It seems every week they are claiming "seriously, now we hate terrorists, seriously this time".
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"Saudi officials said they believed al Qaeda attackers behind Saturday's deadly car bombing mistakenly targeted a facility they thought was housing Americans. The residents were mostly Arabs. "
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anybody else notice that Al Qaeda never targets actual Saudis? What's going on here? Did the Saudis pay Al Qaeda protection money?
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/08/27/saudis.alqaeda/]
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"A group of prominent Saudis met in Paris, where they conspired to pay off Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda group to ensure that al Qaeda would never attack within the borders of the Saudi Kingdom again," the suit claims.
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I believe what's going on here is that Al Qaeda has carte-blanche in Saudi Arabia to attack non-Saudi targets. After all, it would look a little obvious if Al Qaeda never operated in Saudi Arabia, wouldn't it? SO much better for the monarchy to spread the PERCEPTION that terrorism is affecting them as well, despite the fact that Al Qaeda is not attacking the monarchy of Saudi ARabia, nor anyone of Saudi descent. It seems every week the Saudis are claiming "No Really, this time we seriously mean it, we won't tolerate terrorists".
Even the al Qaeda operative who was captured by Saudi officials stated that they hadn't planned on inflicting Arab casualties, and that they thought the target was a US apartment complex. Bottom line, Al Qaeda and Saudi Arabia are in lockstep.
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"Fahd's vow to crack down on the militants came among further official warnings that more attacks could come at any time. Sources said they expect at least one more attack, if not more."
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Ok, so let me get this straight. The monarchy said they were in our corner after 9/11 and that they wouldnt tolerate militants. They went on a PR blitz, even showing commercials stating the Saudis and us were great pals, despite the fact that they are no democratic government. Then there was a big bomb that went off, then they something like "Seriously, we are now determined to fight terrorism". Now more of the same.
How can we wage a war on terrorism when Bush is such great pals with these Saudi assholes?