" The KSA forces failed to dislodge the Mahdists and had to...

" The KSA forces failed to dislodge the Mahdists and had to call in help from the French. In the several weeks it took to kill or capture them-the alleged Mahdi was killed in the fighting, al-`Utaybi taken prisoner and soon executed-the Mahdist forces broadcast a five-point agenda from the Great Mosque loudspeakers: sever relations with the West in order to protect Islamic values expel all foreigners from KSA stop all oil exports to the West, particularly the U.S. overthrow the…