Saudi Arabia permits American troops to use its bases

The US daily the " Washington Post" said on Friday that Saudi Arabia has indicated it will permit the American planes and forces positioned on its territories to take part in a military action against Usama Bin Laden and the movement ( Taliban) which hosts him in Afghanistan.

The paper added that the new Saudi assurances permitted the American officials to give up the idea of establishing an alternative leadership center in another place in the Gulf area.