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Why Did Saudi Arabia Cut Off Oil Shipments to the United

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Why did Saudi Arabia cut off oil shipments to the United States in 1973?


A) Saudi Arabia wanted to force U.S. intervention in the October War.
B) Saudi Arabia feared Soviet retaliation if it continued to supply the United States with oil.
C) President Carter was refusing to pay full price for Saudi oil shipments.
D) The United States had become involved in the conflict in Nicaragua.
E) The United States had sent emergency aid to Israel during the October War.

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