SAUDI TERROR ALERT (U.S. Closing Embassy in Saudi Arabia)

Sky News ^ | 11/7/03

[sonsofliberty2000]

Does this have anything to do with the splitting moon Muslim alert yesterday?

Patriot Paradox

[lelio]

Thanks for the ping. Just a quick note: I only put up a link to the picture off of the Northeast Intelligence Network webpage, which is an interesting read, especially their notes about "4 4" code

[Dog]

Exactly...

[RandallFlagg]

SHAKANA!!

Wait. Nevermind.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

U.S. Closing Embassy in Saudi Arabia

Friday, November 07, 2003

The U.S. Embassy will close its offices to review security procedures on Saturday, while embassy officials said terrorists are close to launching an attack in the desert kingdom.

The embassy in the capital of Riyadh and the U.S. Consulates General in Jeddah and Dhahran will be closed, according to a warden message issued by the embassy on Friday.

"The embassy continues to receive credible information that terrorists in Saudi Arabia have moved from the planning to operational phase of planned attacks in the kingdom," stated the message. "The embassy strongly urges all American citizens in the kingdom to be especially vigilant when in any area that is perceived to be American or Western."

They will then advise the American community when the review is completed and when normal operations will resume.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued a warning to journalists in Afghanistan on Friday.

"The United States Embassy in Kabul has received credible information that Taliban (search) forces are actively searching for American journalists to take hostage for use as leverage for the release of Taliban currently under United States control," the embassy statement said. "American journalists in Afghanistan are urged to take immediate steps to increase their security posture in light of these threats."

In October, the embassy urged Americans in Saudi Arabia to be vigilant during the holy Islamic fasting month of Ramadan (search), which ends later this month.

On Monday, Saudi police uncovered a cell believed linked to the Al Qaeda network in the holy city of Mecca. Police believe the cell had planned to carry out attacks during Ramadan.

The alert came a day after two suspected militants, believed to be members of the Mecca cell, blew themselves up in the holy city to avoid arrest. A third suspect was killed in a shootout with security forces in Riyadh.

The Saudi government launched a nationwide security crackdown following the May 12 attacks on Western compounds in Riyadh. About 600 suspects believed linked to Al Qaeda have been arrested since the May attacks, which killed 35 people, including the nine attackers.

Fox News' Mike Emanuel, Teri Schultz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,102509,00.html

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[Sabertooth]

RAMADAN2003

[Dog]

Look at the montage in post 21.......that is an eclipse behind Tommy Franks on the bottom left hand side.....

Is it a solar or lunar eclipse...

[Dog]

Look at 21.

[Alouette]

And here's hoping the Saudis bag a few more Al Qaeda perps today.

Isn't that like saying, I hope Al Capone rubs out Bugsy Siegel.

[PrivateIdaho]

It's an "O". There are "CORBIS" watermarks on a couple of images in that picture. They grabbed images off the corbis website and since they didn't pay for them they still have the watermark.

[TexKat]

Thats GWB and Tommy Franks at the bottom. And the King of Saudi Arabia on the left. Who is that at the right top?

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[Dog]

Thanks......whew!

[swarthyguy]

Head of a jihadi viewed from the top.

[caa26]

I actually think that is Rumsfeld and not GWB at the bottom of the picture. Does anyone know if Rumsfeld is visiting the Middle East soon?

[Sabertooth]

It's an "O". There are "CORBIS" watermarks on a couple of images in that picture.

Correct.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

I think we ought to get our people out of there now!

No.

I think we ought to ARM our people out there now!

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[cookcounty]

"Reminiscent of the terror alerts in the GUlf August 2001, "

That was my thought, too. Despite the "conventional wisdom" that 9-11 came out of the blue, It in fact was preceded by a number of warnings from the state department and Condi Rice herself, that something big was probably up. I remember reading it in the Chicago papers in June 2001, and remarking on it. We just didn't know what. We don't know now, either. It's a little eerie.

[LikeLight]

Yes, I thought right away that was Rumsfeld coming through the door toward Tommy Franks . . . but I'm still perplexed by the preacher-type guy in the top left corner . . . looks like he's preaching over an area of destruction, like where a bomb had gone off or something . . . did Billy Graham do a memorial service at Ground Zero? . . .