oldenglish Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 let me see unjust blood be spilled in the name of Mecca Medina. Saudi Envoy Warns of New Attacks in U.S. 1 hour, 5 minutes ago By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's U.S. ambassador warned Monday that new intelligence suggests there could be more terror attacks in Saudi Arabia or the United States. AP Photo Reuters Slideshow: Saudi Arabia Suicide Bombings Prince Bandar bin Sultan also said the kingdom received warning before the May 12 bombings that killed 34 people, including eight Americans, at three housing compounds outside of Riyadh, the Saudi capital. "Yes, we had warning, yes we had heightened alert but we never had a specific time and place designated," Prince Bandar told reporters in Riyadh. Other attacks were possible, he said, based on new intelligence. "There is chatter, a high level of chatter regionally and in other international spots" about possible attacks in Saudi Arabia or the United States, Prince Bandar said. The FBI (news - web sites) warned Monday that al-Qaida could mount new attacks in the United States as well as target American and Western interests overseas. Other U.S. officials said Monday that Saudi and U.S. investigators are fully cooperating in the probe into the Riyadh attacks, though an FBI team is not interrogating suspects. Meanwhile, a man standing with a gun outside the U.S. Consulate in Dhahran, 300 miles east of Riyadh, was arrested MOnday and was being questioned by Saudi police, a U.S. Embassy official said. U.S. diplomats said no one was injured or threatened in the incident, but that the consulate was closed until further notice. In 1996, a truck bombing killed 19 Americans at the Khobar Towers barracks near Dhahran. A U.S. official said Monday that al-Qaida has some presence in the royal kingdom. "We don't believe there are tens of thousands of al-Qaida members in Saudi Arabia but we believe the al-Qaida presence is more than a single cell or two," the official said on condition of anonymity. On Sunday, Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef said authorities have arrested four suspects apparently linked to Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s terrorist network over the car bombings. Asked whether the four men in custody belonged to al-Qaida, Nayef said, "All indications point to that." Nayef's comments were the strongest sign yet that bin Laden's terrorists — who have carried out deadly strikes from Nairobi, Kenya, to New York — may have played a part in the bombings in the Saudi capital. But Prince Bandar, who is known for handling some of his country's most delicate diplomatic tasks, told reporters after returning to Saudi Arabia from Washington that Saudi authorities had obtained information during recent months that al-Qaida had been wracked by internal divisions. Saudi officials believed that al-Qaida leaders were so split that they didn't want to risk carrying out any attacks in Saudi Arabia, which is bin Laden's birthplace, in order to maintain their intellectual base within the Gulf kingdom. "(But) they have mended their differences and decided to come out," said Prince Bandar, who is known for his close relations with the U.S. administration. The prince downplayed press reports that officers within the Saudi National Guard had supplied a 19-member al-Qaida terrorist cell with a recently seized cache of guns and explosives. He said the weapons and explosives had instead fallen into the terrorist cell's hands after being brought into Saudi Arabia from neighboring Yemen, another hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism. The Saudi government had said the 19 were believed to be receiving orders directly from bin Laden and had been planning to use the seized weapons to attack the Saudi royal family and American and British interests. Prince Bandar said the 19 men are believed to have been "the major cell in Saudi Arabia (aiming) to do bad things." Two of the cell were believed to be very senior al-Qaida members because their names kept popping, including in February during the Islamic pilgrimage — or hajj — to Saudi Arabia when a heightended terror security alert was posted in the kingdom. A U.S. official said Saudi investigators were "being totally cooperative." Both sides have been saying they expect better coordination compared to the investigation into the Khobar Towers bombings, when U.S. officials complained about being denied access to evidence, witnesses and suspects. More than 60 FBI and other U.S. investigators are assisting Saudi authorities with the probe into Monday's attacks. "We're getting real and good cooperation," the U.S. official in Riyadh said Monday. He said reports that Saudi authorities were obstructing the investigation were "100 percent false." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8lover Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 wow thanks for the real timely news alert about possible terrorist threats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenglish Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 i was raised in in Al Khobar Daharan. King Abdul Aziz Boulevard. doged cars to get to Al Ahbad store next to the bookstore. Let me see blood spilled on the coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenglish Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 I passed Khobar Towers where the bomb hit in 96 on the Regular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallix Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 white american? im talkin about red china http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/images/flg02.jpg'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 everyone should be buddhist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles apart Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 wake up white people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 i know a guy who was stationed in a navy warehouse there in the late 70s/early 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8lover Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Originally posted by miles apart wake up white people. haha old daniel carver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles apart Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 haha yes danny boy! for some fucking reason i kept thinking his name was david. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenglish Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 I WAS STATIONED WITH THE NAVY IN AL KHOBAR IN 80........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8lover Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 WAYKE UHP WHIAHT PEHPUL.. that guy was hilarious. i remember his answering machine messages years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallix Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/propaganda/DEC7.GIF'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Originally posted by oldenglish I WAS STATIONED WITH THE NAVY IN AL KHOBAR IN 80........ did you know a guy named Ben ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenglish Posted May 20, 2003 Author Share Posted May 20, 2003 I recall several Ben's I known from the Land. Ben from Canteberry Group on Aramco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 not sure. he is from a town called reedsport, he has curly hair. when he got out out of the military in 84 i think, he got ran over by a van. they told him it was a hit and run. he was in a coma for 17 days, and it fucked up his neck. now hes a serious alcoholic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 his job in the navy was to keep track of the inventory in the warehouse im pretty sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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