U.S. has quietly expelled dozens of Saudi diplomats

[demdave]

The United States has ordered the expulsion of dozens of Saudi diplomats suspected of helping promulgate Al Qaida ideology, diplomatic sources said. The State Dept. has refused to either confirm or deny the action..

The State Department revoked the diplomatic credentials of the Saudi diplomats in Washington over the last month in an effort to crack down on Saudi efforts to promote Al Qaida interests in the United States.

The diplomatic sources said about 70 diplomats and embassy staffers were expelled in late 2003 and dozens of others were ordered to leave the United States by mid-February. Many of those expelled were said to have worked in the office of the Saudi defense attache.

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_1.html

[leetrisck]

1. Protecting them would be more

like it - amazing how those Saudi's can get out of the country.

[arcane1]

2. "helping promulgate Al Qaida ideology"

but they can leave more or less at their leisure?

Why aren't they in Guantanamo????

:wtf:

[pinto]

3. hi demdave, what's your take on this source?...n/t

[Desperadoe]

5. Right-wing Rag

Opinion page is a cheer leading section for the Hoover Institute.

[Kellanved]

4. probably all "western" nations

Saudi diplomats were thrown out of Germany as well. That was just prior to the Iraq war AFAIR.

[htuttle]

6. "worked in the office of the Saudi defense attache"

Seems to me, that in every embassy of every country in the world, the 'military attaches' are typically intelligence agents.

It's what they call 'official cover'.