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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (3719)	11/2/2001 4:48:47 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 14610

comments in-line RIYADH,November 02 (PNS): Saudi Arabian Interior Minister stated that Saudi Arabia does not support US-led strikes on Afghanistan. The Kingdom is not backing the strikes in the real sense of the word, he said. While talking to reporters on arrival from Bahrain, Prince Naif Al Saud said the Kingdom only has a position on the antiterror campaign. The US-led coalition should work to avoid bombing innocent civilians and concentrate strikes on terrorists, he added. >>>>>>So, I guess we should be bombing someplace in Saudi Arabia then???? That's where the terrorists seem to be.<<<<<< Meanwhile, Deputy Interior Minister Prince Ahmad urged Mulla Omar and Osama bin Laden to come out of their hideout to face an international trial. He ridiculed Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders for hiding in caves and bunkers after endangering the lives of Afghan people. This is not jihad and there is nothing to be proud of. This should be condemned by all Muslims, he added. Speaking to reporters after opening a seminar organised by the Department of Prisons, he held Osama and Mulla Omar responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians in Afghanistan. It is disgusting that persons who incite people and cause problems for them to go on hiding leaving others to face the war,he told reporters.Why don’t they come out of their hideout and face investigation by an international committee? he added. I feel amazed how the Afghan people and interests of Muslims are being sacrificed for the sake of saving certain individuals,Prince Ahmad said, adding that actions should be condemned by all Muslims. Prince Ahmad disclosed that no exact figure was available on the number of Saudis arrested in the United States for questioning following the September terror attacks. We don’t have exact figure, because a person may be detained today and released the next day,he said. The government and the Saudi Embassy in Washington were closely following up the cases of Saudi detainees in the US. We hope that they will not receive any harm as they are all good people,he added. Prince Naif earlier said that the Kingdom would recall its citizens in the US if the harassment against them continues. He also disclosed that Kuwait had requested the Kingdom through the Interpol to extradite a Filipino working in Jeddah accused of participating in the killing of a Canadian in the emirate. He said the Filipino would be extradited after completing the necessary procedures. Prince Ahmad condemned the attacks on Saudi charitable organizations in Kosovo and other places, saying such attacks are unacceptable. He disclosed the plan to set up reformatories in all the Kingdom’s regions.