U.S. WARNS THAT IT COULD ABANDON SAUDI OIL
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has sent a tough message to Saudi Arabia that did not rule out the abandoning of the kingdom's oil sector.
U.S. officials said the Bush administration has warned that Americans would not stay in Saudi Arabia unless the kingdom takes significant steps to protect them. The officials said the warning came in wake of the Al Qaida execution of Lockheed Martin engineer Paul Johnson on June
18.
Fewer than 30,000 Americans were estimated to live in Saudi Arabia, with many of them working in the defense and oil sectors. More than 5,000 Americans were said to have left the kingdom over the last year and many more were said to planning to leave for the summer.
"It could have an effect [on the Saudi oil industry]," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. "Saudi authorities, as commendable as their overall effort is, have not yet been able to stop the terrorists to the point that everybody doesn't have to worry anymore."
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Can you say horse & buggy??
Or cutting off one's nose to spite your face?
Unfortunately we have put ourselves in a position of not being able to cut the umbilical cord to the Saudi's.
They know they've got us by the *****.