[Will_Zurmacht]

wtf?

Oh, sorry officer, yes, I'll just move along, nothing to see here...The Saudi's are our friends...okay, chief

[Support Free Republic]

Hi mom!

[FR_addict]

Thanks for posting. I didn't see this article when it first came out.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[NormsRevenge]

Purely coincidence.

[Bobby777]

nothing to see here ... move along ... Saudis are our friends ... Arafat wants peace with Israel ... Le Car is good ... airport food is a bargain ...

[Brian S]

I'm "sure" this WAS NOT a part of the "9/11 report"!

[FReepaholic]

>>...without connection to anything improper...<<

Of course, if they consider crashing planes into buildings proper.

[Shermy]

American investigators are trying to make sense of the disclosure ...

Disclosed by whom? when? Did the Sheik register at the hotel with his own name?

[ellery]

Mr Hussayen was interviewed by FBI agents who went to the hotel after the attacks. According to allegations in an FBI file, he "feigned a seizure, prompting the agents to take him to a hospital, where the attending physicians found nothing wrong with him".

!!!!!!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[Mr Nevin told The Washington Post that the Saudi minister was a backer of Saudi charities abroad and said his visit to the United States was "utterly and completely innocuous and without connection to anything improper".]

Except for a terror attack against the USA. Until they actively AND PUBLICLY denounce terrorism, ANY Saudi is a potential terrorist or terrorism sponsor. After the next attack they will be killed on site. Mark my words.

[Dog Gone]

I hate innuendo reporting. If I had the resources, I could slime everyone who ever stayed in any hotel simply by determining that someone bad stayed there the same night.

For all I know, I've shared a motel with Ted Bundy or Alec Baldwin.

[TheCrusader]

"He is not now suspected of breaking any laws and there is no evidence that he met the hijackers at the Virginia hotel."

What kind of evidence do they need, a written confession? Why are we in bed with Saudi Arabia when we know full well they are tying to do us in?

[CobaltBlue]

My dad has stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn in Herndon a couple of times when he's visited us. It is indeed close to Dulles International Airport and probably close to some of the Muslim charities in Herndon, given that Herndon is not a large area.

It's not a sleazeball "roach" hotel, but not top of the line, either. It's the kind of place we like to stay when travelling because the rooms are suites, with kitchenettes, so you can make your own coffee and so forth. Nice for travelling with kids. Homey.

Two floors, and rather spread out, so you could go from room to room without being observed.

If the guy was travelling all alone, and only staying a day or so, there are nicer places that would cost about the same in the same area. Residence inns become more attractive if you are travelling with a group or staying several days.

[anymouse]

The Herndon, VA Marriott Residence Inn is a convenient place to stay if flying out of Dulles airport. Long ago I stayed there once on business. Nice enough place, but wouldn't a senior Saudi Arabian official be staying at a ritzier place, like the Tysons Corner Ritz Carlton just down the Dulles toll road 267? I've stayed there too and it is nice.

That said, it is highly suspicious, since there are nicer hotels in the area. A lot (pilot IDs and uniforms and last minute plan schedule changes) could be brought into and out of the U.S., uninspected in a diplomat's luggage.

[anymouse]

ping

[anymouse]

This Lucianne.com thread has more info. on this Saudi perp posted on posts 5 & 6, but the source is of uncertain credibility.

[thinktwice]

Given the importance of the Middle East -- Oil -- and the unfriendly nature of the Saudi Government, the taking of Iraq makes sense.

If the United States wants to win the war on terrorism, Americans must instill and insure stability in the Middle East.

[cookcounty]

Out of 50,000 hotels in the US!

[cookcounty]

".......now minister for the holy places,'"

Maybe Iraq isn't the only country hiding WMD in "holy places."