." Gulfinstitute.org. Accessed September 2011.
