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| "Alcohol smugglers" kill - a cop this time | |
| 2003-04-22 | |
| A Saudi policemen was shot dead on Monday in the north of the kingdom, the fourth shooting of officials in the area in recent months, getting to be a pattern? a source close to the police said. Police were searching for the unknown assailant or assailants who shot Lieutenant Colonel Hamoud al-Rabeea on Monday in Jouf province, the sources told Reuters. The motive for the shooting was not clear. Im sure we could come up with a few
Not quite Colombia, but its getting there. Killings of officials are rare in conservative Saudi Arabia, which has seen a string of bomb attacks against Westerners in recent years. now who in Saudi would want to kill Westerners? Saudi officials have blamed the bombings on in-fighting among gangs involved in alcohol smuggling in the Muslim kingdom "This speakeasy is on our turf, you dont remove it we go to the mattresses", but diplomats say the attacks may be linked to rising anti-Western sentiment in the Muslim country. Really? | |
| Posted by:Liberalhawk |
| #2 40%? Its always been that or more among the native Saudis. I don't remember any of them ever really working but show up once in awhile. The working group in Soddie is mostly Paks, Filipinos, Koreans, Bangladeshis and Palestinians. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2003-04-22 12:32:42 |
| #1 How about the 40% unemployment rate? That might have something to do with growing dissatisfaction. The Soddi's are sitting on a time bomb. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-04-22 11:19:12 |