Saudi travellers face Canadian searches before Bush visit : reports

[maddezmom]

TORONTO (AFP) - Security officials refused to confirm reports that Saudi visitors to Canada faced extra airport arrival checks demanded by the US Secret Service ahead of next week's visit by President George W. Bush (news - web sites).

The report, in the Toronto Sun newspaper, said the extra checks were mandated by a confidential alert which said immigration officers should conduct background checks on Saudi visitors using Canadian and US police databases.


A spokesman for Canada's Border Services Agency said he was "flabbergasted" that such sensitive information had made its way into the press, but refused to comment on its veracity.

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Bush was due to arrive in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, on November 30, for a two-day visit intended to patch up relations between the two giant neighbours bruised when Canada refused to join the US-led invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) in 2003.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1515&ncid=1515&e=11&u=/afp/20041122/wl_mideast_afp/canada_saudi_us_bush_041122195409


* is going to busy flying around the world patching up US foreign relations...........sorry to my fellow citizens around the world. :(

[Benhurst]

1. Bush causes so much trouble where ever he goes. He should

just stay home, not that we really want him.

[Blue Gardener]

2. But I thought the Saudis loved the BFEE

I'm sure this is all some big mistake.