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| Saudi shocked at Iran claims about nuke scientist |
| 2009-12-10 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Saudi Arabia slammed Tehran's allegations that it had handed over Iranian nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, to the United States after he disappeared in the kingdom in May, a London-based Saudi newspaper reported Wednesday. Amiri reportedly disappeared from the holy city of Medina, just three days after landing in Saudi Arabia to perform Umra, or lesser pilgrimage. "Saudi Arabia receives over a million Iranian pilgrims every year and like all pilgrims, they are usually under the supervision of their country's official mission with regards to their housing and transportation," Asharq Alawsat quoted Saudi Foreign Ministry official, Osama Neqaly, as saying. Negaly said that the Saudi authorities had searched for Amiri, following reports of his disappearance in Medina, but he is yet to be found. "Results of the search have been reported to the Iranian mission and the their embassy, but we have not received an official response from Tehran until now," Neqaly said. The U.S. State Department Tuesday declined to comment on Iranian claims that Washington abducted Amiri while he was in Saudi Arabia. "We are aware of the Iranian claims," said department spokesman Philip Crowley. "I have no information on that." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Goodness, liberal hawk, if that's how it translates, I'm going to have to move "learn Arabic" a few notches up my To Do list. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-10 17:02 |
| #1 "I have no information on that." "shit, you think they tell ME where the safe houses are?" |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2009-12-10 16:06 |