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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:14 PM
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Go Home, US Ambassador Tells Americans, after Terror Attack
Saudi Arabia’s US ambassador told Americans in the oil-rich city of Yanbu: “Go home, we cannot protect you,” following the terror attack that killed six foreign workers, including two Britons.
Journalists were barred from the meeting between US ambassador James Oberwetter and Yanbu’s American community. But Oberwetter said later at a news conference that he had encouraged the families to leave the country.

“While we are doing this urging, the US government is not in a position to cause that to happen,” he said. ”Those are individual decisions by private Americans and by those companies.”

People who attended the meeting said the ambassador spoke bluntly. His message was, “It is time for us to pack our bags and go home. ... We cannot protect you here,” said a teacher at a local American school. A colleague nodded in agreement.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2875051
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:52 PM
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1. the region is about to explode folks
and that is what the Saudis have just told us... that is why Abizaid requested the higher force number for an indefenite time
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:54 PM
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2. Yep, all we need now is for Sharon to kill Arafat.
We will have our nice little Armegeddon.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-04 11:55 PM
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3. Well...they have him surrounded.
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:02 AM
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4. Yeah, saw that in LBN earlier.
These people are nuts!
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:19 AM
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5. And Sharon survived the confidence vote
Problem is the troops are in the midst of a news blackout

When this explodes, and it is just a matter of time... they will
be caught completely by surprise
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:25 AM
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6. Really, the troops are in a news blackout?
WTF?
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 01:33 AM
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8. That is what I have heard
they have heard zilch about the 9.11 commision or this
investigation

If this is true, they are going to be blindsided
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loudsue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:29 AM
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7. I'm convinced that's what the PNAC crowd wants. They'll NUKE
the whole place once there is a great uprising, and our soldiers are killed by the thousands.

God, I wish our kids could get outta there and come home.

The PNAC crowd will stop at NOTHING to strike fear into the hearts of citizens everywhere. They're like vampires. They live off the blood and fear of people everywhere.

:kick::kick::kick:
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