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| Saudis bitch about treatment of their nationals |
| 2001-10-18 |
Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan, delivered a letter of protest against "excessive behavior by American security agencies in relation to Saudis." The FBI has arrested and questioned 173 Saudis living or studying in the United States and fifty-four are still under investigation. Ahmed Qattan, director of bin Sultanâs office, said that the suspect Saudis are "generally in a satisfactory condition, despite individual cases of excessive interrogation and maltreatment by U.S. authorities." Since the attacks in New York and Washington, the Saudi embassy has assisted more than 395 Saudis return to the Kingdom and has appointed lawyers to defend all Saudis detained since then. Bin Sultan informed U.S. officials that a number of the Saudis appearing on a published FBI list of suspects âwere either alive in the Kingdom or had died long ago.â Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef said that it was not at all clear if Saudis were actually involved in the attacks, as the presence of Saudi nationals among âmore than 600 passengers on the four hijacked planesâ is not proof of anything. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |