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More on the Yanbu Killings
via Wash Times - EFL and Fair Useafter the speculation comes some facts... maybe even most of the facts. Saudi militants kill 5 Westerners By Adnan Malik - AP Attackers sprayed gunfire inside a Saudi oil contractorâs office yesterday, killing at least five Westerners â including two Americans â and wounding at least 25 others. Police killed four gunmen in a shootout after a bloody car chase, during which the attackers dragged the naked body of one victim behind their getaway car. One of the attackers killed reportedly was on the Saudi kingdomâs list of most-wanted terrorists, many of whom are suspects in last yearâs suicide attacks on foreign housing compounds in the capital, Riyadh. The attacks were blamed on al Qaeda, Osama bin Ladenâs terror network. Three of the gunmen worked at the contractorâs office in the industrial city of Yanbu, 220 miles north of the Red Sea city of Jidda. They used their key cards to enter the building and sneak another attacker through an emergency gate, according to an Interior Ministry source quoted by the official Saudi Press Agency. ...much more at the link... Note: Originally, news reports confused the Aramco Yanbu Refinery with first Exxon-Mobile, then with SABIC. The Saudi Govât owns 70% of SABIC which contracts some of its secondary / downstream facilities to "affiliates." Posted by: .com 2004-05-03 |
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