U.S. orders staff out of Saudi Arabia - Democratic Underground

apnu

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Fri Apr-16-04 11:45 AM
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U.S. orders staff out of Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department has ordered all nonessential personnel serving in the U.S. Embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia and their families out of the country, according to an updated travel warning issued Thursday.

The warning also strongly urged private U.S. citizens to leave the kingdom.

"The threat situation is such that we feel we need to have a lower profile, not because the Saudi government isn't working hard, but because we are concerned about the level of threat" to those personnel and facilities, a senior State Department official said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/15/saudi.diplomats/index.html

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Fri Apr-16-04 12:15 PM
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1. See...we are safer!

Dean was wrong!!! (sarcasm)

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Fri Apr-16-04 12:36 PM
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2. Please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=488783&mesg_id=488783

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