Another Saudi-American plot

First you read this in Economist (the best magazine there is): "Speaking through a loud-hailer from the back of his blast-proof Toyota Landcruiser (a gift from Saudi Arabia’s King)". And then you read this in the New York Times: "As American confidence in the Pakistani government wanes, the Obama administration is reaching out more directly than before to Nawaz Sharif, the chief rival of Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani president, administration officials said Friday."