Posted on 06/12/2004 1:50:16 PM PDT by KQQL
An American man has been shot dead in the Saudi capital, Riyadh - the third westerner to be killed there in a week.
Witnesses say the man was shot inside his car as he parked in front of his house.
A United States military contractor and a BBC cameraman have already been killed this week amid a spate of attacks on foreigners in the kingdom.
The attacks have been blamed on radical Islamists with links to the Al Qaeda network.
Last month, gunmen opened fire on foreigners in the eastern city of Khobar, killing 22 people.
Another attack in the city of Yanbu killed five westerners, including an Australian.
Terrible. (bump)
The State Department warned Americans to leave Riyadh two weeks ago.
Correction: Two months ago. The State Department put out its warning on April 16.
unequivocally and beyond a doubt!
However, look at the achievements in the WOT and the lack of mayhem bestowed upon our mainland.
Progress IS being made, just don't put too much assurance in the likes of "Perky Katie" to convince you of that.
Those are the ones the islamofascist evil-doers want dead.
Instead of acknowledging their part in escalating terrorism around the world through financing Wahabbism the Saudis are trying to spin blame on expatriots living in Great Britain who merely sought democratic reforms. Anything the media tells you contrary to that is a lie.
Westerners need to write off the good wages and get out of dodge while the chickens come home to roost.
I just heard on FOX that an American is missing-possibly kidnapped in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia.
So lets see - the game plan seems to be to force foreigners to leave Saudi Arabia so they can be replaced in the oil fields by local labor (mostly cheap, pro-Bin Laden poor/uneducated). Uh oh.
Since the Saudis depend on foreigners for a large part of their work force, they'd better get on the stick and help get rid of AQ! Otherwise, they'll find their work force drying up.
The people who are being killed are not unskilled labor. They are engineers as well as other well educated professionals. If they go-the royal family will collapse because there won't be enough experts to keep the economy running. The terrorists are going about this in a very clever way.
Remember checking into Telemedia Arabia Ltd. a few years back? Glad you or I didn't go!! The guys I know there have bailed!
Would have been different a few years ago. Saudis are going to be screwed when they chase off all their help. Who'll do the dirty work like fixing jet engines?
Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr delivers a sermon to thousands of faithfuls performing Friday prayers at a mosque in Kufa and on Saturday American's and Iraqi's die.
Sadr said that US soldiers who humiliated and harm Iraqis must be judged by Islamic law, or sharia.
It's time to end their evil rule.
Who will supply them with toilet paper? Who will hold their hand on the way to the goat grab? They are going to lonely amigos!
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The purported al-Qaida statement said Johnson is one of four experts in Saudi Arabia working on developing Apache attack helicopter systems and that the American killed worked in the same industry.
``Everybody knows that these helicopters are used by the Americans, their Zionist allies and the apostates to kill Muslims, terrorizing them and displacing them in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq,'' said the statement. It said al-Qaida would release a videotape later with Johnson's confessions and its demands.
I think that Americans,Brits, etc working in the Kingdom should be allowed to arm themselves if the Saudi Royal family want them to continue working there. I don't want them being "protected" by Saudi security. I want them to be able to protect themselves with guns or whatever they can get their hands on.
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