Sunday, August 07, 2005

Like flies to...

Not only has the "flypaper" strategy done nothing to prevent terrorism in Spain, the U.K. and elsewhere, it's also not doing anything much in the Middle East:
U.S. diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia will be closed Monday and Tuesday because of a threat against U.S. buildings, the U.S. Embassy said Sunday.

It said the embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah would be closed August 8 and 9 "in response to a threat against U.S. government buildings in the kingdom."...

An earlier statement, posted on the U.S. Embassy Web site Saturday, warned of "ongoing security concerns in the region, including for seaborne vessels traveling in the southern Red Sea".

The article notes a series of other threats and attacks in Saudi Arabia over the past few years. Needless to say, like most people in the area (and around the world) Saudi citizens can't feel any more safe based on the invasion of Iraq.

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