http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2004/01/000761print.html January 29, 2004
JIHAD WATCH.org: "U.S. Revokes Visas of 16 at Islamic Institute"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The State Department recently revoked the diplomatic visas of 16 people affiliated with an Islamic institute in Virginia, the latest step in a joint U.S.-Saudi crackdown that has led to an exodus of Riyadh's diplomats from the United States in recent months, a senior Saudi official said yesterday." This from the Washington Post, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
The 16 staffers at the Fairfax-based Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America are among two dozen Saudi personnel whose diplomatic credentials were revoked in recent weeks, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said. The revocations, the official said, were part of "an ongoing effort to protect the homeland." He said the Saudis have been told that they must leave within two weeks.
In all, about 70 people with Saudi diplomatic credentials about have left the United States in the past four months, the Saudi official said."