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What did Bush know and when did he know it ? ;)

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For what it's worth, the Saudis deny the story. Of course this is why Israel wanted the US to enforce their agreement with Saudi Arabia and not base aircraft near the border.

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Official Source Denies Saudi Arabia Foiled an Air Suicide Attempt Against Israeli Target

www.spa.gov.sa/html/archive_e.asp?srcfile=614654&NDay=10/02/2004&wcatg=0

Riyadh, Feb. 10, SPA (Saudi Press Agency)-- An official source at the Ministry of Defense and Aviation has denied a report circulated by some media quarters while quoting the commander of the Israeli Air Force.

The report had claimed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had foiled an air suicide attempt planned to be carried out by a Saudi pilot against an Israeli target.

According to the report the pilot, who was planning to launch the suicide attack against Israel under directives of Al-Qaeda Organization, had been arrested.

'The report is entirely fabricated and false', the official source added.

--SPA 1048 Local Time 0748 GMT

[cake_crumb]

Hmmm...interesting. The lower half of the article, apparently unrelated to the title, makes it appear as though the Saudi pilot was going to attack becuase of the fence, not because of all the Irlamist rhetoric about how evil all the JOOOOOZ are.

Is the arrest real, a ploy by the Saudis to inferfere in the internal workings of a sovereign nation - which they don't generally recognize - or is the arrest and plot REAL, but the fence angle going to be spun into a Pali propaganda coup against Israel's right to protect itself?

They'll say it couldn't work because it can't protect against planes. I ALWAYS said it wouldn't work, but it's Israel's right to build it. It's the right to build it which is the distinction here.