the_saudi_'puzzle' somebody iJun052004 The Saudi puzzle Thursday, June 3, 2004 SINCE SEPT. 11, 2001, Saudi Arabia doesn't like what it is hearing. Will the brittle, royal kingdom collapse? Why did the al Qaeda terrorists spring from there? As every American holding a gas-pump nozzle wonders, what happens next? http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/03/EDGPU6V6BP1.DTL 040605 ... kx21 * Intelligence_estimate * The number of "Genuine Terrorists" in the Saudi Arabia is more than that in Iraq. Tell / Show one why_not... And_I_will_tell_you_how_wonder_you_are... 040605 ... Jun052004 Saudi Edict Urges Informing on Militants Sat Jun 5, 6:17 AM ET RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's top religious authority has issued an edict urging citizens and residents to inform authorities about suspected militants planning terror activities. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040605/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_terrorism_1 040605 ... iJun052004 "Saudi Time Bomb?" Introduction Posted nov 15, 2001 Can America still count on one of its most important allies in the Arab world -- Saudi Arabia? Or does an undercurrent of militant Islamic fundamentalism threaten the stability of both Saudi Arabia and the entire region? FRONTLINE and The New York Times explore these and other questions in "Saudi Time Bomb?" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/ 040605 040612 ... iJun122004 Foreigners in Saudi Arabia Try to Blend In Fri Jun 11, 6:39 PM ET RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The surge of terror attacks targeting foreigners at the office, in the home and on the street have rattled the nearly 9 million outsiders who play a key role in Saudi Arabia's economy. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040611/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_foreign_fears_3 040612 ... Jun122004 American Shot and Killed in Saudi Capital 46 minutes ago http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20040612/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_american_killed 040612 ... iJun122004 Fresh blows to shaky Saudi security 12 June, 2004, 17:28 GMT 18:28 UK Saudi Arabia has won US praise this year for a crackdown on al-Qaeda The shooting deaths of two Americans in separate incidents in the days after the attack on two BBC journalists in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh are further reminders of the dangers now faced by foreigners in the conservative Muslim kingdom. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3784539.stm 040612 ... Jun152004 Website shows US hostage in Saudi Wednesday, 16 June, 2004, 01:10 GMT 02:10 UK Mr Johnson has been missing since Saturday An Islamist website has posted a video of a US citizen abducted on Saturday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with a threat to kill him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3810659.stm 040615 ... iJun152004 Saudi prince: Zionism to blame for terror attack June 15, 2004 Official says Israel, supporters share bin Laden's objective http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5218227/ 040616 ... iJun162004 Son Pleads With Saudis for Father's Safety 55 minutes ago TRENTON, N.J. - The son of an American kidnapped in Saudi Arabia pleaded with the Saudi government Wednesday to work to free his father, saying he "does not deserve this." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20040617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_hostage 040616 ... iJun182004 US Saudi hostage ultimatum looms 18 June, 2004, 08:24 GMT 09:24 UK Saudi authorities are stepping up their search for a US hostage whose captors have threatened to kill him on Friday if their demands are not met. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3817771.stm 040618 ... somebody Search for American hostage intensifies 72 hour deadline presumably ends Friday evening June 18, 2004 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5196406/ 040618 ... somebody ... 040618 ... u24 Test ... 040618 ... Jun182004 18 June, 2004, 22:28 GMT 23:28 UK Militants behead US hostage Mr Johnson's wife pleaded for his release on Arabic TV Al-Qaeda militants have beheaded an American engineer they were holding hostage in Saudi Arabia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3820495.stm 040618 ... smurfus rex you'd think after the first beheading they would have seen that it doesn't get them what they want... kinda morbid, but it's interesting that hostage takers in the US don't usually follow through with their threats, y'know? 040618 ... kx21 "The Saudi Civil War" Who is fighting? Who will win? By Lee Smith Posted Friday, June 18, 2004, at 2:50 PM PT http://slate.msn.com/id/2102628/ 040618 ... . Powell Hopes Americans Stay in Saudi Despite Risks 55 minutes ago "And I don't think either the Saudis, the Americans or these brave folks who work in Saudi Arabia want the terrorists to win." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=716&e=12&u=/nm/20040619/ts_nm/security_mideast_usa_dc 040618 ... somebody Is Al Qaeda Winning in Saudi Arabia? June 18, 2004; 1:57 PM "The decision of the United States and Great Britain to withdraw their diplomats shows the terrorist offensive has "scored noticeable success," according to Al-Quds al-Arabi (in Arabic), a Saudi-owned, London-based newspaper. The paper said U.S. demands that the Saudi government "put more efforts into confronting the perpetrators of these attacks, dry up all their financial sources, and exchange information with the United States" are misplaced. The editors argue that U.S. pressure for a forceful crackdown on the Islamic extremists will not succeed. "The use of security solutions might achieve some successes but they remain limited ones because the problem has political, economic, and social dimensions," they wrote. Until those problems are addressed, the attackers may be able to "achieve the aim of toppling the ruling family or turning the country into a stage for bloody chaos." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48401-2004Jun17.html 040618 ... somebody Bush, Cheney Assail Johnson's Killers Fri Jun 18, 8:34 PM ET WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday denounced the beheading of U.S. hostage Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia and said he will not allow "these kinds of extremist thugs" to intimidate America. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=2&u=/ap/20040619/ap_on_re_us/us_saudi_arabia_3 040618 ... somebody Saudi Builds a Reputation as Leader of Terror Cell http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50657-2004Jun17.html 040618 ... iJun192004 Flight of foreigners a serious threat to Saudi Arabia Expert estimates 40% had departed before beheading http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/19/MNGVD78VD81.DTL 040619 ... u24 Test1 Al Qaeda militants say they were helped by Saudi forces Sunday, June 20, 2004 http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/20/saudi.militants/index.html 040620 ... Radicals return Saudis facing return of radicals http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5412152 WashPost: Saudi militants who went to Iraq to fight coalition forces are returning home to fight the Saudi government, experts say. 040711 ... and Saudis Find Head of American Hostage Wed Jul 21,11:17 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040722/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_militants&cid=540&ncid=716 Johnson, a 49-year-old engineer with Apache helicopter maker Lockheed Martin, was kidnapped and beheaded by militants in Saudi Arabia last month. Only his head was found, the Interior Ministry said, a search continued for the rest of his body. 040722 ... 3 August 2004 Irishman Killed in Saudi Office Tue Aug 3, 1:24 PM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=535&ncid=535&e=7&u=/ap/20040803/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_irishman_killed The Saudi official said at least two armed men stormed the office of the Saudi-owned company Rocky for Trade and Construction at 6:30 p.m. and began shooting. 040803 ... 31 August 2004 Saudi authorities play down latest shooting in the kingdom 6 minutes ago 040831 ... Yahoo! Search RIYADH (AFP) - As Washington again advised its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia after a US diplomatic car was targetted in a shooting, the kingdom sought to play down the latest incident of unrest on its soil. 040831 ... 911 Blasts in Saudi city mar 9/11 anniversary Sat Sep 11,12:09 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Two cars blew up outside banks in Jeddah, raising concern about a fresh wave of unrest in Saudi Arabia as the world marked the third anniversary of the September 11 (911) attacks in the United States. 2004 040911 ... 921 Al-Qaeda claims murder of Briton in Saudi Arabia Tue Sep 21, 3:33 PM ET 040922 ... 21 Sep 2004 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040921/wl_uk_afp/saudi_unrest_britain_040921193357&e=2 Britain has urged its citizens to stay away from Saudi Arabia and advised those living here, who number between 25,000 and 30,000, to take tight security precautions. 040922 ... 1206 - Gunmen attack US consulate in Jeddah, up to 12 killed - AFP via Yahoo! News (Dec 6, 2004) - Eight Killed in Attack on U.S. Mission in Jeddah - Reuters via Yahoo! News (Dec 6, 2004) - Gun battle at US Jeddah mission - at BBC (Dec 6, 2004) - Gunmen Raid U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia - at The New York Times (reg. req'd) (Dec 6, 2004) 041206 ... 1242005 Eight Saudis die in worst storm for 20 years 24 6:27 AM 050125 ... . after being washed away by flood waters near the western city of Medina during the worst torrential storm to hit Saudi Arabia in 20 years. 050125 ... 1252005 Flooding kills 29 in Saudi Arabia 050125 ... http http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4205373.stm 050125 ... 262005 Saudis 'reform militants' on web 17:15 GMT 050206 ... ... Islamist militants themselves have made extensive use of the internet... 050206 ... 2102005 Saudis Vote in First Nationwide Elections 6 minutes ago 050210 ... ??? marking the first time that Saudis were taking part in a regular poll that conforms to international_standards." 050210 ... 1 hour ago Saudi Arabia Gunbattle Leaves 4 Dead ABC News - 4212005 050421 ... Mecca in Islam"s holiest city... 050421 ... 5152005 555 + 10 050515 ... Iraq "Martyrs" In Mostly Saudis 050515 ... CIA Saudis 050515 ... ? Saudi 050515 ... * Saudi_Arabia * 050515 ... Sunnis The vast majority of the people of Saudi Arabia are - Sunni Muslims. 050515 ... andru235 what a puzzle. the bushes. the oil barons. the saudis. the money. in the bedroom. with the lead pipe. (or was it...*gasp*...a plane?) 050515 ... andru235 oh, oops. i meant to blame it all on religions. (...religious pawns in the service of wealthy all-but-self-proclaimed kings, that is...) 050515 ... andru235 oh, my mistake. i meant to blame it all on nation states. (...the spoon-fed-by-wealthy-corporate-media-with-an-agenda residents of nation-states who would probably like each other and be friends if not polarized against one another by greedy-power-mongers, that is...) 050515 ... what Bush said The Heart_and_mind of all-but-self-proclaimed kings:- _'if_you're_not_with_me_then_you're_my__... 050515 ... enemy '. Is that the "Final_answer"? 050515 ... given the "genuine" Freedom_and_Democracy in Human_spaces... 050515 ... Israel Forum - CIA: Saudi Arabia pays Arabs to kill Americans 050519 ... U.S. ... OPERATION: IRAQI FREEDOM CIA: Saudi Arabia funds Sunni insurgency Post-war www.israelforum.com/board/archive/index.php/t-3546.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages death_'toll' surpasses that during conflict ... 050519 ... 812005 ... 050801 ... 17 hours ago Saudi_Arabia: From Oasis to Terrorist Breeding Ground... 050801 ... 5 hours ago 812005 050801 ... U.K. terror ring may have Saudi connection 050801 ... most ... of al_Qaida. Osama_bin_Laden was born in Saudi_Arabia and is a member of one of its prestigious families. At some point this ... 050801 ... kx cuarenta y cinco new from coleco batteries se incluir 050802 ... 2 hours ago 8152005 050815 ... all Saudi_Arabia yesterday called upon Israel to withdraw its forces from Palestinian territory... 050815 what's it to you? who go blather from