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To: Lucretius who started this subject10/22/2001 6:48:36 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
Saudis Protest Being “Ethnically Profiled”


18 October 2001

Okaz, an Arabic daily reported that the Saudi Arabian ambassador in
Washington, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, delivered a letter of protest against
“excessive behavior by American security agencies in relation to Saudis.”
The newspaper also reported that the FBI has, thus far, arrested and
questioned 173 Saudis living or studying in the United States and that
fifty-four of them are still under investigation. Ahmed Qattan, director of bin
Sultan’s office, said that the suspect Saudis are “generally in a satisfactory
condition, despite individual cases of excessive interrogation and
maltreatment by U.S. authorities.” Since the attacks in New York and
Washington, the Saudi embassy has assisted more than 395 Saudis return to
the Kingdom and has appointed lawyers to defend all Saudis detained since
then.

Arab newspapers throughout Saudi Arabia have been carrying stories of
harassment suffered by Arabs and Saudis in the United States and Western
states since the September 11th attacks. According to the Saudi press, there
have been instances of discriminatory policies enforced against Saudis on
their way to the US, isolated discrimination and harassment, feelings of
intimidation and refusal to serve Arabs throughout the West. For instance,
the English language Arab News reported on a Saudi woman from a
prominent business family in Jeddah who was manhandled by security
officers at a London airport.

Bin Sultan informed U.S. officials that a number of the Saudis appearing on
a published FBI list of suspects “were either alive in the Kingdom or had
died long ago.” Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef said that it was not at
all clear if Saudis were actually involved in the attacks, as the presence of
Saudi nationals among “more than 600 passengers on the four hijacked
planes” is not proof of anything.
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