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Saudi prince admits "mistakes were made"
  • Saudi Arabia has admitted it made mistakes concerning the September 11 attacks on the United States but insists it cannot be held responsible for the terrorist atrocities. "We are closely examining our mistakes, but in placing the blame for the events of September on one country, Saudi Arabia, the Western media is committing an injustice with great consequences," the kingdom's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said. "If something good is to come of September, it is that all parties concerned will look at themselves and see what they can do to avoid a repetition of such crises." The minister did not elaborate on the nature of the Saudi authorities mistakes. Asked what Saudi Arabia was doing to rein in bin Laden's supporters, Prince Saud said: "Those implicated in criminal activities are being searched for. But he added: "We are trying to recover and put back on the right path those Saudis who, manipulated by certain people, have joined the ranks of al-Qaeda."
    Unattributed mistakes result in unattributed blame. One of the mistakes the Saudis have made is to use the Palestinians as an excuse for any kind of violence, extremism or unreason. The effects are at best tenuously related to the ascribed cause. We hope these are the mistakes he's talking about.

    Since a body can receive 40-80 stripes for boozing, and lose a head for groping boys, perhaps you could "recover and put back on the right path" the fellows who are financing al-Qaeda using the same means. Probably after 80 hard ones on the bare doop, a princelet would think twice before writing his next check to the "Fund for Restoring Muslim Greatness in Finland." That would also demonstrate to the world the effectiveness of sharia.
    We could use a few more specifics from the Prince on how to "recover and put back on the right path ... [those who] have joined the ranks of al-Qaeda." I was rather in favor of their suggestion to withdraw US troops from the Mecca area until this whole madness happened. Now that I'm starting to consider how many idiots are running around with nukes, etc., I'm beginning to think the US may be doing Islam a favor by refusing to cut and run. A little more openness in discussion of the facts by the Saudis might go a long way.
    Posted by A reader 1/28/2002 1:44:15 AM

    Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-01-27
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