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 U.S.
Advice to American Citizens in Saudi
Arabia
"..the
Saudi leaders know what they're up
against. They know that they
have to redouble their efforts to
fight terrorism, to fight the
terrorism that is within their
borders, but also to join the
worldwide campaign against terrorism.
And we have been encouraging them and
they have been responding in such
efforts as cutting off the funding to
charitable organizations that have a
terrorist link to them.." - U.S.
Secretary of State Colin Powell
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 John
Snow, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury,
Comments on Saudi Cooperation in
Cutting Terror Financing
CNN
Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer -- June
20, 2004
Wolf
Blitzer: Let me switch gears
for a second. Saudi Arabia, the
Treasury Department overseeing where
the Saudi money is going. Are you
convinced that the government of Saudi
Arabia is right now doing everything
it should be doing, everything it
should be doing, to prevent any money
from going to terrorist organizations
like al Qaeda?
John Snow, U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury: Wolf, we're
working very closely now with --
Treasury, we, the United States
government -- to make sure that Saudi
Arabia is not a source of terrorist
money, that Saudi Arabia takes all the
steps they can to close off those
flows. And I must say, over the
course of the last year, Saudi Arabia
has taken a number of really important
steps. I am convinced they're deeply
committed and sincere about this
effort. They've gone so far as to
change the whole way their charities
operate, so that cash transactions
through charities can't flow to
terrorist groups. No, I'd say
they're very serious and committed to
trying to wipe out the flow of
terrorist monies and monies going to
al Qaeda.
Wolf Blitzer: Anything
else they should be doing that they're
not doing right now?
John Snow, U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury: Well, they need to
continue the vigilance. They need to
continue to strengthen their local law
enforcement efforts, their efforts to
investigate terrorist flows and
interdict them. We have a team
over in Riyadh of enforcement people,
working with their enforcement people,
to try and penetrate any networks that
are over there that could be the
source of these flows.
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Saudi
Arabia Announces Limited Amnesty Offer
Militants Who Surrender in the
Next Month Will Not Face Death Penalty
The Washington Post
"Saudi
Arabia today called on Islamic
militants to surrender to authorities
within a month under a new amnesty
program or face the government's
"unmitigated power and
unhesitating will.." Complete
report ..
Saudis
permit guns for foreigners
The
kingdom is to relax a ban on
foreigners carrying guns after a wave
of attacks on expatriates. Complete
report..
Fahrenheit
9/11
Ron
Brownstein, LA Times, Meet the
Press, June 27
It's over the top in many
respects.. in regards to 9/11 and the
Saudis.."
Joe
Scarborough, MSNBC, June 24
"..I'd need four hours to
read you the list of all the
falsehoods from Moore's two-hour
movie, let me give you a few glimpses
into his twisted logic.. ..the second
conspiracy theory, suggesting that
George W. Bush kept Americans
grounded after 9/11 but let the bin
Laden family escape American airspace
scot-free.. ..Michael [Moore] ..knew
who approved the bin Laden transfer.
It
was none other than that Bush-bashing
hero of the left, Richard Clarke.
He admitted it in the 9/11 Commission.
Now, it's funny how Michael Moore used
Clarke's 9/11 testimony to bash Bush
in other parts of the movie, but
decided to edit out that part that
lays waste to bin Ladens and the Bush
conspiracy theory. These two gross
distortions are in the first five
minutes of the film. I don't
have enough time to go through all of
the other distortions that are
promoted in Moore's two-hour political
commercial.." Complete
transcript..
David
Shuster, NBC Correspondent, Hardball,
June 23
"Fahrenheit 9/11" makes
several controversial claims, first of
all, that the Bush administration
jeopardized national security in order
to satisfy what Moore describes as the
Bush administration cronies in Saudi
Arabia. The film also alleges
that the White House helped expedite
Osama bin Laden's family out of the
United States shortly after 9/11 and
that the administration manipulated
terror alerts in order to build
support for the war in Iraq.
"There
are several problems with these
claims. Most recently, for
example, the
9/11 Commission found that there was
nothing wrong with the White House
moving Osama bin Laden's family out of
the United States, because they
were interviewed and found not to have
any credible information about the
terrorist attacks.." Complete
transcript..
Saudi
Arabia Country Analysis Brief
An updated country analysis brief on
Saudi Arabia is now available from the
Energy Information Administration,
U.S. Department of Energy.
Included in the report are the latest
estimates of energy statistics for
Saudi Arabia, plus an up-to-date
discussion of the country's energy
sector developments. Complete
report ..
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