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| Saudi citizens disappear in Syria |
| 2005-09-05 |
| Saudi Arabia's only human rights watchdog expressed concern Monday over the reported disappearance of Saudi nationals visiting Syria. Saleh Khathalan, deputy president of the Saudi National Organization for Human Rights, was quoted by the daily al-Watan as saying the watchdog is investigating the fate of five Saudi teachers who traveled to Syria as tourists and have vanished there. Such incidents have been recurring in Syria, which is a dangerous indicator about the security status of the Saudi nationals in that country, Khathalan said. It is possible that the Saudis are being kidnapped by Syrian gangs who might be selling them out to U.S. forces in Iraq under the pretext that they are fighters, or they might be kept for ransom, he said. There is a mystery over the fate of the missing Saudis and this needs to be investigated by the Foreign Ministry or the Saudi Embassy in Damascus, he added. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Disapearing and re-appearing with an AK-47 in Iraq. |
| Posted by: Ulaick Wholuck8171 2005-09-05 23:31 |
| #6 Thats not a bug, it's a feature. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-09-05 22:46 |
| #5 hey, Saleh? their remains fed the pigs we patrol on the border. Thanks! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-05 22:14 |
| #4 If Saudi Arabia bans travel to Syria, Syria's tourism dollars plummet and the economy goes into the toilet, and perhaps Sunni Islamists overthrow the existing Alawite dictatorship.* I can see why they're not doing a travel ban. Besides, Syria's borders, like Iraq's, are long and porous - there are other ways of getting into Syria apart from flying into Damascus. * I don't think the Saudi government wants a theocracy (council of mullahs) in charge of Syria, since that might lead to similar demands in Saudi Arabia. That would sure spoil things for the 5,000-odd members of the Saudi royal family whose royal stipends would be at risk. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-09-05 20:58 |
| #3 They're dead, Jim. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-09-05 20:56 |
| #2 It is possible that the Saudis are being kidnapped by Syrian gangs who might be selling them out to U.S. forces in Iraq under the pretext that they are fighters Cause like, ya know, the Kingdom doesn't SEND terrorists to fight in Iraq. Evvvybuddy knows that. |
| Posted by: Omerens Omaigum2983 2005-09-05 20:48 |
| #1 Is it inappropriate to bust out laughing while reading this? Because I did, and want to know if that's a bad thing. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-09-05 20:41 |