Saudis Release 1,500 Suspected Extremists

(This is a news report that I have just come upon; it some hours past the rules for LBN)

November 28, 2007 1:48 PM

Brian Ross and Rehab El-Buri Report:

Saudi Arabia has released 1,500 prisoners suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic group after the prisoners underwent what was described as a five-week counseling program, according to Middle Eastern newspapers.

Critics of the prisoner reform program worry it does nothing to seriously combat Islamic radicalism and releases dangerous extremists back into society.

"This is the sort of failure to recognize the threat and deal with it seriously that has characterized the Saudis for years," said former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant.

The released prisoners are described as followers of the rigid Takfir ideology and considered by many U.S. intelligence officials to be prime recruiting material for al Qaeda groups.
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/11/saudis-release.html

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Now, it seems to me that what with forty percent of foreign fighters in Iraq being Saudi this just might be as pressing an issue as anything coming out of Iran. I do not expect to find any outrage coming from the White House anytime soon...

We've done nothing to respond to the Bin Laden company, the fact that many in the house of saud support anti-american terror, or the money they continue to give the Taliban