Tuesday, December 03, 2002

I am listening to the Saudi press conference about terrorism by Adel al-Jubeir. These are my notes.

I am now listening to the Saudi press conference talk about what a big victim Saudia Arabia is. Apparently that they have been the victim of at least four terrorist attacks since 1960. They also claim that they have been fighting terrorism since the beginning. They have also been unfairly maligned over the years. He is amazed that people can say with a straight face that "Saudi Arabia" is a breeding ground for terrorism".

This guy is amazing!!! He is really full of it.

He calims that all terrism by Qaida is against the US, Saudia Arabia, or a common interest. I wonder if he will still assert this if they discover a Qaida link to Kenya.

They have created sophisticated banking laws to be able to trace money.

He used the words "evil doer".

There are also new regulations requiring charities to be audited. Charities are part of their faith. And it would be very bad if the givers discover that their money is going to be spent killing Israelis.

He also just revealed that Saudis do not pay taxes. So what is their system for getting government revenue.

He used the word "Merciless" three times.

The guy is not a bad speaker though.

He blames everyone for 9/11, execpt Saudi Arabia. The soudis were "used for this". Pointing fingers and assigning blame is unproductive.

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