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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: dumbmoney who wrote (134967)5/30/2004 10:35:04 PM
From: Jacob Snyder   of 281500
 
Saudis can't (or won't) protect us:

A dramatic attempt by Saudi commandos to free dozens of hostages held in a housing complex ended in disarray last night when all but one of the gunmen escaped using hostages as shields and several captives were found dead.
The security forces claimed to have defused the hostage crisis in the dawn operation after a bloody rampage by four armed men in the oil city of Khobar. At least 22 people were killed, including a British businessman.

But three of the four suspected Islamist militants escaped during the operation by breaking through the security cordon while holding their captives at gunpoint. The human shields were later apparently released unharmed.
guardian.co.uk

Since our army has left, our civilians (who run the Saudi economy) are the next target. It'll be fairly easy to drive them out; getting shot at, is not in their job description.
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