US bomb victims sue Saudi royal family for 'negligence'

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By Mark Hollingsworth
08 May 2005


The Saudi royal family and its National Guard is being sued for alleged negligence and inept security by the victims of an al-Qa'ida suicide bombing which killed 35 people and injured 200 at a housing compound in Riyadh in May 2003, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.

The victims, former military trainers of the Vinnell Corporation, which has an $800m (£460m) contract to advise the Saudi National Guard, will claim in a legal complaint this week that the terrorist bombing was unchallenged because of non-existent security measures by the Saudis. This was despite repeated and detailed warnings by Robert Jordan, then US ambassador in Riyadh, that Islamic militants were planning an attack.

The writ is being filed in the US District Court of Washington DC on behalf of 17 former and current Vinnell employees who claim they were unable to arm or protect themselves because of the kingdom's laws and their contract with the Saudi National Guard.

They allege the compound was not monitored by security cameras; the National Guard officers were unarmed; clear signals of an attack were ignored; security was not upgraded after the warnings; and security assessments were never conducted.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=636528

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1. Paging James A. Baker III - Paging James A. Baker III the Saudis

are looking for you to help fight another law suit against some crazy Americans, like ya did for the Saudis against the World Trade Center victims.


A "REAL" piece of shit!