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| US withdraws diplomatic visas of 10 Saudis |
| 2004-01-28 |
| The US State Department has sent a memo to Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington in which it annulled the diplomatic visas given to 10 people working there, according to Aljazeera’s correspondent. A senior official at the Saudi embassy, however, said that the 10 do not work for the Saudi Foreign Ministry but are employes of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Sciences (IAIS) in Washington. "The US State Department has not clarified the issue yet," our correspondent said. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #7 STATE is actually doing something about the soddis? Hold on a sec, I have to see if it's raining frogs... |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2004-1-28 10:49:42 PM |
| #6 "The US State Department has not clarified the issue yet," That State is quiet means they might have been forced to face something rather unpalatable. Still, any bets that the visas will be very quietly reinstated over the few months or so? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-1-28 7:26:30 PM |
| #5 Well,B,there are now ten openings. This probably reduces the staff to half or less. The IAIS at University of Exeter in the UK has a full time staff only ten. I couldn't find similar information on IAIS in the US. But I'll bet that 'Sciences' in the name does not refer to hard sciences. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-1-28 6:10:48 PM |
| #4 The IAIS must not provide very good job opportunities for prior State employees. |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-28 5:41:02 PM |
| #3 State actually taking action against a Saudi? Did aliens invade Earth? |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-1-28 5:33:27 PM |
| #2 the Institute of Arab and Islamic Sciences for the Development of Improved Anti-Personnel Explosives |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-1-28 5:32:38 PM |
| #1 Oooo, this could be very interesting. Watch this space. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-1-28 5:26:36 PM |