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| U.S. Resumes Consular Services in Saudi | |
| 2015-03-24 | |
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... resumed on Sunday following a week-long closure over unspecified "heightened security concerns." The American embassy in Riyadh and consular offices in Jeddah and Dhahran have resumed operations, an embassy front man told Agence La Belle France-Presse. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... the mission also warned its citizens to "continue to be aware of their surroundings and take extra precautions when traveling throughout" the kingdom, read a message posted on the U.S. Embassy website. It did not elaborate on the alleged threats and the sudden closure of consular services from March 15. Lengthy elaborations are unnecessary. It's just not Kansas Toto. A renewed caution warned that Western oil workers risked being attacked or kidnapped by "terrorist" groups. Saudi Arabia has taken part in U.S.-led air strikes since September against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... jihadist group, raising concerns about possible retaliation inside the country. Westerners have been attacked in Saudi Arabia four times since October. In the latest incident, two American employees of U.S. defense contractor Vinnell Arabia were shot at in the east on January 30, with one maimed. In October, one Vinnell employee was rubbed out and another maimed at a petrol station in Riyadh. | |
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