Reporting from on-line
sources as of: 11:00pm (ET), May 15, 2003
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Crown Prince Abdullah Visits
Bomb Damaged Compound in Riyadh (SPA)
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KINGDOM
DETERMINED TO ERADICATE TERRORISTS: PRINCE BANDAR
"...The attack was an attack on humanity. We reject
the terrorists who express their hatred for our people and
our friends through such cowardly actions. These terrorists
have turned their backs on our people and they have
perverted our faith; they do not in any way represent Islam.
They only represent hatred towards all of humanity..."
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WORLDWIDE
TERROR WARNINGS ISSUED
...alerts follow American warnings of possible terrorist attacks
throughout East Africa and parts of South East Asia in the wake of the
triple suicide bombing in Saudi Arabia...
BUSH
PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT
US President George W. Bush has
pledged all-out support to the Kingdom to fight terrorism after four
suicide bombings killed 34 people, including seven Saudis and seven
Americans in Riyadh on Monday... ...The statement, released following
a telephone conversation between Bush and Crown Prince Abdullah, added
that Bush expressed his condolences over the deaths in the Riyadh
blasts.
WE
WON'T TOLERATE INSTIGATORS: NAIF
Interior Minister Prince Naif has
warned that Saudi Arabia will take strong action against religious
leaders who instigate violence and terrorism here in the Kingdom.
�We will not remain idle and watch certain religious figures who
instigate violence by issuing edicts branding certain people as
�infidels�,� the prince said.
US
STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISED DIPLOMATS' DEPENDENTS TO LEAVE
The US State Department has ordered
the departure of all non-emergency personnel and family members of US
Embassy and Consulates in Saudi Arabia following Monday night�s
suicide bomb attacks.
FUNERAL
PRAYERS HELD FOR BOMB VICTIMS
Funeral prayers were held at Al-Rajhi
Mosque here yesterday for six of the 34 Riyadh blast victims. Riyadh
Governor Prince Salman, Deputy Governor Prince Sattam, Assistant
Interior Minister Prince Muhammad ibn Naif, other princes, top
officials and a large number of citizens and expatriates attended the
prayers.
KINGDOM
HAS LONG HISTORY OF FIGHTING TERRORISM
Monday night�s suicide bombings in
Riyadh recalled the June explosions in 1996 in Alkhobar in which 19
American soldiers were killed and more than 500 injured. On that humid
night, the people of the Eastern Province went through similar
experiences to what the people of Riyadh must be going through.
COMPOUND
OWNERS 'CUT CORNERS ON SECURITY'
The suicide attacks in Riyadh on
Monday exposed serious shortcomings in the security system installed
in the bombed housing compounds.
US:
SAUDI ARABIA MUST DO MORE TO STOP TERRORIST ATTACKS
The White House says Saudi Arabia must
do more to stop terrorist attacks following Monday's bombings in the
Saudi capital. U.S. law enforcement officials are in Saudi Arabia to
help investigate the blasts that killed 34 people, including seven
Americans.
FBI
TEAM JOINS SAUDIS IN HUNT FOR TERRORIST CELL
A team from the US Federal Bureau of
Investigation arrived in Riyadh on Thursday to join the hunt for a
Saudi terrorist cell suspected of Monday's suicide attacks, as the
kingdom's official clerical establishment added its voice to the
condemnation of the atrocities.
HUNT
ON FOR BLAST MASTERMINDS
Three days after the suicide bombings
here, the people of the city were slowly getting back to their routine
as the hunt for the masterminds of the bombing gathered pace.
ARAB
NEWS EDITORIAL: STAND UP TO EVIL
We have had terror brought home to us
here in Saudi Arabia. It is time to stand up against such terror,
against those who organize them, against those who inspire them,
against those who refuse to condemn them.
WORK,
FAITH, FAMILY NEEDS DREW BOMB VICTIMS TO RIYADH
Obadiah Y. Abdullah had converted to
Islam. And 11 years into a military career, the Army sergeant was
drawn to the recruiting pitch of a defense contractor, Vinnell Corp.,
offering him a lucrative job in Saudi Arabia, where he could fulfill
the Muslim obligation to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
U.S.
ASKED SAUDIS TO INCREASE SECURITY
The United States urgently asked Saudi
Arabia to bolster security at residential compounds inhabited by
Westerners just days before this week's terrorist attacks in which
eight Americans died, but the Saudi government failed to act, the U.S.
ambassador to Saudi Arabia said [May 14].
ANATOMY
OF AN ATTACK
Illustration of attack on Al Hamra
residential compound.
US
CHIDES RIYADH OVER BOMBINGS, AS SAUDI CLERICS CONDEMN ATTACKS
Saudi Arabia faced
criticism from the United States on Thursday that it did too little to
prevent the triple suicide bombings that left dozens dead in Riyadh,
as top Saudi clerics declared that such attacks on foreigners violate
Islam. Riyadh vowed to clamp down on terror in the kingdom after
Monday night�s bombings that devastated three expatriate compounds
and which it said were carried out by 15 Saudis.
RESIDENTS
OF COMPOUND WEIGHT COST OF STAYING
...inside the shattered dwellings, the dazed residents of Al Hamra,
one of three residential compounds for foreigners struck on Monday
night, were cleaning up their homes and sorting out their lives,
wondering if it was time to leave. The United States Embassy urged
families to go, but some were clearly reluctant...
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