More info on the private behavior of Our Friends the Saudis. From opinionjournal.com:
Our Friends the Saudis
A Filipino man who spent seven months in a Saudi prison for practicing Christianity says Saudi officials allowed al Qaeda inmates to hold a lavish celebration after the Sept. 11 attack on America. Dennis Moreno la Calle talked with Fox News Channel's Tony Snow on Friday:
Moreno la Calle: From the solitary confinement, I stayed there for 13 days. And then they transferred me to the cell where we were separated as Christians from the others. And I was with seven other men, which I don't know. But they said, "Oh, you are Filipino." And one guy was Filipino. He was very nice. He said, "I went to the Philippines. I met with . . . the leader of the MNLF, [Moro] National Liberation Front." And he said, "I met with the Abu Sayyaf group." . . .
And then this September 11 happened. They heard the news. And they were all shouting. And I said, "What happened? What happened?" They said, "Oh, somebody went through the building." We didn't have any TV that time.
The following day, we had a feast. People were just happy because there was good food in the prison.
And then after a week, I think about two weeks, somebody else came. And they were hugging each other as if they were crying, and they were telling stories. And I said, "Who is he?" The guy just said, "Oh, it means it's an officer." I said, "Of whom?" I thought the officer of a government, but he said of bin Laden.
Snow: OK, very briefly then, the Saudi government in its own way threw a feast in the prison after September 11?
Moreno la Calle: It's the warden. And the sergeants allowed the foods to be brought in that so we may have a feast. I didn't know. I'm really sorry that I partook in it. |
