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| Saudi Anti-Extremist Campaign Ineffective |
| 2004-06-20 |
| Who coulda guessed? The Saudi government's intense public relations campaign to discourage people from supporting extremists isn't swaying some of its citizens, who still consider the militants heroes despite appeals from Muslim religious leaders. In the hours before American engineer Paul M. Johnson Jr. was beheaded by an al-Qaida cell, some Saudis in the fundamentalist neighborhoods of the capital suggested the kidnappers enjoyed popular support. They noted many Muslims share the extremists' anger over U.S. policy in Iraq and Washington's support for Israel. "These (kidnappers) are holy warriors, heroes, who never waver, even if they will fail," said Mizahen al-Etbi, a bearded, bespectacled man who was shopping with his family in the Sweidi district of Riyadh. "All Saudis hate Americans, not only these heroes." In the eastern oil hub of Khobar, where militants killed 22 people, most foreigners, in a shooting spree and hostage-taking last month, 38-year-old Faiz also showed little remorse for victims of the violence. "Honestly, I don't like bloodshed. But the Americans deserve what they're getting for shedding Arab and Muslim blood all over the world. Plain and simple, they are our enemies," said Faiz, who took a break from his shopping downtown to speak to The Associated Press. He asked to be identified by just one name. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Except for those on the Infidel Useful Idiot payroll. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-06-20 1:07:05 PM |
| #2 All Saudis hate Americans What a coincidece!. All Americans hate Saudis too!! . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-06-20 9:15:17 AM |
| #1 No Faiz, 38 years old, we are united in our war against islamic scum. Notice how Mr Johnson is now regarded as "Americans deserve(ing) what they get. Oh Faiz, who's your buddy! Tis I Lucky, your servant, most observent, Abu! "Faiz is your buddy Abu?" "My cousin Lucky, we think alike! But we like you. You are not in danger. Tea my brother?" "Are you sure Abu?" "Tea?" |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-06-20 1:03:03 AM |