Al-Qaida operative claims responsibility for Saudi attack

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 5/30/04 | Sarah El Deeb - AP/Bahrain

[farmfriend]

ping

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Added the keyword, SAUDIARABIA; lots of threads show up with that; I'll ping you to a few.

[NormsRevenge]

You got it, Thanks!

Looks like the Saudis took out their own trash... It could have been a lot worse.

[snopercod]

No mention of the slit throats. I guess the word is out to play that down.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That is mentioned in some of the other report.

[eastforker]

Add to that, that 3 terrorist got away clean .

[no dems]

Good !! Saudi Arabia hates the U.S. I believe that 11 of the 19 hijackers of 9/11 were from and supported by Saudi Arabia. Let the terrorists brow beat them until they have to give us free oil to come to their aid.

[NormsRevenge]

I haven't read any reports on this since last night... damn, that is crude..

We truly are under attack by an islamic version of the barbarians,, using human shields and such...

[jerrydavenport]

I have very strong suspicions that the saudis are themselves behind these attacks.

recently there were news articles tying the insurgents in iraq to saudi arabia.

This whole hostage drama might have been staged to show the saudis as the victims not the perpetrators.

The islamic world is an extremely treacherous place.

it's very hard to tell who your friends or enemies are.

the fact of the matter is that its been more than a decade since khobar towers, more than 2 years since 911, and almost a year since the recent violence in saudi arabia began, why haven't the saudis taken steps against al qaeda?

if they are opposed to al qaeda and not the sponsors of it, why haven't they done anything to stop this group.

i can't think of a single measure the saudis have put in place to check extremism at home.

[jerrydavenport]

the last time the saudis arrested people for terror, it was some britons and canadians.

These crooks were blaming westerners for terror in al qaeda heartland.

[eastforker]

This is going to be a battle against an enemy that knows no country.

[jerrydavenport]

take a look at some past terror arrests in saudi arabia.lol

Three Westerners -- a Briton, a Canadian and a Belgian -- have been arrested in connection with two explosions that killed a British man and injured four other British subjects in Saudi Arabia last fall, Interior Minister Prince Nayef said Sunday

The first man identified himself as Alexander Mitchell, of Britain. He said that he had received instructions to carry out the Nov. 17 bombing with the help of Sampson. He did not say who gave the order for the bombing.

http://www.saudia-online.com/business127.htm

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think you are wrong .

Start here:

TIMELINE -- TERRORISM IN THE KINGDOM

[snopercod]

It was U.S. oil companies who discovered and developed the Saudi oil fields back in the 50's. After they were up and running, the Saudi's nationalized them.

Ayn Rand advocated that we use military force to take them back.

I am starting to agree with her.

[mrsmith]

"claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in the kingdom's oil hub on a tape posted on the Internet Sunday. "

From Sarcasm Newsservice: "Arab ISPs were thought to be undergoing a Denial of Service attack Sunday, but the heavy activity was just people claiming responsibility for the attack at Khobar..."

[Wolverine]

It was U.S. oil companies who discovered and developed the Saudi oil fields back in the 50's. After they were up and running, the Saudi's nationalized them.

 

In 1938, Socal made Saudi Arabia’s first oil discovery at Dammam Dome No. 7; before it was 50 days old, the well produced 100,000 barrels.

 

ChevronTexaco’s history in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began in the early 1930s, when what was then Standard Oil Co. of California (Socal) began exploring near the Arabian coast. In 1937, the Texas Company (Texaco) joined Socal as a partner in the exploration and production company that later (1944) became the American Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco). In 1938, Socal made Saudi Arabia’s first oil discovery at Dammam Dome No. 7; before it was 50 days old, the well produced 100,000 barrels.

 

Interesting

 

This story is often told by old-timers:

 

The British Ambassador attempted to gain King Abdul Azziz' favor in securing the oil exploration concession for the English. He gave The King a Rolls Royce as an inducement.

 

Abdul Azziz was so outraged to think the Brits could influence him that he dismissed the bribe with a wave of his hand...The King gave the Rolls Royce to a lowly retainer...then awarded the exploratory contract/concession to the Americans (ARAMCO).

[lowbridge]

The speaker rails against the Saudi government, accusing it of opening the country to Americans and providing "America with oil at the cheapest prices according to their masters' wish, so that their economy does not collapse."

Realy? Has he seen the price of gas lately?

[LoudRepublicangirl]

it's very hard to tell who your friends or enemies are.

I can simplify it: Friends-you don't have any. Enemies-you have plenty.

[jerrydavenport]

Last year the entire western press was rife with reports about the saudi intelligence chief having reached some deal with osama bin laden in the mid 90's, whereby the saudis would give osama bin laden immunity as long as he kept away from saudi interests. This in effect would be sanctioning al qaeda attacks against the west, considering the west was the only enemy al qaeda had.

this is further proved by the fact that its been almost a decade since the khobar towers, 2 years since 911 and a year since the recent violence in saudi arabia. Why haven't the saudis cracked down on al qaeda, if it isn't sponsoring it.

When the saudis had a spate of bombings a few years, it was almost hilarious, when instead of cracking down on al qaeda, the saudis blamed it on westerners.

Now if we draw inferences from recent events.

we had bombings in pakistan just before the saudi hostage crisis. We then had the paki prime minister visit
saudi arabia and the two conspire together, and guess what?, we had the hostage crisis in saudi arabia.

Both these countries were coming under international pressure for harboring al qaeda, so they could have staged attacks to show themselves as victims, not the perpetrators to the international community.