Saudi Arabia foils U.S. Embassy attack, arrests 93 suspects

[Rogue Valley]

Saudi Arabia foils U.S. Embassy attack, arrests 93 suspects

April 28, 2015

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the arrest of 93 suspects with ties to the Islamic State group who it says were planning multi-pronged attacks on the U.S. Embassy, security forces and residential compounds where foreigners live. The timing of the alleged attack coincides with a U.S. decision to halt all consular services for a week starting March 15 at the embassy and diplomatic missions in Jiddah and Dhahran over security fears.The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh is located in a large and heavily guarded compound with other embassies. The embassy is surrounded by fortified barriers and guarded by police, and a U.S. Marine checks visitor passes inside.

The Saudi's have experienced a marked uptick in plots/attacks by AQ and IS since the first of the year. Most are targeting Shia in the Kingdom to incite internal sectarian strife.

 

[joG]

Saudi Arabia foils U.S. Embassy attack, arrests 93 suspects


The Saudi's have experienced a marked uptick in plots/attacks by AQ and IS since the first of the year. Most are targeting Shia in the Kingdom to incite internal sectarian strife.

True and the situation in the whole are has deteriorated to the point, where the House of Saud could go under. But there have been bomb attacks on American facilities in SA for decades and the country is relatively well under control.

 

[Montecresto]

Not near as much of this type of thing during the days of Hussein, Mubarak Gaddafi and Assad's containment of extremists. Sure let that genie out of the bottle.

 

[Iron River]

Way back in the 80s the Saudis made a deal with the hard line islamos that if the Wahhabis left them alone the Saudis would fund the expansion of radical islam around the world. The king must have missed a payment or this is a lie to make the Saudis look like they are helping.


When our new Republican president opens up drilling on federal lands and water we can drop the Saudis from our most needed list.

 

[Fenton]

Not near as much of this type of thing during the days of Hussein, Mubarak Gaddafi and Assad's containment of extremists. Sure let that genie out of the bottle.

Bush !!!

Lol !

 

[Ockham]

Way back in the 80s the Saudis made a deal with the hard line islamos that if the Wahhabis left them alone the Saudis would fund the expansion of radical islam around the world. The king must have missed a payment or this is a lie to make the Saudis look like they are helping.


When our new Republican president opens up drilling on federal lands and water we can drop the Saudis from our most needed list.

Fossile fuel independence has never been needed more in the US and it will continue to increase as long as the religious nut jobs in the ME continue to foment instability in the region.

 

[Montecresto]

Bush !!!

Lol !

Read it again, Bush/Obama.............lol!!!!!!!

 

[DA60]

I do not for one second take the word of the Saudi government that they foiled anything.

Maybe they did - but I ain't believing that pathetic regime without unbiased, outside proof of their claim.

For all I know, they wanted to round up some political enemies and used this excuse as the justification.

No matter what...you have to be (IMO) staggeringly naive to believe a government (including the U.S. Gov't.) when they say they foiled a terrorist attack - especially when it puts them in s good light.

 

[Montecresto]

I do not for one second take the word of the Saudi government that they foiled anything.

Maybe they did - but I ain't believing that pathetic regime without unbiased, outside proof of their claim.

For all I know, they wanted to round up some political enemies and used this excuse as the justification.

No matter what...you have to be (IMO) staggeringly naive to believe a government (including the U.S. Gov't.) when they say they foiled a terrorist attack - especially when it puts them in s good light.

Haha, I love it dude.

 

[Rogue Valley]

Further clarification by the Saudis reveal that 93 have been arrested since December ... not one mass arrest yesterday. Two Syrians living in a Gulf State and a Saudi national are being held in a plot to bomb the US embassy. They were arrested sometime in March.

On March 15, the US closed its embassy in Riyadh and its consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran for a week citing security concerns. This seems to coincide exactly with the Saudi chronology.

 

[reinoe]

The Saudis probably just rounded up a bunch of homeless people and called them terrorists.

 

[PoS]

Way back in the 80s the Saudis made a deal with the hard line islamos that if the Wahhabis left them alone the Saudis would fund the expansion of radical islam around the world. The king must have missed a payment or this is a lie to make the Saudis look like they are helping.


When our new Republican president opens up drilling on federal lands and water we can drop the Saudis from our most needed list.

Yup, it was the Saudi financed madrassas in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan that radicalized Muslims in both countries and it soon gave rise to the Taliban and Al Qeda.

 

[Rogue Valley]

The Saudis probably just rounded up a bunch of homeless people and called them terrorists.

I'm no fan of the Saudi's, but what would be the point?

The KSA does not need US aid, is already able to procure and pay for advanced US arms, the US Navy already protects the Persian Gulf, and the US government is already assisting the Saudi coalition with Yemen.

I fail to see how stupidly concocting a bogus plot could add any luster to the profound US largess they already possess.

 

[Montecresto]

I'm no fan of the Saudi's, but what would be the point?

The KSA does not need US aid, is already able to procure and pay for advanced US arms, the US Navy already protects the Persian Gulf, and the US government is already assisting the Saudi coalition with Yemen.

I fail to see how stupidly concocting a bogus plot could add any luster to the profound US largess they already possess.

He was probably being a bit sarcastic, never the less, things have been better between the two.

US Energy Security and the Weakening of US-Saudi Ties
US Energy Security and the Weakening of US-Saudi Ties - Forbes

Saudi Arabia and the United States
Awkward relations
http://www.economist.com/news/middl...ident-and-saudi-king-will-have-unusually-edgy

Is the U.S. Losing Saudi Arabia to China?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-wagner/is-the-us-losing-saudi-ar_b_4176729.html

Regional instability and souring US-Saudi relations
http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_regional_instability_and_souring_us_saudi_relations224

 

[DA60]

I'm no fan of the Saudi's, but what would be the point?

The KSA does not need US aid, is already able to procure and pay for advanced US arms, the US Navy already protects the Persian Gulf, and the US government is already assisting the Saudi coalition with Yemen.

I fail to see how stupidly concocting a bogus plot could add any luster to the profound US largess they already possess.

What reason would they have not to lie about it?

It makes them look good to their people and the world.

And of course they need to keep America happy. Less then 10% of America's oil imports now comes from Saudi Arabia, so the U.S. does not need Saudi oil any longer. Plus, much of America will be plenty pissed off at the Saudi's keeping oil prices so low and thus severely damaging the budding U.S. oil fracking industry.
And the Saudi's need to keep America happy so that the latter will sell all that advanced military hardware to the former.

I assume at least a few of those caught had something to do with terrorism. But I also do not doubt for one second that many of those rounded up were simply political enemies of the SRF (Saudi Royal Family) that they wanted eliminated.
The Saudi government is INCREDIBLY vicious and controlling...assuming anything they say is true without proof is, IMO, naive in the extremis.

 

[reinoe]

What reason would they have not to lie about it?

It makes them look good to their people and the world.

And of course they need to keep America happy. Less then 10% of America's oil imports now comes from Saudi Arabia, so the U.S. does not need Saudi oil any longer. Plus, much of America will be plenty pissed off at the Saudi's keeping oil prices so low and thus severely damaging the budding U.S. oil fracking industry.
And the Saudi's need to keep America happy so that the latter will sell all that advanced military hardware to the former.

I assume at least a few of those caught had something to do with terrorism. But I also do not doubt for one second that many of those rounded up were simply political enemies of the SRF (Saudi Royal Family) that they wanted eliminated.
The Saudi government is INCREDIBLY vicious and controlling...assuming anything they say is true without proof is, IMO, naive in the extremis.

Why did the U.S. claim a terrorists attack to bomb the SEARS TOWER was broken up when in really it was a bunch of dudes getting high in Florida? Why was Osama bin Laden able to live and hide in a fortress in the middle of a city in Pakistan, despite the Pakistanis "doing their best" to find him? Because of propaganda. Some people love it the way flies love ****. The governments in the Middle East don't give two ****s about fighting terrorism in the M.E. but they have to make sure they're keeping up appearances to secure those U.S. dollars.

These are the same Saudi's that allowed most of the 9-11 hijackers to live and train in their country. The Saud's are asleep at the wheel when it comes to fighting terrorism and they have in fact been an exporter of radical beliefs and supporters of wahabbism. But every once in a while it's imperative that they at least look like they're doing something to fight terrorists.

 

[American]

Not near as much of this type of thing during the days of Hussein, Mubarak Gaddafi and Assad's containment of extremists. Sure let that genie out of the bottle.

Those latter three are pretty recent aren't they?

 

[Rogue Valley]

Why did the U.S. claim a terrorists attack to bomb the SEARS TOWER was broken up when in really it was a bunch of dudes getting high in Florida?

Non-applicable

Why was Osama bin Laden able to live and hide in a fortress in the middle of a city in Pakistan, despite the Pakistanis "doing their best" to find him?

Non-applicable

The governments in the Middle East don't give two ****s about fighting terrorism in the M.E. but they have to make sure they're keeping up appearances to secure those U.S. dollars.

KSA currently has its highest GDP, 2% inflation rate, 5% unemployment, a positive balance of trade, and a FOREX reserve that is 3x that of the United States.

It doesn't need to panhandle for US dollars.

These are the same Saudi's that allowed most of the 9-11 hijackers to live and train in their country.

Non-sequitur. Citizenship ≠ government supported terrorism.

The Saud's are asleep at the wheel when it comes to fighting terrorism and they have in fact been an exporter of radical beliefs and supporters of wahabbism. But every once in a while it's imperative that they at least look like they're doing something to fight terrorists.

Minus a Saudi tip, the printer-cartridge bombs mailed in Yemen and destined for Chicago probably would have exploded in midair.

You still haven't provided any rational reason why the Saudi's would concoct/report a plot that was neutered before it matured. The US State Department considered the intel solid enough to close its Saudi embassy and two consulates for a full week.

According to your silly metrics, any Saudi report should be immediately dismissed outright simply because of the source. Lol. I wonder if the Houthi in Yemen got that memo.

 

[Montecresto]

Those latter three are pretty recent aren't they?

Yes they are, observant of you.