Saudis Discover al-Qaida Training Camps (not in Iraq - ???? :-) )

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SAUDI_MILITANT_CAMPS?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Saudis Discover al-Qaida Training Camps

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi authorities have discovered a number of camps outside Saudi cities used for training al-Qaida militants to carry out terror operations, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday.

Two militant figures killed in terror sweeps last year - Turki Nasser al-Dandani and Yosif Salih Fahd Ala'yeeri - commanded the camps, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. More camp leaders are being sought, the official said.
Saudi authorities had previously acknowledged that there may be al-Qaida training facilities in the kingdom. In July, Interior Minister Prince Nayef said most of the Muslim militants arrested or killed in a government crackdown were trained in al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan, but said "a small number perhaps were trained on farms and the like inside the country."<snip>

The desert camps were set up to train militants to use weapons and self-defense techniques and also prepare them for terror operations, the official said. He did not specify the number of camps that were discovered.<snip>

Bin Laden himself was born in Saudi Arabia, but he was stripped of his citizenship in 1994 after declaring war on his homeland and the Saudi royal family for its support of the United States. Fifteen of the 19 al-Qaida hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks were Saudis.

to come in here and run a black magic marker on 95% of your post....

we aren't allowed to discuss this!!!
Iraq was the officially sanctioned bad guy.

No. But we need to attack Iraq.

They sure are forbidden from reporting anything in a context - if that context makes Bush look bad.

This can cause a landslide of inquiries into BFEE / Saudi links

Now every one flood the media with questions.

Terrorist training camps in SA

but we are in Iraq

at least, that's my current info

People have justified the invasion of Iraq because of supposed training camps found in the country. This is based on the assumption that the government must have known of and sanctioned them. So if there are camps in Saudi Arabia which were out of the control of the Saudis then the same could be true in Iraq.

I mean, duh?

...I'd demand full disclosure of the Bush family's financial dealings with the Saudi royal family.

Doing business with a tarrist nation? For shame, Poppy!