Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3036-1003289695-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:36:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 1071 invoked by uid 510); 17 Oct 2001 03:34:36 -0000 Received: from n6.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.56) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 17 Oct 2001 03:34:36 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3036-1003289695-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by n6.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Oct 2001 03:34:55 -0000 X-Sender: fastflyer28@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 17 Oct 2001 03:34:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 31604 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2001 03:34:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 17 Oct 2001 03:34:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web14510.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.224.169) by mta3 with SMTP; 17 Oct 2001 03:34:54 -0000 Message-ID: <20011017033454.75608.qmail@web14510.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.78.120.107] by web14510.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:34:54 PDT To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <9qgssq+u44d@eGroups.com> From: "e.r." <fastflyer28@yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Profile: fastflyer28 Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] Saudi Arabia Unhappy with US Raids Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The "House of Saud" has told the US that they know they live in a tough neighborhoor and we helped them during the Gulf War, but have asked the US to let them handle their own problems now. --- yangyun@metacrawler.com wrote: > Monday October 15 3:06 PM ET > > Saudi Arabia Unhappy with U.S. Raids on Afghanistan > By Mariam Isa > > RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - U.S. ally Saudi Arabia said it was > unhappy about the bombing of Afghanistan, sending the clearest signal > > yet that its relations with Washington are being tested by the war on > > terrorism. > > Interior Minister Prince Naif broke Saudi silence on the bombing late > on > Sunday, telling reporters the kingdom opposed terrorism but did not > approve of the U.S. response. > > ``We wish the United States had been able to flush out the terrorists > in > Afghanistan without resorting to the current action ... because this > is > killing innocent people,'' he said. > > ``We are not at all happy with the situation. This in no way means we > > are not willing to confront terrorism,'' he said in remarks reported > by the > official Saudi Press Agency. > > In response, State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said the > United States was very satisfied with Saudi cooperation. > > ``They've agreed to everything we've asked of them in our campaign > against terrorism,'' Reeker added. > > Analysts said Prince Naif's public disapproval confirmed the > 50-year-old > strategic alliance between the world's largest industrial power and > the > world's largest oil supplier had come under stress since the air > raids > began a week ago. > > ``It's unbelievable the way the feeling here has changed from > sympathy > to anger in such a short time,'' a Western analyst based in Riyadh > said. > > ``More sensitive and astute decision-making on both sides is required > > to handle a relationship which has become extremely difficult to > manage. Every aspect of it is under pressure.'' > > Saudi Arabia, which sees itself as the world's principal advocate of > pure > Islam, has condemned the Sept. 11 attacks which killed nearly 5,400 > people but has remained sensitive to widespread public anger over > casualties in Muslim Afghanistan. > > Riyadh said early on it would not allow attacks on Afghanistan to be > launched from its soil. > > U.S. officials say the country is cooperating in more appropriate > ways, > by sharing intelligence and cracking down on funding of groups and > individuals suspected of terrorist links. > > ``Saudi Arabia is still trying to make clear that they are willing to > > confront terrorism without alienating their own population,'' a > western > diplomat in Riyadh said on Sunday. > > U.S. troops have been based in the kingdom since U.S.-led forces > evicted Iraq from Saudi Arabia's neighbor Kuwait in 1991, albeit as > only > a small and discreet force nowadays. > > Some religious leaders in the birthplace of Islam have strong > objections > to their presence. So does Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, > Washington's main suspect in last month's attacks, who is believed to > > be in Afghanistan. > > MANY ADMIRE BIN LADEN > > It is impossible to tell how many Saudis want the Americans to leave > Saudi Arabia. But it is clear many people admire bin Laden for his > role > in driving the Soviets from Afghanistan years ago and do not believe > he > masterminded last month's attacks. > > U.S. high-tech attacks on one of the poorest countries in the world > are > viewed here as arrogant and insensitive. > > ``The message appears to be 'see how great our toys are, watch them > smash things to smithereens' -- it seems we have learned nothing in > 10 > years,'' the Western analyst said. > > Saudis feel they have been unfairly singled out because the U.S. > Federal Bureau of Investigation has said that 12 of the 19 suspected > hijackers who slammed hijacked commercial airliners into buildings in > > New York and Washington were Saudis. > > Many of the people it originally identified were later shown to be > either > living in the kingdom or dead, officials say. > > There has been no public U.S. apology and media have reported in > detail on harassment of Saudis in America. > > A final episode rubbed salt in wounded Saudi pride in the past week. > > Saudis have been outraged by the rejection of a $10 million donation > by > Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to victims of the > collapse of > the World Trade Center. > > Alwaleed's check was shunned because of his criticism of U.S. Middle > East policy during a trip to New York. New York Mayor Rudolph > Giuliani > said Alwaleed's remarks appeared to be an attempt to justify the > attack. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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