It is perfectly normal for us to meet serving Saudi military officers.

But he said the Saudi political officers were smiling.

The Saudi officer glanced at the wide screen at the front of the room.

A Saudi officer tried the hot line for the third time in less than 24 hours.

A Saudi Arabian officer reported at a briefing that there were no more air sorties yesterday than the day before.

"I have a company moving to cover it," a Saudi officer reported.

Every Saudi officer in the room was still senior to him, but they'd come to see the logic of his proposal.

The Saudi officer noted that such a step would require closing a parking lot adjoining a public park and a small mosque.

And the relations between American advisers and Saudi officers over the years have created headaches you wouldn't believe.

Several Saudi officers were wounded in the gun battle, the officials said.