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| Saudi foreign minister sounds alert on US-Saudi relations |
| 2004-04-27 |
| Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal warned on Monday that US-Saudi relations were being dangerously undermined by misconceptions about alleged Saudi support for militant groups. In a speech to the Foreign Policy Association in New York, Prince Saud said he wanted to âsound the alert that the harmony of our long and fruitful relationship is threatened.â Blaming elements of the media for demonising his country, the foreign minister cited a recent clutch of books that sought to portray Saudi Arabiaâs internal social and political makeup as one that nurtures extremism and feeds terrorism. âNothing could be further from the truth,â he said. âAfter last weekâs events in Riyadh, I donât think any reasonable person can cast doubts about our commitment to waging a relentless war on terrorism.â While Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud stressed that his ideology and terrorist methodology had been developed in Afghanistan. Equating the actions and ideologies of the hijackers with those of the Saudi people as a whole was, Prince Saud argued, not only erroneous but also counter-productive in the war against terrorism. âIt is ironic that those who most vociferously attack Saudi Arabia are unwittingly serving the purposes of Al Qaeda ,â he said. âThe attacks lead to undermining a country that is probably most capable of not only waging the war against (Al Qaeda ), but also in preventing (Al Qaeda ) spreading their cultist ideology in the Islamic world.â |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal warned on Monday that US-Saudi relations were being dangerously undermined by misconceptions about alleged Saudi support for militant groups. Probably a lot of present and former US State Dept. types now wondering if their Saudi-401Ks are secure... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-04-27 10:04:42 PM |
| #8 Dang! Does RB have the best anon or what? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-27 4:27:50 PM |
| #7 Phil, Go to the paper's website directly. I provided the link in my previous message. I think the article is a fabrication. The author does not provide a source but instead uses an unrelated photo taken by AFP, as if to imply that the article is also by AFP. I looked in the AFP website and came up with nothing of the sort. Have you seen the article in question in any other newspaper? Similar articles appear every single day in the Saudi English Newspapers. Can you imagine what they print in arabic? |
| Posted by: Anonymous4617 2004-04-27 12:37:36 PM |
| #6 Hey Saud, maybe you should ask yerself why you are hated! Try to open your mind and explore the root causes, or some sh*t like that. |
| Posted by: Cthulhu Akbar 2004-04-27 10:24:58 AM |
| #5 Saudi Arabia is owned and ruled by one royal family. Prince Saud al-Faisal is the foreign minister because he is a prince, a direct descendant of the family patriach. A citizen who is not a prince cannot aspire to such a position. Prince al-Faisal should explain why this one family insists that Saudi Arabia remain a kingdom and not become a democracy in which all citizens enjoy equal rights. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-04-27 7:01:08 AM |
| #4 There is no photo at link. BTW, I thought when I heard the report that the kids were probably hit by rounds cooking off in the fire. They were dancing round a burning military vehicle. Not very smart! |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-04-27 5:18:37 AM |
| #3 "Children Killed in Iraq Attack Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News BAGHDAD, 26 April 2004 â US troops have been accused of firing indiscriminately into a crowd of schoolchildren celebrating the attack on a military convoy here yesterday. At least four children were killed and five injured." http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=43851&d=26&m=4&y=2004 So, Prince Saud is "Blaming elements of the media for demonising his country, the foreign minister cited a recent clutch of books that sought to portray Saudi Arabiaâs internal social and political makeup as one that nurtures extremism and feeds terrorism" What does he, the prince, call publishing news like the one posted above in a newspaper that is a 100% controlled by him and his 7,000 relatives? Is this news not enciting hatred towards Americans? The hipocrasy of these people is nauseating! Please, do check this newspaper to see the accompanying photo. |
| Posted by: Anonymous3964 2004-04-27 4:55:48 AM |
#2 ...Prince Saud said he wanted to "sound the alert that the harmony of our long and fruitful relationship is threatened."Translation: "Run for the hills! The American Street is waking up, and they're pissed!" |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2004-04-27 1:23:17 AM |
| #1 me think he doth prostest too much. |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-27 1:09:43 AM |