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Re:Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO by nl on Monday October 21, 2019 @09:28AM (#21311988)
Ironically, Saudi Arabia is one of the places where colonialism wasn't really a problem.

Saudi Arabia was under Ottoman "control" (in quotes, because the idea of control in the Ottoman empire varied greatly) until WW1. After WW1 it became independent under Abdulaziz.

Saudi Arabia was never under British control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saudi_Arabia#Unific...

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Re:Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO by apta on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:03PM (#21313810)
The British supported the Pan-Arab uprising, so they were involved in the politics of the region for quite a while now.
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Re:Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO by nl on Monday October 21, 2019 @06:58PM (#21318492)
Sure, but:

a) The Pan-Arab uprising was a pretty minor affair in Saudi Arabia - mostly it was just an extension of the existing war/rivalry between the house of Saud and Al Rashid.

b) It was WW1. The most of the world was at war, and it is unreasonable to expect the Arab world to be unaffected.

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