Workers Kill 5 Westerners in Saudi Firm (Exxon-Mobil)

[Dover]

Sat May 1, 2004 04:32 PM ET

Workers Kill 5 Westerners in Saudi Firm

By Khalid al-Fadli

YANBU, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Workers at a petrochemical site used their passes to access the complex and kill five Western engineers in a shooting spree in the Saudi oil city of Yanbu on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said.

Shouting "God is Greatest" the gunmen killed two Americans, two Britons and an Australian working for the Swiss-based ABB Lummus in the Red Sea city, the first attack on an oil facility in the world's largest oil exporter.

Saudi ambassador to Britain Prince Turki al-Faisal said he thought Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda was behind the attack.

There were reports a sixth man was shot near a hotel and his body dragged through the town.

With Saturday's attack, militants appear to have expanded their targets to include vital economic facilities in the kingdom, which until now has seen a spate of bombings on residential compounds and government security symbols.

"Three employees entered the site, taking advantage of their passes and allowing a fourth accomplice to enter through the emergency gate. They opened fire at offices, using various weapons and fled the spot to a residential complex with the aim of attacking it," a ministry official said in a statement....>>

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RHRPE3VNS0J0ICRBAEOCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=5007699

[kysrsoze]

1. Oh, man. That is REALLY bad.

Things are getting worse by the day. Pretty soon us whities will be targets everywhere we go over there. Thanks, Dick 'n Bush!

[Pallas180]

2. US "whities" - exactly what do you mean by that? Are all Westerners white?

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[Just Me]

4. No,...but, some of us are "whities",...

,...take me, for example,...very pale!!! :D

[gottaB]

3. Another version,

Warning: Gory Photo

Black Saturday in Yanbu

On Edit: Adding link to Arab News for those who wish to skip the grisly details. The have several stories about the Yanbu attacks on their front page.


The Reuter's story--

Workers Kill 5 Westerners in Saudi Firm